EASTER EGG SCHEME

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 158, 23 March 1918, Page 8

EASTER EGG SCHEME

TO'HELP THE SUFFERERS'IX THE liUriii i'litob. In order to provide relief for the?/ sufferers by the lire, the' -\ew Zealand? Natives' Association lias decided ' to, divert its Easter Egg scheme to that* purpose, instead of, us was .proposed, to the establishment of sw Soldier Memorial Fund—a long-Cher-ished project of the association. It is* felt thai .the needs of the sullerers ati Raetihi,- Qi'akune, and other places ar&J more urgent than the association's ownJ scheme. The scheme is to be inaugur-f ated on Wednesday nest, and' on the! following day the public will be askedi to buy tiie ''tegs. 1 ' These will be inj reality envefopVs with tho illustration.; of an" egg tut them. A ticket'inside, the envelope n*ill denote the na' ■a.amii value of the p.viae. There will no 1 blanks, and a (.viarantee is given no prize will be of less value than 6dThe majority of the prizes, however,, will represent order's on iocal firms fori goods of a much greater value, and included in them wirl be an order for a,', brand new latest niot'el Chevrolet car. On Wednesday night tt'io envelopes con-' taining the prize l-ickoi's will be mixed publicly on the premistV of the Dominion Motor Vehicles, Lift ■ i Place. There seems to little doubt: that the "eggs" will sell .readily, and a substantial amount reaSt'Cd tor the; destitute ones of tho devastated area.

It is the intention of the- y:omm\ .'6 to extend the effort by a tour of the Wairarapa district.