ART UNIONS
POPULARITY IN X.Z. (By Telegraph —Per Press Association) WELLINGTON, July 29. ’1 lie popularity of art unions throughout New Zealand, even prior to the great flood of them that has captured the public .imagination in the past three month.;, is reflected in the annual renort of ‘he Department of Inurnal Ali'ajrs which was presented to the House to-day. During the financial year ended arch .• Ist last, llure were 545 lionS; v, gra 1 t d o raffle worts <ri art, as defined in the Gaming Act, wh.cli n'ne less than was granted in rt preceding year. While the great majority of these permits were for the benefit of social organisations, a few of them were in aid of invalids and indigent persons. . Se-nni 1 Tenses were grant'd to raffle mineral specimens, which in each case comprised alluvial gold of a value .of .fWCPO. These seven raffles were- each in aid of the funds of community objects, and the total net profit derived bv the organisations concerned was .£109,412 13s fid.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 July 1931, Page 3
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172ART UNIONS Hokitika Guardian, 30 July 1931, Page 3
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