ANZAC ART UNION

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2818, 8 July 1916, Page 6

ANZAC ART UNION

[a penalty foe postponement. "We have been' authorised to announce that the Anzac Art Union's drawing for 2200 sheep will he held on the date specified on tho tickets. Mr. P. A. M'Hardy was chairman of tho Palmerston North Patriotic Society, which ivas. the first of the art union promoters to draw its art union on the date first advertised, and, holding a similar position on the "Anzac," Mr. M'Hardy. is determined that there shall he no delay , and disappointment with the drawing in this instance. \An offer is inado in the event of postponement to denote .£IOO out of the pockets of the 'members of the committee "to any charity which may bo named by the Mayor of Wellington. The sportsmanlike methods of the "Anzac" Committee . will surely win practical • support for its worthy cause, via., to raise monoy to build a club, free to' soldiers and sailors, on the M'Hardy gift section, for which object a number of Manuwatu farmers have provided 2200 sheep for disposal by art union. Tickets are now for sale at tho modest sum of one shilling each. The prizes amount to .£2200. the first being 1000 good sheep. And every •ticket has a chance in 250 prizes. Sheep are easily disposed of these tunes at prices ranging from JH to 30s. a head. Tim advertisement in this issue contains a coupon, which should bo filled up antf forwarded, with remittance, to the secretary of the committee at Palmerston North. Business people who' are-willing to assist by'selling tickets are requested to write to the Secretary, Anzac Art Union, Palmerston North.

The unprecedented success of tho American stage drama "Within the I/aw" has prompted J. C. Williamson, Ltd., to produce the pUlv in cinema form. Tho result is reported to bo a' triumph for the motion-picture camera. Tho film is to be shown in this City at an early d«te. Miss Muriel Starr, the talented young American actress, together with tho 'original supporting cast of "Within the Law," figure in the photo-play version. ' .

"Is this land rich?" asked the prospective purchaser, cautiously. "It certainly ought to be," Topiied the-geutle-man farmer. "I have put all the money I had into it."