OVERSEAS CLUB COMFORTS FUND.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 January 1917, Page 3

OVERSEAS CLUB COMFORTS FUND.

December CollectionsAmount previously acknowledged, £22 0/5. Hokitika list (additional) : Mrs W J Bailor 21/; Mrs T Heenan 7/6 ; J J Breeze, Mrs B, Mrs Cntbusb, Mrs McCloud each 5/ ; Miss Britton 2/6; total £2 11/. Ross list per Misses Gordon and Winchesters

G Adam»oa / 5/; T Ford 2/6 ; H Oamors, H Gardiner, W Cass, C Hidgson, A W Peebles, W Smith, N McNicol, Dr Clayton, Jas Phillips, each 2/; W Winchester, Friend ; M Moye, T Pryor, Petersen, M Pryor, W Clarke, J Phillipe, 0 K McKey, J Minehan, M Minehan, J Murdoch, G Mason, Keystone, C Roacbe, W de Bakker, D Roberts, Friend, T Honlahan, nameless, each 1/ ; A Mason, A Rosenbaum, J O’Callaghan, E Hansbury, each 6d; totel £2 7/6. Proceeds of b.-ll (Ros-) handed over by I O’Callaghan and J Forrest, £l.

Okarito list per Miss Friend and J W Thomson:

C West 5/; H H Adamson, J F Butler, each 2/6 ; J Thomson, Bill, T Condon, each 2/; H Friend, T, G Fiewellyn, H Friend, W Friend, J Park, C Tate, W Lak6, T Nolan J Donovan, H Adamson, T Thomson, F Heveldfc, E Gibb, Mrs R AdamsoD, A Cooper, A Dahn, J Green, J Sullivan, S Wallace, J Adamson, J Harris, S Briggs, H Williams, W R Adamson, T Walsh, A Gardiner, W Vincent, W Scott, W Sampßou, Minehan, H Leitch, L Leitcb, W Like, M Patrick, W Jamieson, J Cuttance, A Henry, J Park, J Wallace, G Thomson, each 1/ ; total £2 16/.

Bruce Bay list, per J. Ritchie : J. Ritchie, N. Rochford each 2/6; G, Murray, W. J. Hawkin?, each 2/ ; J. W. Bannister, K. Teraihi, T. Cron. W. Vincent, J. M. McGuire, L. Williams, W. Scott, each 1/. Total 16/.

Grand total to date £3l 10/11. The above amount is being remitted to England by this week’s mail for purchase of comforts through the Overseas Club at London headquarters.

Contributions for January for a similar purpose are now invited. It is nice ,to know that the comforts are reaching, the men regularly. Several acknowledgments came to band la=t mail. Here is a card received by Mr J. J. Bre.-ze from a Hokitika boy, which not only expresses the gratitude felt for the gifte, bat also the fine spirit shown by oar boys who are “carrying on” so bravely in this Great War : s France, Ibi Nov, 1916.

D j ar Mr Breeze,—Just a line in ach 1 ■ ' I -cnient of your gift of to . <■ * ■ garettea whioh arrived at j. lime, when mGst of the boys were broke. I colleoted quite a lot of tbe cards seeing tbal

they came from Hokitika, the seme place as myself. I think your son Billy Bivtze and myself aro the only two that are in the Fust Brigade from Hekifikw, and we sec " l°t of each other whim out of tha treuctieei as we were fair’y good “ ccbbois in peace time, I suppose things fairly quiet in the old piece, boraething like here in this li* til carter of Fiance. The “ Big Pa«fa ; ’ was pretiy rough on the boys, although we dm all tba r was asked for ua to do under a terrible heavy bomb udmf nt, and sti ! acrowd of us are stilt going strong, an 1 quite happy. We have all been issued waim e’o'hinp for the wir.t r which is here dow. W.sking you the c, mplimt nls * f tfce ;eaOn. Bowser Smith, (H mpdrn S rent).