OVERSEAS TOBACCO FUND.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 June 1917, Page 1

OVERSEAS TOBACCO FUND.

JUNK COLLECTIONS

Amount previously acknowledged, £5 ss. Town Hall list, Hokitika : G. W. Whyte, J. Jarman, each 2s 6d; A. A. Andrewes, C. Gibbons, T. Coyle, J. Maunder, W. H.- Burrowes, W. Connor, J. Myers, each is. Total 12s.

Success Dredge hands, per R. O. .Speed:— R. O. Speed, N. R. Wylie, C. Campbell, G. Rawlings, J. Feeney, T. Armstrong, each 2s 6d ; W. Cain 2s; M. Cain, H. Bale, A. Schroder, each is. Total £l. Total to date £6 17s.

The last mail from France brought a number of acknowledgments ftom the men who are receiving the gifts. The following may be quoted as typical oi the appreciation expressed bv the men :

lx tub Fiei.u, 3/4//17. Dear Friend,—Thanks very much lor your packets of “ smokes.” I can assure you that they are greatly appreciated. Good luck. Kia ora. Yours faithfully, 16/32, P. PnwiiAißAxdi, Covpl.

Sumewherk ix Franck, 12/4/17. Dear Sir—l now lmve the pleasure of thanking you lor your tobacco and cigarettes. It has been awfullv cold lately, but tlie good old Havelock will work things up again. W. J. Johansen.

Dear Sir—Just a line to let you know that I reeeTVed your parcel of cigarettes while I was in the trenches. They came in very handy, as we were out of smokes at the time, and we enjoy a smoke in the trenches very much. Yours sincerely, R. Mclntosh, Late of Karangarna.