RUSH OF HELPERS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12065, 21 July 1917, Page 8

RUSH OF HELPERS.

f e SURPRISE PACKET" ENTHUSIASM.

ARTICLES TO TOTAL 40,000.

Help from all quarters is rolling: in upon the organisers of Surprise Packet Day, Mr L. B- Hart and Mrs Hastiti, at their depot in High Street, opposite W. Strange and C<)., and it is now certain that the number of articles to ba Hold on Friday next will nunifer nearer 40 000 than 30,000. This will mean that probablv £2OOO nil) lw received bv tho Ladv Liverpool Fund with which to send Christmas parcels and comfort* to tho soldiers at the front. Tho whole community is responding with remarkable, enthusiasm to tho call for articles. Every day ladks or gentlemen wall: into tho depot in a sv,^;icly stream, and hand over articles ofvaiue. j A gold watch, a valuable oil-painting, scores of really beautiful book's (sonic of th.era beautifully bound and worth about £1 ton Backs of potatoes, packets of playing cards, and parcels of health food ar n - v omo of tho articles that have been received. Thts collection of goods enabled a very fine window display lo be made last evening when it attracted a very great deal attention. A handsome oak secretaire and an oak tcWa attracted all eyes In ono window, while in another a bicvclo and a wonderful yange of goods may positively be claimed to bo the most complete ever offered in Christchurch. "It :s our intention said Mr liart to-dav, lt to release tho coupons in three stages—one-third in the morning, one-third in the lunch hour, and onethird in the afternoon. "We hope by this moans to relieve the rush to some extent). Tho girls who arc soiling tho tickets will he working mi a better system, and, what is even more to be considered, the ron the distributing stalls, will be spread over three periods, and so made easier tor all concerned. Tho public rnu>t realise that to distribute between 80.000 and 40.000 articles oven front three, stalls >s a heavy . and wo ask their consideration in the performance of it. ' The three stalls upon which the goods are being displayed will be provided lathe Master Builders' Association free of cost-. Tn tho Square on Tuesday \ evening an open-air concert by Mr Bracey* Wilson and his party will bo eriven in aid of tho hinds of the ven{turc. Tu order that the coupons for the articles mar V. printed, the public is especially asked that the number of fhrt articles to be r>rov ; dpd shall be. sunrdied to the uei)ot bv Tuesdnv, although tho articles themselves will bo received up to Wednesday. . The promo* or s hn.vo received a- telerrram from the Hon G. "\V. Russell. Minister of Internal Affairs, wisiuug i tf.io effort, overv success.