"OUR DAY" APPEAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 October 1917, Page 4

"OUR DAY" APPEAL.

NBW PLYMOUTH'S FIXE Ri&l'O^Sß. In every part of the British Dominions one day of last week was observed as a special appeal day for funds .in aid of tlio British Red Cross Society. The "Our Day" appeal in New Plymouth was tttde on Saturday last, with splendid results. The day was perfect, and, the streets ww busy morning and afternoon. The country people who were in town gave freely. Last year "Our Day" brought in £5,40 odd, and this year'* conaaittaa Bet out to raise not less than £6OO, ft rather ambitious aim in view ot the appeal on October IS in Wellington realising only about £IOOO. The generosity of the people of New Plymouth had, however, been under-rated, a» the day's takings reached the splendid total of £71)1, the whole of which will be forwarded to the headquarters of the British Red Cross. ' Though the substantial gumof <2171 was realised at the n)art:afd it! tracked stalls and competitions, the greater part of the day's collection was'netted by dilations and the sale of badges.: STREET OBJECTIONS. The house to house and street tion owed its success to the tholotarh organisation of Mrs. E. Dockrlll, hon.

secretary of the local branch of St. John of Jerusalem. The collectors wen *»tir early in the. (lay, and by five in the afternoon practically every house and office in the town had been canvassed, and those who appeared in the. street* badgeless were in a decided minority. The collecting boxes were handed Ut at the Red Cross depot to Mesdeunes Crooke nnd Walker, vice-presidents 0 1 the local branch, and the amounts were (Sucked and banked by Messrs A. B. OlheAn, lion, sccietary, and ICeith Bell, hon. treasurer, A feature of the collection was the number of half-crowns. The total amount netted by donations and collections was £O2O 3s sd. . THE MAM. ' The operations in connection with the Mart produeod over £l7l, including the cake art union and donations a& follows: Patriotic tea (per Miss Sterry), £8; soldiers' mothers, wives,; and sisters sur•plus, after providing material for cakes and sweets, £0 lis; T. Avery, £2 2s: T. Avery's employees, £lj B. H. Tribe, £2 2s; J. Hart', £1 la; Mrs. ©owling, £1; Mrs. Holbrook, £1; Mr. Corbett, (801 l Block), los; Mr, Stanley, 10s. Master Street, 7s Bd. * ' * Upwards of 2500 eggs were sent In by Bell Block, Fiteroy, Central, Courtenay, South Road, Franltley Road, and Weßtown, Hillsborough, and Tarurutattgi schools. The cake art union and stile of tasties produced £SO 14s, the winning number being 563, purchased by Mrs. Halward Clark. •. Other competitions restiltefl'ts fallows: Bracelet, donated by Mrs. TOigatley. winner A. S. Wilson. ' ' Parcel donated by Mr*. Jtsnkhaon. winner E. Mehrtens. Case «f benzine, donated Jy.'Jlr. J,S. Coimctfc, winner H. O. Skeltdfif 1 '■'" ' Blouse donated by Mts. W. C. Weston, winner Miss L. Rekl. Cake donated by Mrs. E. Bayly, Win< ner Mrs. Lander, Westown. Cake donated by Mrs. E. Perry, winner Mrs. A. K. Lennon. Gong presented by Mr. Arnold, winner Mrs. M. Lovcll. Chccso presented by Mr. Corbett, winner Mrs. Harry Good. Canary presented by Mr.&odr, winner Mrs. E. Perry, Ham donated by Mr. Watson, winnei Mts. Baddeley. The prize for the best cocoanat ice was won by Mrs. Xehnon. Other competitions in connection wltli the sweets stall were won toy Nurse Mo Loan and Miss K. Le&tham, The total amount will be slightly increased by money yet to come iff. ART UNION. , The grand art union, whioh was to* (Uigurated some months ago by the Red Cross Society, brought in £2l 14s. The drawing was made at the Bed Oro»s rooms by the Mayoress (Mrs. O. H. Burgess), under police supervision, and resulted as follows: First prize, hand-made collar, donated by Mrs. Hooper; Mr. Ken. Webster, Palmcrston North, ticket No.' 413. Second prize, hand-knitted quilt, donated by Mrs. Hall: Miss O. JSUwkay, ticket No. 340. Third prize, brief bag, donated, fy Mr. Wells: Graham Foofces, ticket No. 180. Fourth prize, gold watch; donated by Mrs. Walker: Mrs. Walker, ticket No. 105. 1 ■ Strangely enough, Mrs. WMfefif woq back the watch she had donated. SALE OF FLAG. Mr. Newton King auetiotted fhe tiag presented by an anonymous -donor at Olcato, and as the result of thß sale handed the sum of £3B 10s to the comi mittee. , There are still a small ®B»j4>er -of coli lecting boxes to come in,-' afw. 'the proceed? from to-day's big function *t Ka.« vvaroa Park should swell the total veryconsiderably. •> Gisborne reports that the '©ur Day' collection in the town realised £IOO3.