£100 RAISED

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 84, 30 November 1931, Page 4

£100 RAISED

GRATIFYING BESULT 0 UNEMPLOYMENT DRIVE £44 FROM STREET COLLEC This week's drive for funds tuted by the Rotorua Unemploj Relief Committee, concluded oi urday with a street collection brought the aggregate amount lected up to £100. This result garded as most gratifying by bers of the committee and will them materially in helping the cases of distress among the fa of unemployed men in Rotorua. A total of £35 10/2 was rais the Sunday night picture ente ment which initiated the driye 10s 5d from the proceeds of tlx successful dance organised hy ti torua Basketball Association, ■ from the guessing competition ducted in connection with the carved coal box which was i available by the Borough Gounc the purpose of raising funds, an 16s 5d from Saturday's street lection. In a statement to the "1 Fath Spierings, chairman of ti lief committee, expressed his fication at the yesult of the i Thanks were due to all those had interested themselves in this deserving cause and particulai the management of the %'. Theatre, the Rotorua, Basketba sociation, the Rotorua Furn Company for the use of its wi and to the ladies who so gene came f orward to assist with the collection. Father Spierings stated th: committee would do its best i sure that the funds raised weri to the best possible advantag those who had assisted by'mo] and other donations could be a: that the money would he spent it was most needed. He felt t further appeal was necessar; only those who had assisted in ti sent drive, but many others, put their shoulders to the whf the relief of their less fortuna lows.