HELPING THE MINERS
CHRISTMAS IH SOUTH WALES GIFTS FROM FAR AND WIDE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON. December 25. South Wales is having a brighter Christmas than it dared to hope, and thousands of miners’ homes remember with gratitude the 1928 Yuletide as a result of many agencies working to alleviate their miseries. The Lord Mayor’s-fund sent £45,000 to he expended chiclly on footwear and warm garments for mothers and children. A Cardiff stockbroker gave £SOO to provide Christmas dinner for children. Flour and vegetables were widely distributed amongst the miners’ households. and the Miners’ Federation alone handled 20,100 parcels and gilts from all parts ol Britain in the last three weeks. The Y.M.C.A. is giving special attention to clothing the young miners and securing employment in England and overseas.—Australian Press Association.
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Evening Star, Issue 20058, 26 December 1928, Page 4
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131HELPING THE MINERS Evening Star, Issue 20058, 26 December 1928, Page 4
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