A BUSINESS DRIVE
FOB RED JERSEY I'QNDS. j I Tho Red Jersey Appeal Committee, as- ; sisted by some 300 helpers from Hie shops ; and warehouses, engaged in a "drive" ] iu the business part of tho city yestcr- ! day. Their moda of procedure was to : tackle the head of every firm or the. pro- j prietor of every shop for at least tho i gum of 55., for which consideration a ;; paper Union Jack would bo placed on . his window—an outward sign that ho ' bad "paid on demand." On the wliolo, ' the scheme, to judge from tho number- ) of dags exhibited, was very successful, : and a very substantial amount of money ! was raised for tho benefit of the boya_ at ; the front (per medium of the Salvation ! Army). Tho day's efforts resulted in. / the sum of £760 being collected. ! Valuable! help was ?.sorded by tho j Trentham Band, who paraded tho streets j of the city, accompanied by many fair box-rattlers.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 214, 29 May 1918, Page 5
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160A BUSINESS DRIVE Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 214, 29 May 1918, Page 5
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