A GIFT FOR OUR BOYS IN BLUE

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2608, 2 November 1915, Page 2

A GIFT FOR OUR BOYS IN BLUE

■ ; frAPPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF WELLINGTON. At ttie request of the Hon. Jaß. Allen, Miniator of Defence, Mr. S. Booth, secretary of the Seamen's Institute. Lyttelton, has inaugurated a campaign to forward at least 2000 tins of preserved fruit and vegetables for the use of the crews of H.M.S. Psyche, Philomel, and I'yramus, which are operating in what; ii described H as "the hottest spot on earth." The_ men are enduring very trying conditions, and as a change in their diet is necessary in order that they may preserve their health, it has been decided to collect a quantity of canned fruit and vegetables in Now Zealand, and send it away in time to roach them at Christmas. The Wellington district has been asked to provide 500 large tins of pie fruit, as its quota to the shipment. _ It is proposed to ship the 2000 tins v.'ith the next transport taking reinforcements. So that only about ten da.ys areleft in which to got together the Wellington quota. Tinned fruit of any kind will be wolcome. Lieutenant ft. H. Nimmo, who was so prominent in connection with the Wellington Queen Carnival, has been asked to take the raising cf the Wellington quota in hand. All goods should be sent to Messrs. H. Nimmo and Sons' pianoforte warehouse, 41! Kent Terrace. Fruit cannot be accepted 'in glass bottles or jars, as the risk of damage in- transit is much too great. All produce must,_ therefore, be in tins. Xf more convenient, the public can send cash to Lieutenant Nimmo, and fruit to the value of the donation will bo at once purchased, and an acknowledgment sent to the giver. It is suggested that when a housewife is giving her order for groceries she might order n tin of fruit for the seamen, asking the shop-keeper to send it oil to the receiving depot.