AN APPEAL TO BRITONS EVERYWHERE.
citizens, of this_ great .'.and glorious: Empire, upon which tho. sun ueyerreea'ses ; ,to-.shine,' ..under whoso eneven though .nTiolo'hemispheresYdivido. us, our thanks 'aro..due to theJn'cyerSceasing toil of the mcrchaßtnsailo'i^the.SfshuttlG,,which is continually.weaving the (warp ;*and. woof of a" | We, cannot do without hirii^oijr;;seaborne '" commerce,"V. tli eintegi-itysV of J'bur. Empire.V and Power,'tall' depend i.upo'niHhi^^'strahge 1 race apart.",.if ■ ' But when: cast' lip on ' {hot.shores 'of his Mother-; Country .'/' overtaken' by ; ". f old age, iiilirmity and ■ poverty,' 1 the ' sailoi deserves a helping hand,'and'the com-, inittco of th<> Hoyal Alfred Institution urgently 'appeal to Britons everywhere to assist , tliem in this "great,.:, humane Work. . ' ■; : ■. For nearly .half a.'.century, the.Royal Alfred Institution has been providing a home or a small pension for-.thft 1 merchant' sailor ; \vhcn, A okl,,. desutute. i and helpless. " Some 3000 * worthy, old- seamen have been thus permanently relieved'by the institution, but there .. are hundreds more, equally deserving, .who have hoisted the signal '.'ln distress,'.want assistance." 's : i' ' Your contribution will '"help "a ; to throw out a life-line. Pleaso send along :to tho •. 1 1 UOYAL ALFRED AGED MERCHANT , SEAMEN'S INSTITUTION, j ' 5B Fenehurch Street., , '. v -''' London, E.C. Yours! faithfully, J. BAILEY .WALKER, ... . Secretary. Christmas, 191-3.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1944, 30 December 1913, Page 6
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198AN APPEAL TO BRITONS EVERYWHERE. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1944, 30 December 1913, Page 6
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