NECK AND NECK.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume V, Issue 1276, 15 March 1918, Page 9

NECK AND NECK.

THE INTER-ISLAND CONTEST. SOUTH STILL IN THE LEAD. Press Association. WELLINGTON, March 15. At 1 o’clock to-day returns showing the progress of the Red Triangle Day Fund were posted on the board, which is now being watched by hundreds of passers-by, who appear to be almost as much interested in the results as in an election return. The North and South Islands are still running a neck and neck race for the biggest total. Wellington province is straining every nerve to pull down the lead of £3300 which the South Island still has over the North. It also hopes, by beating the Auckland province total of £50,000 last year (which is at present the world’s record for a province of less than a quarter of a million of people) to regain for Wellington the firide of place which rightfully beongs to her as the capital city of the Dominion. As many country towns are holding their Red Triangle Day on Saturday, the final results cannot he postedbeforc Tuesday next To-day’s returns are as follows: — £ Wellington City 17,500 Wellington Province 18,250 Christchurch .. 13,100 Canterbury Province .. .. .. .. 8500 Dunedin .. 10,050 Otago Province 7100 Total Wellington Military Area .. 35,750 Total Canterbury Military Area .. 21,000 Total Dunedin Military Area .. .. 10,050 Total Otago Province Area .. .. 7100 Total North Island .. ~ .. .. 35,750 Total South Island .. ~ .. .. 39,050 Grand total .. 74,800 EVERY MAN BENEFITS. A FINE TRIBUTE. Press Association, WELLINGTON, March 15. Brigadier-General G, S. Richardson, General Officer Commanding at Administrative Qunarters in England for the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, cables to-day from London as follows in connection with the Red Triangle Day effort:— “Every officer and man in the field, In camp, and in hospitals in England benefits by and greatly appreciates the good work done by the Y.M.C.A., which is now an indispensable part of the organisation of the Army, and which will be required to continue its efforts after the war during the demobilisation period. I strongly urge every citizen to support the two greatest organisations which work for the welfare of our soldiers —viz., the Red Cross, which does so much to ameliorate the condition of the sick and wounded, and the Y.M.C.A., which promotes moral welfare and improves the physiological condition of the men in the war.”

The secretary of the Citizens’ Committee, Mr Denys Hoarc, asks us to stale that in acknowledgments which have already appeared the following corrections arc necessary, owing to typographical errors:—Mr and Mrs A. Burrows should read Mr and Mrs A. Borrows; Mr and Mrs R. B. Ward should read £10; late L. Kennedy should read late T. Kennedy (Grosvenor Hotel); N. Hill should read Herbert Hill. Among the amounts received at this ollico yesterday were £1 1/- from Retep, F.P.V. 5/-, and E.M.B. 5/-. The following amounts have been received at this oflice: —F. W. Woodward £1 1/-, Mr and Mrs J. Sutherland £2 10/-, M.B. £1 1/-, Mr and Mrs W. £4.