CHRISTMAS GIFT FUND FOR SOLDIERS
At a meeting of the sports section of the Christmas Gift Fund for soldiers in tho trenches, over which Mr. Marryatt presided, it was unanimously decided to approve of a scliemo suggested by the chairman for an all-day Friday ,<md Saturday programme during tho month of •November. It is hoped that the scheme outlined at the meeting will appeal to sll sports bodies. Tho committee is of opinion that a •wider field of activity should be encouraged rather (hail confine the effort to amateur athletic bodies. QJach association is to be deputationise?! •with a view to enlisting sympathy and support, and it is hoped, as tho chairman remarked, that it will be the last time we will ask for the "last shilling." The sub-committees elected by the executive committeo are as follow:— Direct appeal—Messrs. C. G. Wilson '(chairman!. M. Carr, J. F. Atkins. Sports—Messrs. Marryatt (chairman), •Auld, Wells, Guise, Davies, Mackintosh, Leslie. Weir, M'Keown, Frost, Camptell, Hill. Street collections, sales of (lowers, surprise packels. and other sales— Messrs. M. Carr (chairman), Harry ]\"eesing, Bloxam, A. Campbell. Original ideas —Messrs. L. T. Wat•ltins IT. Seaton, Julius. Advertising—Messrs. A. D. Bavfield '(chairman!, G. S. Hill, Mlteown, Barry TTeesing, B. H. Guise.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3164, 16 August 1917, Page 5
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204CHRISTMAS GIFT FUND FOR SOLDIERS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3164, 16 August 1917, Page 5
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