PATRIOTIC WAIRARAPA
£21,574 FOR A FLAG.
£40,000 RAISED IN A WEEK. By Telegraph.—Press Association. MASTERTON, Wednesday. At a patriotic boxing carnival tonight the sum of £21,574 was subscribed for a patriotic flag presented by Mr A. P. Whatman towards the Wounded Soldiers' Fund. The bids included 3000gns by Mr A. P. Whatman, £IOOO each by Mr Guy Williams, Mrs Peter McLaren, and the Wellington Farmers' Meat Company. There were numerous bids of £SOO. A sum of about £40,000 has been subscribed in the Wairarapa during the past week for the Wounded Soldiers' Fund, and a canvass is being vigorously prosecuted.
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Waikato Times, Volume 84, Issue 13207, 24 June 1915, Page 4
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