EFFORT FOR CHARITY

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1009, 27 June 1930, Page 12

EFFORT FOR CHARITY

SUCCESS EXPECTED IN DRIVE TOMORROW ORGANISATION COMPLETE The Houses of Greater Auckland will be combed thoroughly for gifts of clothes and contributions of money when the Auckland Commercial Travellers’ and Warehousemen’s Association carries out a finely-organised collection tomorrow to assist the poor and the needy of the community. All was bustle in The association’: headquarters in High Street this morning. On every hand, those concerned ii the association’s drive were deeply occupied with the business of tin moment, for it is the intention of tin ss its great effort ol 1l«2 S. The city and its attendant boroughs the North Shore. New Lynn, Otahuhu Manurewa and Papatoeto< will simpl: be flooded with collectors tomorrov morning. If the public has heeded th< instructions issued by the businosslik* organising committee which has be- : occupied for several weeks in pro par ing for the campaign, the gifts of tin community will be collected with tin greatest expedition and will be as sembled swiftly at the depot madavailable by the Auckland Harbou Board at No. il shed. Central Wharf. This rapid work in charity’s caus< will take place between 8 a.m. and p.m. It is the wish of the associatioi to have the contributions ready for col lection at tin' homes throughout Atn k land by S a.m. The bona tides of tin voluntary workers who have flocked t« assist the travellers will be establish, by small, white cardboard eight pointed stars, bearing the name of thassociation in blue print. Contribu tions of cash will be recorded on col lection cards. In the canvass of busi ness houses, collection boxes will b used. Gifts from country residents wil be carried free of charge by the Railwa; Department, the Northern Steantshi] Company and the Aard Tourist Mote Services. These parcels must bplainly addressed to the secretary o the association and stamped ‘For thpoor and needy.’’

Representatives of the charitable organisations participating in the results of the collection will meet ut the principal depot at Central Wharf on Monday to arrange the considerable problem of sorting and distributing mountains of clothing. This task nui•employ 150 workers for a week. MUCH HELP GIVEN The holding of the collection, non recognised as the most intensively or- j ganised charitable effort in the c ity, is purely the idea of the association, but assistance is given by local bodies; all churches, the Auckland Education ; Board, and headmasters of schools, the Rotary Club, officials of IYA. schoolchildren, the Association of Boy Scouts and the Interhouse Girls' Sports Association. Troops of Boy Scouts are to assemble at 40 places at 8 a.m.; 56 boys of the Auckland Grammar School ancl 100 of the Seddon Memorial Technical College will assist: interhouse girls will take charge of the collection throughout, the business houses and offices of the city. Already. 1,500 people have volunteered to assist in the campaign and. in accordance with the hope expressed by the organiser, Mr. R. Glover-Clark. it is probable that the number will approach 2,000. And all these workers will have their duties under the j “captains'* supervising the collections i in the many sections Greater Auckland has been divided into, carefully selected. The fleet of motor-cars to i sweep through Auckland will probablv | exceed 400. There will be 50 motori trucks. > Mr. W. H. Prentis is chairman of the organising committee, and two other members who have been busy instructing the corps of workers in the duties required of them are Mr. A. Thompson and Mr. W. M. Ingram. A similar campaign will be conducted in IV hangarei tomorrow by commercial travllers. The organising committee is perfectly satisfied that tomorrow’s collection will yield better returns than that of 1028. when £2.000 in cash and £12,500 in clothing were given.