FUNDS FOR WAR RELIEF

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3091, 23 May 1917, Page 7

FUNDS FOR WAR RELIEF

FRESH EFFORT PENDING A NEW SCHEME PROPOSED i A meeting of tho executive of the Wellington Patriotic Socioty was held last Evening. Mr. C. H. Osmond presided. I It, was reported that arrangements for po church parade on Empire Day were |tvcll in hand, and massed bands wero jooin? arranged. for. .Mr. T. M. Wilford forwarded his resignation as chairman of tho executive, larliament, ho said, was about to reopen, and the society was launching a oig scheme to ;raise fimds, aud ho felt that tho society should elect a chairman iWlio could attend whenever required for the consideration of thoso details which must daily*.ariso. It was resolved to Recent Mr. Wilford's resignation with extreme- regret. A sum of JMS was voted to square tho balance of an account for band instruments for the 12th Reinforcemonts. A subcommittee set ur> to consider thn question of holding another carnival reported in favour of the" proposal. Mr. 3. Lewis said tho schemo had been-very heartily approved by shopkeepers. Shopkeepers he haj interviewed wero j repared to give a percentage of their takings during carnival week. In no caso bad ho met anyone who opposed the carnival as being tho best means of raising funds. The funds of the War Relief Association

[were not likely to last a.g. long as money [would lie needed. Now "was (he lime to ™oto; if they waited till after the war ith'ey might meet with a poor response. 1 It was resolved: "That this executive considers the time ripe for another great (effort to,raise money for the objects'for (which the society was formed, and thnt the actual date of tho effort bo fixed nt k special meeting of the executive called (for no other purpose than to go into sub.oommittee details." ■, J- Mr ; Lewis was asked if another Queen jCarmval was proposed. He replied that (he had had a Queen Carnival in mind, Nt in the last few days another scheme jaa : d been put before him. ' [The proposer of the neji idea was Mr jWm. Lmtz, organiser of the "silver bulBet candidate scheme," who had run simiOar efforts in other parts of, New Zealand tend Australia Mr. Lintz attended tho taeeting of the oxeoutive, and gavo an (explanation of his scheme, by which 'no reckoned .£150,000 could be raised in WeiSington. •

[Mr. Lewis'said the scheme Karl been (employed inWangamii and in Nelson, jsud ho had telegraphed' to those places jfor opinions of it, The Major of Wntaganm had replied, "Believe silver bulfestrate, Nelson,- had , ' answered \ l inink some competitive scheme necesfear.y.for success, and silver bullet, if pro-' IZI ° rßan,sed T ? n( < ™ked, probably as jgart as any. It was 6UC< , ess f u ] in ft e ,_ ifw" a ,-™ n i Z i sU (hal a(: Wangamri *hev aimed at getting ,£50.000. and ther Raised .£68,000 in eight weeks Tn Nej. • ° was raiso(1 -' and in Gi " born ° Blest Tuesday to deal wifh the matter.