PATRIOTIC WORK.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 September 1916, Page 5

PATRIOTIC WORK.

The host* for the afternoon tea on t'riday (sale day) at Raliotu in aid of sit-k and wounded are Messrs. VV A. Manning and P. Wilcox jr. Mr. W. J. Chancy, deputy-chairman of the Patriotic Committee, notifies that liis office, at the Soldiers' Club, is now r;cn daily from 11 a.m. to noon, for general patriotic purposes. 11;? first year of the local Red Cross Mart has just ended, the gross takings fur tint period showing at no less ihan :"llfifi 10? Id. This is far in excess of expectations, and L one of which tha committee and their numerous helpers may well feel proud. There is seme difficulty in suitably acknowledging tlw many contributions in cash, kind, and service which have been received, but the committee specially wish to thank the people of Bell Block, Hillsboisitgh, Tfirurutangi, and Tataraimaka, and *!ie townspeople generally. The second year k now entered on, and no efforts are to be spared to make it as successful a period as the first. All those people, therefore, who have sympathy for the cause of wounded boys (&wl who is there who has not?) are earnestly requested to come along with contributions, however small, either in coin cr kind, and so help along the cause

A- a result of the fancy dross ball recently held under the allspices of the i'itz-oy Fire Brigade, the funds or the British Red Cross Society will benefit to the extent.or £l9 Ss Gd, a very creditable. >-osull Forty entries were received for the patriotic billiard tournament, entries for which closed yesterday afternoon. The first inatches, in the first round, were played yesterday evening, and it is intended that all rounds shall be finished In order that the final can *be played during Soldiers' Comforts Week. The Comforts' Fund already benefits to the extent of £5, the entrance fees, and it is very probable that habitues of the cloth will materially add to this amount during the progress of the tournament '. *•

The. energetic canvassers of the Mangorei-Carrington-Frankley Patriotic Committee have every reason to feel proud of the results of their efforts in aid of the Belgian Fund. In only one single instance have they met with a refusal of support from any residents of the district, and a choice selection of live stock, including a pedigree Jersey bull calf from Mr. H. L. Spence's wtllknown herd, a pedigree cow from Mr. F. Baker, and a pedigree pig from Mr. B. Balsom, will be brought before that popular auctioneer, Mr L. A. Nolan, on Thursday, October 5, at 2 p.m. sharp. Amongst a large quantity of sundries will be found a violin, furniture, and a wheelbarrow. The produce stalls on the ground will undoubtedly do a large trade, as a tremendous lot of local and other produce has been promised for sale.