SOLDIERS' CHRISTMAS GIFTS
.MEETING OOF LADY LIVERPOOL COMMITTEE. A special meetr'nlgi of the Lady Liverpool 'Comtmittee was held yesterday in; Hallenisteins r rooms. There was a large attendance, and 'Mrs Lock, [presided., • The chief business was to decide •wihht waii to be enclosed' in) .the Christanas parcels. After some discussion 'the following articles were decided • on,:Plum. 1 pudding, chocolates, soups, .jam, anliOik-, socks, handkerchiefs, soalpi,' writing outfiit, botlaces, and souvenir cards of Nelson viewsj , the estimated / vail/ue of each parcel beinig 12s 6d. . It was (resolved to send tobacco through the Evening 1 Mail, as was done last year. Ow,inig to the lack of space on> the ox\U •going transports, the Lady Liverpool Oamimittee have beehi instructed that privately addressed! parcels l cannot -be sent with: rtfhe Christttniasi gift chests.. . It was decided.to pack the Christmas ■parcels on Thursday: and Friday inert, from. 10 a,an. to 5 pi-in., at the depot. - A vote of thanks was passed to Hamilton! for her generous offer - to provide sufficient icalico to pack the parcels. : • ;■ ;■•."•; ;';:' .■". ,\.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 19 September 1916, Page 4
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171SOLDIERS' CHRISTMAS GIFTS Nelson Evening Mail, 19 September 1916, Page 4
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