PLUNKET ART UNION.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 February 1922, Page 6

PLUNKET ART UNION.

PRIZE WORTH £4OO. An injunction to “do it now” will not be amies to people who have not yet bought tickets for the Wellington Plunket Home Art Union. Only a few weeks remain during which ticket® will be on sale, and those who procrastinate to find themselves outsiders after all. From a strictly business aspect it is foolish, for the sake of half-a-eroWn, to forfeit the chance of winning £4OO worth of gold specimen. But when the object of the Art Union is brought to mind, the desirability of buying a ticket is vastly increased.

The Plunket Society in Wellington ha® had only two small, inconvenient rooms in which to carry on its work amongst mothers and children. Crowding has been unavoidable, and lack of privacy has repelled many who came for help. It was felt that something must be done, and done quickly, to improve conditions. The citizens of Wellington have already subscribed over £3OO0 — enougn money to make the first payment on suitable property in Kent Terrace. a

Funds are now urgently needed for renovating a,nd furnishing the new quarters, and to enable the Society to pay off the balance of the purchase price.

It is expected that a substantial part of the required money will be brought in by the Art Uhion, and all who wish to assist the society are urged to purchase tickets without delay. Mr. J. R. McKenzie, of Wellington, by whose generosity the proposed prize was increased from £lOO to £4OO worth of gold specimen, is still further assisting the Plunket Home Appeal by allowing the art union tickets to be sold at all his fancy goods shops throughout New Zealand. Tickets can also be obtained from leading retailers, tobacconists and hairdressers; also from the Plunket rooms, or the hon. secretary, P.O. Box 208, Wellington. Mail orders should enclose stamped, addressed envelope. Donations to the fund will “be gratefully received by the treasurers, Messrr. Watkins, Hull, Hunt and Wheeler. Accountants’ Chambers, Johnston Street, Wellington.