PROCEEDS GIVEN TO CHARITIES.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 78, 1 April 1931, Page 9

PROCEEDS GIVEN TO CHARITIES.

SUM OF £358 FROM GOLDEN ARROW SHOW.

The Plunket Society wi'l benefit to the extent of £179 5s lOd, and the Salvation Army Men’s Home and the St John Ambulance Association to the extent of £B9 12s lid each, through the Golden Arrow and British (U.K.) Industries Exhibition held in the King Edward Barracks from November 8 to November 15 of last year. The aggregate of these amounts (£358 11s Sd) represents the net proceeds of the exhibition, which was promoted by the Canterbury branch of the British (U.K.) Manufacturers’ Association.

The formal presentation of the proceeds was made at a private luncheon at Ballantyne’s to-day. The chairman of the branch (Mr David Crozier) presided. The Plunket Society was represented by Mesdames Cecil Wood and M. H. Godby, the Salvation Army by Staff Captain Dry, and the St John Ambulance Association by Sir R. Hftaton Rhodes and Dr J. R. Thomas. Mora British Cars Sold.

The chairman stated that the main object of the exhibition, which was a great success, was to educate the public upon the sterling quality and reliability of British-made goods. British motor-cars had suffered through the slump less than any other makes, and British motor-cycles also were having an increasing sale. In 1928 the percentage of British cars sold in New Zealand was only 141. Last October it was 28 per cent, and in October of this year 47.9 per cent. It was hoped, continued Mr Crozier, that Sir Malcolm Campbell, who had broken the late Sir Henry Segrave’s world speed record, would visit New Zealand with the machine the “ Bluebird**. Replying to the presentation, Mrs Godby said that the Phmket Society was proud to have been associated with an all-British exhibition. Rebuilding Nurses* Quarters. lfrs Godby added that the sum of money would be used for rebuilding the night nurses* quarters at the Karitane Hospital. The present quarters had no comforts, and a modern building would be a great boon. Pleasure at the increasing sales of British cars was expressed by Sir Heaton Rhodes, who hoped the time would come when the percentage of British sales was 100. The British Mamrfacturers* Association had made a very wise choice in devoting the proceeds to the three bodies concerned. The donation to the Salvation Army had come at a very opportune time, stated Staff Captain Dry. Unemployment had been responsible fof heavy expenditure by the Army.