Many gifts from poor people have been received by tho committee which is controllinff tlio aiT.mcciiieiit* for the Conora(ion cift to the Queen by llm Marys of the Kmpii'o. Two old ladies sent two pennies by a friend, who explained, "Thev can't write; one is blind and tlio oilier cannot write at all." Seven stamps stamps for "Our.Knnd Queen Mary" arrived from seven members of the same family, all beariiiß the name of Mary, and 0110 of whom is the widow nf a Crimean veteran. One donor sent a trifle which she had "saved up carefully,"-
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1079, 18 March 1911, Page 3
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96Untitled Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1079, 18 March 1911, Page 3
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