Dear Sir

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 94, 21 August 1942, Page 4

Dear Sir

1 Letters to the Editor must be 1 clearly written on one side of - the paper only and where a nom- * de-plume is used the name of r the writer must be included for s reference purposes. The Editor 5 reserves the right to abridge* t amend or. withhold any letter or letters. LEPER APPEAL I Sir, —On behalf of those less fori tunate fellow sufferers on Makogal f Island: may I plead for just a few x f crumbs: &£ assistance in these days - of distress caused by the world unrest. The lepers' war is always with ; t*hem—a fight between disease and I health. These poor stricken people : look for your remembrance and ; somehow, things, after such a re 1 - [ membrane© seem easier to bear. > Your kindness has brightened their days in the past, and I. know that you will not fail them noAv when further serious 'troubles are added , to their hard lot. In all sincerity we believe that t our work will bring a blessing on , our country and will help our war effort, God is never outdone in generositj 7 . We are extending this work , to other British Possessions and we t trust that your generosity will help us to carry this out. y Space does not permit more, but I additional information will be glad[ly supplied. The abbreviated address of "Leper Man," Christchurch, [ will always fihd me. Yours etc., P. J. TWOMEY.