RADIUM APPEAL.

Otaki Mail, 9 January 1924, Page 3

RADIUM APPEAL.

-ABOUT £7OOO COLLECTED. FURTHER EFFORT TO BE MADE. The position of the fund up to January sth is as follows:—Amount received in Wellington, £4B3S; promised in city but not yet received, £650; in hand at “Post’’ and “Dominion,’’ £326 3s Id; in hand in country centres, £llO3 16s sd; total, £6917 19s 6d. From centres outside the city the following amounts have been received, or have been notified asrin the hands of the local committees up to the end of 'the year:—Hastings (through “Hawke’s Bay Tribune’’). £364; Levin (through “Daily Chronicle’’), £72; Otaki (through the Mayor). £B6; Musterton (through the Mayor) £250; Hawera (through the Mayor), £250; Lower Hutt (Local committee), £300; Paekakariki (local committee), £64; Upper Hutt Valley (local committee), £80; Petone (through His Worship the Mayor), £l5B 16s sd; Eastbourne (through Mr. Levy), £4-1. The city was divided into 10 blocks, with a view to effectively canvass. There were only sufficient. * workers to cover seven blocks, leaving nearly twothirds of the city uncovered. As the average collected in tho block was about £SO, it is assumed that another £6OO would have been collected had sufficient workers turned up. The committee has decided to make a further appeal for the balance necessary to complete the fund before the end of the present month, when it is expected that the amount aimed at will be subscribed.