At the commencement of the war. (says tlie Clu'islchurch "Sun") some/twenty members of the Union Steam Ship Compeny's wharf staff inaugurated a war fund, each depositing Is. a week of his euniinnsf A significant fact of this undertaking is that up to the present not one member failed to contribute tho alloled donation. A sum of. over J230 was thus raised, and gifts of as much as ,£2O wero made to soino deserving cases without any appeal for assistance on the part of tho recipients. Thero is elill a balance of iGO on hand, which will also bo devoted to patriotic puiiwscs. It is intended to continue subscribing until tho declaration of peace, when the balance remaining ou that dato will be expended to tho best advantage.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 199, 17 May 1919, Page 8
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127Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 199, 17 May 1919, Page 8
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