THE MEN ON SERVICE ARE NOT FORGOTTEN

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 225, 21 September 1940, Page 5 (Supplement)

THE MEN ON SERVICE ARE NOT FORGOTTEN

■ a ! «DLEASC accept my sincere ■ m* lhadks for tha apMntfd \ J wallot aad the gift enclosed, dbo J ■ for the very imc* letter which a I' accompanied aame. The wallet ■ ! and letter I intend to treasure as ! ■ a keepsake, but I think I will ■ J weaken when it comes to tryinc J a to keep the 10/ as a keepsake, j ■ But in any case, yon may rest ■ ! assured that when 1 spend it 1 | ■ wiß ba having a good time, thanks | j to yonr committee." j J This is an excerpt from a letter I 2 received ■by Ex-Digger T. R. J a Coagahon, ,hon. secretary- ■ ■ treasurer of ' the Mount Albert J ■ Overseas Gifts Fund, from an a ■ A.B. of the R.N.V.R., acknow- I p ledging his gift from the citiaens J lof the borough. The committee t ■ has organised a complete house- ■ J to-house collection over the whole | ■ of the mnnicipal area, stinting | ■ on Monday next, to provide the I j nucleus of a fund, to give similar J 1 gifts to each man from the | J borough who goes on service. J I The men who left before the j .■ scheme was inaugurated have a ■ net been forgotten, and a sub- i g stantial Christmas parcel will be j I sent to each in whatever theatre ■ ■ of war he is situated. The letter I ■ above mirrors the appreciation j ■ of the recipients and should be ■ J encouraging to the committee, ■ a which has undertaken a very bis a ■ task, as well as an encouragement I ato the residents'of the borou«h j • to show their appreciation of tbe a j service and the.'boys I I are maldng. " J H I i ■ i