icaticccal tdmrdmm of pm sympathy for Uio widows and orpin*. d--pi iVcd of their breadwinners by dial tenih.o cirobiain any other employment caused them to j;o to woil; in tlifa coliieiy. llitse sal lucis Uiil I heir own pitiful tale concerning iiie position of the widows slid orj-1 1 ..n^, w hat equal to the me, Undo of lim icquirenieiits of the occasion will he taken in,act heartily and effective.y all over the Australian colonies.
In considering tiic sad position of tin sc FIFTY WIDOWS, lot it sio borne in mi ml tbal tin; earnings oi their FIFTY DFAD IlL'tfliANhS, at ’.ln- iow average of £- per week, would ainonnt to a total of TOkUO a year, •ii 15.G00 lor three years, T'do,GoJ for five j e„rs, or £d*2,ooo lor ten years, Ah these darnings have been lost, to them in _ a moment, ami now they mil their 150 ot.TTJAk cmbtitiilN ars dependent open Ibe pumie for Hippo: t. r> 7 a avc Henris to f. ■ ■ hr el In re wo: a, eive toward ti;e Ft;ml ac. onim,;; to th-m UitMMS, tile wants ol those in Hlch mml will be supplied to a very coiisiderab e eirltin. And whatever sums may he conti ibti ted toward the lie;iu i. i nod Humid tie i'oi wauled with toe least pnasime Any, ;e although Ihe wniov. a ami orphans wnl be dependent upon Hm pa: no Im’ years to come, biihaciipUona in aid ol tnoir wants will bo certain to cease alter a comparatively brief peiiod from the present. li caii not be, hoWevci, that this aitmal siuiil have neeu ma te in vain, or lion u wi.i be inadeipuUeiy responds a to, liafi a, ~8 it is, on Lhe broad gimmd ol our eoumion humanity by -u many widowed women and orphaned chihiien, lor w bom ilieir DMAti husbands* and lathers now (head, as U were, v» itn toe 11 caeiiu a nee oi the ’’ Thu Committee cf winch the gnmieumn whoso names roc hereto attach! u are Treasurers was loi tiled at \\ (the chid town ot tno distiicl iii whirh the disaster occurred} immediately alter 1 1) ■ Unribh: event. Pel's• ns mT subscribing toward this urgently rajuhod Fund through itny loc.n cum.mi lee in their own localities, or in any other wry more desirable to them selves, can do so by addicosing their kind eonu billions either. lu me t-cnlra! Lorn* miltc-e in Sydney, the T-raimli OcmmiUee at JJnili (eight miles from \Voolon o cng), or In
\V. J. POELTER, Mayor of Woiiougong, A, A, TURNER, Police Magistrate, Joint M'lii.s, \V ik.uieh L’n!ii llriitA Fund. Town Poll, Weo’.otigoug, N.b.W., April (>■!'. i 'gPZbLSS '"POTTS, CaupknteKj JoiNm, <L LlwL'j BiPiS to thank the ii.hat itta-.s «i Pa tea and surrounding- 'dm rm;.!r their [a.-! seoroit, and v.i.iio soiiA;ing a coniiiioam:: lor tin* fnliuv. assures all v> lio my favour him wit it o rdf is that ilie n'Unlion wid he pronif l, his weakniuitship {.;ooil, and ms cituiges lo meet the times, sit icily modeiutc. Jobbing wot Ic, t 1 • wll or cenuttj. Address : Cußturioge street. NOTICE. MRS JAO )Ml> de:-iw, 5 s to no; yto her many un-mis lit s ; > :1 has open, d UiMuess in her : r • n w -i, EG MU NT - S'i'R RET, with a la: ye, and w.*i* Mm etc i stock oi Li r' -sP -\xi) Cun.onn'oP Ei.si;:! Du.u-r.nv, i a.ncv t » 000 i - IC.) 1 ■ 'I. a. : Oi Wi.R-h. A >■ ioviWG iUG'-an.W. j M .id ame V- ■ .*.■? .n't ( -;it j aU’.-ia* I |.i <«.!!!>.-:i aj i -n'-ti.- n. Noe...v. work do no on li.>» promised a the shot lest aulue. 1 Mils. JACO.dD iiigwoal •street, Nearly Oopoailc the LV.ut i.eus-;-.
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Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 3, 31 October 1887, Page 4
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