£2000 CASH FOR TWO SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE
Palmerston North, the -metropolis of the wealthy' Manawatu, is not to be last, or least, in the patriotic endeavour to raise | money for. the Wounded Soldiers' Fund. Mr. P. A. M'Hardy. the farmer wiho set a worthy example'to other fortunate farmers of the Dominion by giving .£IOOO of "war profits" to tlio Belgian Relief Fund, has presented a fine property in Palmerston North, valued at .£3OOO, to the llanawatu Patriotic Society for disposal for the benefit of New Zealand's gallant lads iv'ho havoi enlisted to keep the British flag flying and the foe at bay. The section ia splendidly situated in the centre of the town. The Manawatu Patriotic Society is disposing of , the property by art union, tickets for which are selling at the price of half a crown. That there need be no doubt about tlie value of the property, twenty keen business men of Palmerston North have undertaken to pay ,£2OOO cash to the lucky winner, should he or Ae wish to sell. ,£2OOO for 2s. 6(1. is a great prize, and-with the additional fact that the half-crown will heln the n-ounded soldiers there is euro to "be a good response;. Fill in the coupon form advertised in this issue, and post, with ss. Cd. postal notes or money ordor, to Mr. E. Grant Siin, Box 229, 'Palmerston North. ' Any purchaser of a ticket has the right and will bo welcome to inspect tho art union books at any time. Six leading business men are conducting the art union, and have undertaken to run it at a minimum of exnonse. so that the Wounded Soldiers' Fund shall benefit to the fullest extent. If every "sport,"' malo and female, sent for a ticket, it would not bo moro than the lads in the hospitals deserve, and there is the chance of a win of two oi' threo thousand pounds hanging to tho lialf-orown.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2632, 1 December 1915, Page 6
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322Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2632, 1 December 1915, Page 6
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