| Show SYDNEY RAISES RAiSES' BIG FUN FD T L' L FOR HEROES lIE OF GAlliPOli SYD SYDNEY EY Oct 20 Yesterday Yesterday was was' Australia day Throughout the the length and breadth of ot Australia tho tho people poured out money from their pockets to pro pro Uie e comforts and n nurs uk assistance for tor the wounded her Gallipoli ITo To To Ruch good purpose did every everyone one ie re contribute contribute that nearly Dearly was rs as realized in this one state o of New Ney Sou South til Wales wo wa mare moie than do doubled blEd Victorias Victoria's amount but it wilt will be easily seen that when the totals for tor all the thai states are added added add add- ed ed together the J grand total will be beR R 1 huge one It is' is ot of our out own state and more particularly of ot the city that I 1 wish wisht t to speak Of Ot course the half halt million mil mu- lion A n was was not by any means collected entirely On Australia day Far Fat from ut it For the last tw two months it has been amassing Organized committees committees committees commit commit- tees all over the state have been do doIng doing doing do- do ing their part and numerous emulative emulative emula emula- tive Ue lists such as the special list and the tho 1000 list and the C e list and so on on have been added to tn dally daily In addition every city elly town and hamlet had its own list and also there there- were numbers of tJ freak ak list if it I may so eo term them such as the working girls' girls e G 6 list From this It will be seen th that t we weIn weIn wein in this state entered upon the campaign campaign campaign cam cam- in no uncertain manner manner Whether we have brought it to a successful close Is another matter but I I think that the figures will speak for themselves At the same sane time Ume every one realizes that wo we cannot cannot cannot can can- not possibly do too much for the men who have done so much for us As the posters scattered over the city l lad ad it The They gave their lives we must give our money The crowds in Sydney streets were tremendous Fortunately the day was fine tine an and the people turned out put ir h their thousands Not since the Commonwealth celebrations fn 1901 Lave have there been such crowds Australia Australia Australia Aus Aus- day was not a public holiday s s the organizing authorities were afraid that had such been proclaimed numbers of ot persons would have gone off picnicking or gone away to the country and probably have placed themselves beyond reach of the col col- cul- cul lectors People were everywhere and durIng during during dur dur- ing the l procession every coin of vantage vantage van van- tage was eagerly seized Many shops and offices officE's along the route sold positions poe poe- dons at the windows overlooking the street and devoted the proceeds to the Australia day funds Balconies and awnings simply black with sightseers overhung streets equally packed where Indeed there was ab absolute absolutely absolutely ab- ab solute a surging mass With the procession over th crowds naturally natural natural- ly y split up somewhat but even so so the streets were very full all day and andell well ell into tho the night Flags and bunting were every every- oJ where here Near the Queen Victoria markets and stretching right across George street was a huge calico sign bearing the words To help our wounded Australia day ay demands your support The city was Indeed a riot of color It may be thought that It v- v wa vs s perhaps a little out of ot place on suo such BUO 1 a day but if we had set apart a day for tor remembering our out fallen failen he heroes heroes heroes he- he roes was It not also gIno a day for 01 keepIng keeping keep keep- Ing In mind the tha glory of ot their deeds and rejoicing over them accordingly You must know th that t we In this city of ot Sydney give countenance to a amUd mild mUd form torm of ot highway robbery on certain days In the year to relieve us of ot our surplus cash Thus it is on Hospital Saturday a a. regular yearly early event and so o It was wa yesterday In other words members of ot the fair tall sex of ot aU all ages and conditions armed with collection boxes exact tribute in inthe inthe the streets Not onlY omy that but they invade shops and offices in quest of ot coins On Australia day more snore collectors ere were were-afield afield than ever before They were everywhere Even aboard thE th the harbor ferry boats the passengers were ere held to ransom by the fair brigands In addition to the collecting by young women there were many other means employed to wheedle money from the public In Martin MarUn place the hub of ot the city a a. gigantic Australian Aus flag was marked out outon on the roadway and coins were asked for to fill CUlin In the design In another place a wounded soldier from the Dardanelles and his nurse sat on one end of at a huge pair of scales and persons were requested so ISO to fill the other end with coins coina that it would balance the soldier soldier sol aol dier and his nurse In other words the he Australian soldier is worth his weight eight in gold gol It may be Interesting to know that the total amount raised from street treet collections Is in the neighborhood of r Auction sales were another means of helping the fund along Books pictures Jams jellies groceries flo flowers flow flow- ers ens dolls doUs and many other things too numerous numer us to mention W were re submitted submitted submitted sub sub- to auction in all streets by byboth byboth byboth both men and women In one place live lobsters were being sold fold at tion Every ery one appeared to want to buy something and moreover to pay pay a fabulous price for tor it But then of t course they had the boy boys in in their minds and what letter better reason than that could one me have for giving The theatrical profession assisted nobly In the good cause Motor wagons wagons wag wag- ons ens were hired for lor the occasion and well known kno actors and actresses gave impromptu performances at different points during the day At the close of ot each performance money simply rained upon the wagons It was th the same everywhere Money was spent lavishly The procession took the form of a a. route march through the city cit of several several several sev sev- eral thousand troops who are soon to tc start for the Dardanelles These made up the greater part of the procession procession procession pro pro- cession but there also were included In it from the war ships in port cavalry and artillery members mem morn members bers of ot tb the Rifle nine club dub reserve and last but by no means least wounded soldiers who have already returned from the Dardanelles High above all far tar above the tallest buildings 1 hovered Manduel the ther French aviator aviator avia avia- aviator tor in his monoplane Altogether the marching mon men the cheering crowds and the tho aeroplane ne poised in the blue sky made up a scene th t will live Ion lono long in the minds mirds o ot of those who witnessed it ft Well ell we have had our day o of giving ing lug and Australia day has been a huge success When you remember that equal enthusiasm to that displayed displayed displayed dis dis- played in Sydney animated every town in this state and in the other states too you have some idea of ot what Australia thinks of her gallant sons |
