OVERSEAS TOBACCO FUND.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 September 1917, Page 4

OVERSEAS TOBACCO FUND.

AlJfl IJS:r COLLECTION'S.

Amount previously acknowledged, £2O 7/(1. Bank of New South Wales list, Hokitika :

R A Harcourt, Wm Haroourt, T R Hickson, A IV Yarrall, each 3/ ; J B Ward, C Bfahlert, Miss Jvortegast. each 2 T>; Miss M A Dee, Qnong Oliong On, M H Houston, Geo Linklater, C Pfahlert, each 2/ ; R Williamson 1/; total £1 10/6. National Bank list, Hokitika : P.R.S., F H Williams, J Monk, each 2/C; J J Breeze jr, 2/; C.S., J AY Morris, each 1/; total 11/6.

Bank of New Zealand list, Hoki t ika :

Wm Heinz, J J Clarke,. E R Rudkin, C If Morrison, each 5/; J.A.Y. 2/6; W Keller 2/: total £1 4/6,

Goldsborough list, per Mesdames G Routhan and A Atkinson : Red Jacks Chinamen 4/; ,T Havill, D Buchanan, each 2/6 ; G Ronthan, A Atkinson. At Linklater, II Olderog, C Howard, S Honey, S Havill, J Roberts, each 2/; Mrs Cox 1/6. -Mrs Fitzgerald, C Webster, Smoker. J Hunt, M Fitzgerald, T Knight, D Gibb. M Hanrahan, S Stewart, E Steele, J Reedy, B Biddington, V Poppovit'ch, P Arnerich, D Beban, J Sullivan, R Roberts, P Martini, T Linn, A Vocasovieh. each 1/; total £2 6/6. Stafford list, per H W Sandle:

Mrs Mundy, Mrs Pimpernel!, Miss Linklater, H W Saudle, Mrs Satidle, J Mundy, each 1/; total 6/. Rimu list, per A. Clifton, M.C.C,: —

H Dewsbury, 3/; A Thorpe, 21; Mrs Corsan, 1/6 ; A Clifton, Mrs Clifton, Miss Marr, K Ryan, J Boyd, J Bryan, 0 Stoop, H Hartke, W Shannon, Mrs W Stephens, P Keenan. (Mrs Ogilvie, T O’Neil, M Keenan, W Boyd, F Restano, A Trnran, Airs Lamacroft, M Cash man, D Spence, senr., D Spence, junr., AY J Spence, T Spence. J Bell, W McCormack, C Growcott, W Cooper, A Jack, Mrs Lind bom, J Lind bom, each J/. Total £1 16/6.

. Okarito -list, per Jus. W. son - Jas W Thomsen, 3/; M Murphy, 2/ 5 T Thomson, F Heveldt, Doris TTeveldt, each 1/. Total S’. ’total for month, £26 11/. Total to date, £BOI 10/4. SOME A CRN OWL'EDO MEN TS.

The following are some examples of the post-card acknowledgments received from tno men on active service :

Dear Sir, — Many thanks for your most welcome parcel received to-day, which jvaa most acceptable and arrived at the right moment—Jso,9l2 Seaman P. A Patterson, IT.M.S. Patrol, IS.

Dear Friend. —Please accept my best thanks for gift of cigarettes received, which were very acceptable indeed. Am sure it is very kind of you to show your generosity in such un appreciable manner. Yours thankfully,—G. F. Lund.

Dear Friends, —Many_ thanks for the cigs sent by you which* J can assure yon are much appreciated. Good luck to you all and God bless you.—F. S. Lackv, H.M.S.

CHRISTMAS SMOKES. In order to provide special cheer for Xrnas. last month’s collections, as well as this are specially earmarked for the West Coast men on active service, and it is hoped to have the smokes distributed in good time for the'Christmas season. A special appeal is made to make the September collections as large as possible, so as to ensure as liberal a gift as possible for the men on active service.