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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 146, 9 March 1918, Page 12

|j IF the men, tired and mud- eagerness you would provide || "■ ,/.;stained-- &om' the-treiiches/' the welcome meal Yet our !j could knock at your own door brave fellows are not less ■I to-nigk—how quickly you truly calling to you from | would admit them* How you the trenches to maintain the | would stir the fire into a Good Work at the Front j • cheerful blaze; with what carried out by the YJVLCA i.■'..' v ■ ' . • | The Wellington Citizens' Committee | Asks yomr help to provide' Wellington's II -share, This money is to $e spent ; I .■':,... tot comforts'at the place where it is needed j ■ "most, on the New Zealand Boys who are | lighting for YOU. ' il [_ ; ; _: : l : |' : : fv Despite the most rigid economy it takes £2000 a by the men themselves, be extended and maini \ ' - .■;'■-i week to maintain the vast work of the Y.M.C.A. tained. In this historic hour when so much j among the New Zealand troops. Our Secretaries depends upon the physical and mental fitness ; j were exposed to shell fire at Gallipoli; they are of those who are 'fighting our battles, the Weiwith our troops in Egypt, Palestine, and in lington Citizens' Red Triangle Day Committee | France, using Y.M.C.A. Huts and other equip- appeals earnestly to men and women of good ,ment. There are Y.M.C.A. Buildings in every will to become responsible for the maintenance j Camp in England, and home-like accommoda- of the work* The necessity for a continuous J tion in London itself. Only by the sustained supply of funds is both grave and urgent. Every | j generosity of the public at Home can this great building maintained means happiness and com- ; 11 work of Christian service, so deeply appreciated fort for thousands.of our brave men on service. "i \ j | ■ ■■■, .:,.■■ f ji- iYou may not, personally, have been able to subscribe a the.monotony of training and sustain the spirit of the | | sum sufficiently large to erect a Y.M.C.A'. hut bearing troops is inestimable. By supporting this work of the j I your own name.;'' Yet you may welcome the privilege, Y.M.C.A.. you will be directly contributing to the power I 8 -,* o ~;f,- , „r, n f fu„ v™~; i 'i ■ i i n ne annies'' to bring about more speedily the end of the I s both, as a citizen oi the Jimpire and as a friend or the lir m , ° ' i| iv jo , ' c " aiv fhe War Office have shown their appreciation of . I soldiers, to come forward now and contribute whatever ~• •, , ~ , ~.,. ~ , , ~ s I this point by the facilities they have given to the _j I you can afford to the carrying on of this great work lest, Y.M.C.A. for the extension of the work. The need is ! without your assistance, it be handicapped, or even cur- , urgent. The field is vast. Will you not decide to be- | tailed. The .value of every effort that will help to break come host at one of these buildings at once ?"° If Everything provided by vrfSf 1 Jr^ ' i the YMC Ain the ttT FORM ii S lilt I * Wl* \J* £I.* 11l UIC -sift* ' j Fighting Area is abso- ■ MAY | Cocoa, Malted Milk, EE USED | Beef Tea, Biscuits, •*'"•' > . | - Cigarettes, Letter Paper, Tl) tit Idlil|tN CIOZCIS' Bed Itiil|k DaiJ COllßtte - S Envelopes, etc., etc., etc. HAROLD beauchamp, chairman, capt. d. a. even, tw. | r p -°« Box 580 > WELLINGTON. j | No charge of any kind I i I have pleasure in enclosing; £ as a contribution | is made tO OUr Soldiers. . towards Y.M.C.A. Service for Soldiers. . II N •• I Give till it hurts Z.