THE LAUDER FAREWELL
£239 CONTRIBUTED PATRIOTIC SPEECH BY, THE PREMIER. At Mr. Harry Lander's final performance last evening an account was given of the assistance his'-company has rendered to the Patriotic Fund. The Prime Minister attended to preside over the drawing of a raffle, and delivered a brief speech appropriate to' the occasion. Mr. Jas. Dykes attended to assist with the raffle. ■" • ' ■■. Mr. Lauder announced that the takings at the matinee that, afternoon amounted to £195 ss. 6d. An armchair presented by Messrs., E. Collie and Son had realised at auction £10' 10s. The sale of souvenirs had produced £11 ss. 3?;j and the sale of flowers £2 2s. 6d. Finally the sale of raffle tickets for a frained portrait of Mr. Lander had returned £20. This made the total which Messrs. ; Tait, his company, and"himsejf had been able to raise for the Patriotic Fund during the last few days of £239 Bs.. 3d.. (Loud applause.) •■ The armchair sold in the afternoon was knocked down to Mr. D. Sutherland. ■:■■;■.
The raffle was drawn by the ' Prime Minister, and the winning number was 664. The owner did'not appear, and it-was announced that thoicsiilt would be advertised and the prize left at the theatre. Two other prizes went, to Nos. 846 -and 345. Ono of these prizes was claimed by a lady in. the audience. The Prime Minister in a brief speech congratulated the company and those present upon the amount tliat had been raised' for the> Patriotic Fund. Tho money would be"applied to a particularly good purpose—tie equipment _ of the expeditionary troops and supplying them with, the comforts -to which they, were entitled when, they were fighting for their country on the. other eide of t)> world. (Applause.) Mr. Massoy went on to remark that his auditors looked much better pleased than people were looking ,a week ago. There was good reason lor this; things had chanteed, and if people were very much happier than they were a few days ago they had good reason for it. (Applause.) They were all proud of Britain's great past; during the last few days it had been shown that she also had', a present— (loud applause)—and was going to;win. (Applause.) , Ifc had been demonstrated that tho British soldier, taking ■ the average, was a. < better man 'than tho German ' soldier., (Applause.) Britain had not only a. present, he was quite suro she: was going to have, a future. He was looking forward to a time, perhaps! half'a century '.ajray, when New Zealand's population would be five millions,' when Australia would nave a, population of twenty millions., and Canada thirty —and when instead ofi New Zealand being a-ble to send away ten thousand men', Australia twenty thousand, and Canada thirty thousand, the people of these Dominions would be able to multiply thoso numbers by ten, and perhaps even more, and send tliom to the assis_tance_ of the Mother Country if she required it. (Loud applause.) People had said that Britain was' done, but' they were of a different opinion to-day.. They wouldi see by the papers next morning that the Indian princes were sending troops by scores of thousands and money by millions. (Applause and cheers.) And New Zealand citizens were going to the front;' New Zealand mothers wore sending their sons to help tho Old Country in her hour of trouble. (Applause.) Hβ allnded to tho fact that Mr. Lauder had a son at the front, and added that New Zealand was 'already worthily represented there by General Da-vies'. (Applause and cheers.) The Prime Minister, amidst enthusiastic plaudits, read a later telegram from London, tolling of the crushing defeat of the Austrians, and of Japan's endorsement of the compaot of the Allies to stand together. Finally he said that tho end was.not yet in view, and that.people must possess their souls in patience. Tho ultimate result was absolutely certain, and it'was that Britain and her Allies would bo victorious as , Britain had been many times before. (Anplauso and cheers.) • Beforo the curtain fell the National Anthem was sung with splendid enthusiasm. At his farewell entertainment last evening Mr. Lauder was very heartily received: He declared himself deeply sensible of tho warm and friendly welcome extended to him in Australia and New Zealand, and said that he hoped to again visit these countries in the not very' distant future. ,j '•
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2253, 12 September 1914, Page 4
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