COMFORTS' WEEK CAMPAIGN.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 October 1916, Page 4

COMFORTS' WEEK CAMPAIGN.

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oil Die lake was indulged in during' the afternoon, and full advantage was taken of the pleasurable excursions afforded, all the available boats being w»ll ptronised. The Sea Seoiits, whose boat easily accommodated twenty people were eagerly sought for. and aheir work, on a penny per capita basis, added financial increment. A vory tastefully decorated motor lorry was that of Mr. A. Smith, who conveyed a happy band of Urenui children.

The takings at the gates yesterday amounted to .CI2O, and the results from the etc., were as far as could ascertained last night. .Cl3O. Altogether, the proceeds will be comfortably more t.iiun the .C 250 that was expected.

At four o'clock the lied Cross ambulance cnr set out on its ''errand of mercy'' to Waitara, wlie,re its advent was much appreciated, and the work of the nnhvaynion. was further eulogised. To swcK the funds another .€2 was contribute! by the Wuitara folk who inspected the ear. ,

Mr. Ciancy wilf be in attendance at his Oi7i.>e, Soldiers' Club rooms, this morning to receive any moneys that were r.nt handed in yesterday. At the Coronation Hall to-night, a grand concert will be held. The vocalists include Mrs. Basham (of Eltham), Mrs. Birch-Johnston, Mr. Norman Day, and Mr. A. B. Maedonald, while the Band will contribute a number of popular items, and Mr. Barry will dance a sailor's hornpipe. The singers are all great favorites with New Plymouth audiences, and to-night's programme is good enough and bright enough to pack the auditorium Ample seating accom modatioh has been provided, and the admission is only one shilling. The band sprung a "surprise packet" upon the public yesterday, by appearing in their picturesque pierrot costumes For the manufacture of these the Band members and a few lady friends were entirely responsible, and the-ensemble was one that they are to be congratulates upon

"Billy Blucgum," from the East End, was n popular figure in yesterday's procession. He might have stepped out of one of Steele Eudd's hooks. But when he lost his little family of "bluegums," who were kindly accommodated in a motor ear, "Blucgum, sow.," seemed lost, ami he quickly doffed his tout ensemble for more comfortable, costume. The "mi-ke-up" of the "Bluegums'' was capital. Attired from' head to foot in red, white, and blue, a popular business mail spent (J)e day in selling badges at 3a eaeli His identity was hard to discover, hut discovered he was, and he had the satisfaction of handing over nearly .-C4 m the result of, his self-denying efforts.

A most amusing incident was one in connection with the lied Cross car. Anyone who stepped upstairs to view tlie interior ,vas confronted with a collection iiox nu goinfe out. The judges of the exhibits, naturally, wished to see the ambulance in its. entirety, and climbed th% steps. V'hat followed is best told in the word 3of one of them: "As we were comintr <>ut they stuck a box in front of us. Wind, we were the judges. Wasn't it roj;(h? And the best of it all was they beat a Scotchman--for half-a-croon at thati"' And the Scotchman who related his experience enjoyed the joke as much as did tile bystanders.