FINE ACHIEVEMENT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 163, 10 June 1940, Page 6

FINE ACHIEVEMENT.

more money coming in. l’er Press Association. WELLINGTON, June 10. Appreciative comment upon the spectacular achievement of having raised £250,000 for the Sick, Wounded and Distress Appeal in less than four weeks was given by Major Abel, hon. Dominion organiser of the appeal. There are still several provinces in which major schemes are still in operation, including a number of largescale art unions which will not be completed until about ' the end of the month. He said, too, that the Auckland figures could not be taken as any serious indication of finality. Auckland had set herself a quota of £75.000. A big effort was the queen carnival, with nine -queens, and most of the money would’ naturally not be handed in till the last minute. Nelson had only-recently come into the effort, and this field included Westport. Major Abel indicated also that Southland and Gisborne could be looked to to do more. Otago, by already doubling its original quota of £25.000, had set a lead, and he anticipated that some other provinces would set , the goal of doubling theirs. Major Abel pointed out that the appeal was before the invasion of. Holland. Belgium and France, and it was realised now that greater amounts would be necessary. The Lord Mayor’s Fund in .London had appealed for more medical stores and ambulances. .Major Abel felt that while the Dominion was comparatively secure from the .direct effects of the war, those .staying ,at home were setting an admirable example by giving generouslv in casii and other resources to assist the sick and wounded.