UNITED NATIONS APPEAL

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XLIX, Issue 9729, 11 August 1950, Page 2

UNITED NATIONS APPEAL

CAMPAIGN NOW W T ELL UNDER WAY CANVASS IN WAIHI AREA With strong support coming from all sections of the community, the 1950 United Nations Appeal for Children is moving into its second stage. The public knows the reasons for the appeal and knows its urgency if millions of children are to be saved from disease and death. Hence the campaign message will be “Give now; don’t wait for someone to approach you.” These facta were reported to a recent meeting at appeal headquarters, over which the Dominion chairman, Mr C. S. Falconer, presided. Information f»om all parts of New Zealand emphasised the tremendous fund of goodwill that exists tov/ards the Children’s Appeal, and many instances were quoted of practical expressions of that goodwill, ranging from the Auckland. City Council’s donation of £SOO to the shillings collected by the efforts of schoolchildren. Becks School, Central Otago, for instance, with only 30 pupils, paid in £9O to the appeal. Three community gatherings at Dunedin raised nearly £I7OO.

it was reported that facilities for receiving donations were now existing in practically every city, borough and county in New Zealand. Appreciation was expressed of the almost unanimous lead given by mayors and chairmen of county councils and town boards in organising local appeal committees. “We cannot hope to make a personal approach to everybody in New Zealand,” the committee states. “People wishing to give to the Childen’s Appeal should do so now, by posting their donations to their local Mayor or United Nations Appeal for Children treasurer, or by taking it to one of the numerous collecting points established through the country.” Collectors are at present canvassing the Waihi district and it is anticipated they will meet with the usual generous response