A most successful campaign for the raising of funds for the local Famine Relief Fund was held on Saturday, Sunday and Monday last, taking the form of a "White Elephant" or " Jumble Sale" under the auspices of the City Y. M. The campaign, which was city-wide, was taken part in by various local organizations including the colleges and schools of the district. Contributions of articles for sale were generously given by benevolent honours and business concerns and philanthropic organizations also assisted.
More than 5,500 tickets were sold for admittance and these were exchangeable for the goods on the stalls. The sale opened at 10 a.m., and closed at 10 p.m, each day, and about 1,000 people were present on each occasion.
Each afternoon an entertainment was given to those in attendance in the Y.M.C.A. Lecture Hall, the items of which were prepared by the Y.M.C.A. members and the local scholars of the principal schools. The most notable feature jof—this department was a dramati¢ performance by the girls of the Dzong Tech Middle School which so pleased the audience that about $15 were collected from them on the spot.
The exact sum of money realized by the sale is not yet known but the committee of management has good hopes that it will not be less than. $1,000. To raise such a large sum in so short a time is accounted a great success more especially as the actual result 1s not the only benefit, public attention being aroused to the importance of relief work, and drawn to the greater effort that is to be made in Ningpo for the gaining of $40,000 for the Chekiang Famine Relief Work.
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