OVERSEAS TOBACCO FUND.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 December 1917, Page 3

OVERSEAS TOBACCO FUND.

DECEMBER COLLECTIONS. Amount previously acknowledged : • , £2 15s. 6d. Wniho Gorge list per .T. W. Graham: —J. Graham, J. Green, M. Carroll, John Donovan, Thomas Walsh, E. Dew, E, Williams each 2s 6d; J. Schilling, W. Friend, J. Searlo. Alice O’Connor, T. Clare, T. Watcon, Thos. Butler each 2s; W. Mcßride, Rita Graham, Ethel .Black each Is.—total Cl 14s 6d. Bruce Bay list- per J. Ritchie Ritch(e, Guy Murray, G. Bannister, H. Kelly, G. Mallinson. Thomas Cron, Tuliura Bannister, Win. Ritcihe each 2s 6d.—total £l.

Wataroa list per Mrs L. P. t Northeroft, F .Chapman. R. Haste, each 2s fid ; W. Lake, J .Mnrta, F. Williams A. L. Thompson, J. S. Friend, J. F. Butler, P. O’Connor, T. Nolan, Mrs. Sampson, L. P. Northcroft each 2s; C. Anderson 3s; J. O’Connor, P. A. Gunn, J. Cummin, A. Gunn, J.,Cloher, W. Gunn. E. Hansbury, F. Haddock, .T. McColl, J. Wallace, H. Hevoldt, A. M. Butler, W. Chinn, Willie Chinn, Elsie Chinn, T. R. Saxally, S. W. Richard son, A. Purcell. The Totarns, Miss Dohn, each Is.—total £2 Bs. December collections to date £7 18s. Tt is desired that this total should reach £4s*by the 31st, thus making a total of £I,OOO from Westland fori the three veai’s the fund has been open.. FRANCE. Oct. 26th. 1917.

Sir,—l and other of the boys thank you most kindly for the cigarettes wo received' to-day They were most welcome and the brand excellent. Yours, thankfullv—o. R. Jackson, ,57280. FRANCE.

Dear Sir—With the rest of my unit, I have had the pleasure of sharing in tho good supply of smokes so kindly sent through your organisation. Many thanks to you and your Club. Gifts s u(4i as these although apparently small to the donor, are big indeed to the recipient when stocks arc almost unobtainable in canteens and elsewhere. My unit happens to belong to your neighbouring northern province. We three who shared your tin render our thanks and bosi wishes for Xmas and the coming year.—42B2l, E. L. Silcock, LanceCorpl. Cigarettes just received for which many thanks. Times are hard just now and your kind donation very . timely. Best wishes for the festive season and Kin Ora for the New Year.—E. Delaney Ist, Inf. Bde, Signals. Thanks very much for the cigarettes which reached me in good condition. 'They arrived at a time when my stock was exhausted and no supplies wore available from the canteen, therefore I leave you to guess how much they were appreciated.—Yours sincerely, K. G. Dume.

Dear Sir,—Just a line in a hurry to thank you for your gift of cigarettes which have just come to hand and have been distributed among us lads here in France. If you could have seen the smiling faces as each received his share I am sure yon would have thought full recompense for your kindly gift. Again thanking yon.—D. O. Poison. BELGIUM, Oct. 10th 1917, Dear Sir, —Please accept my thanks for cigarettes received yesterday. Very much appreciated these times.—B3o34, J. F. Paton. Received cigarettes with many thanks In order to get our habitual fag (apart from issue) we have to:—(a) walk 12 miles; (b) wait hour in queue; (c) get told they have sold out and to come on the morrow! Your “smokes” therefor proved invaluable. —Sincerely yours, E. Brown. Please receive the thanks of the undersigned for your gift of cigarettes which arrived at a time when they were especially welcome. L. F. Brown, W. «. Brown, Eric Lyon, G. Earnshaw, Whitley, A. Beaton, J. G. Cochrane A. Doig. Dear Sir—Many thanks for tin of Havelock cigarettes which arrived at a time when they were appreciated very much. The quality was excellent, and arrived in perfect condition. Thanking you again.—Yonrr, sincerely, Wm Pinkham. Dear Madam.—My chum and I received your gift of cigarettes and were delighted with them . It was really good of you to think of us, and T am sure we thank you vert’ much. I see bv your address that you are from the dear old West Coast, a favourite place of mine which 1 visit every year in cavil life.—O. F. Kennedy.