PATRIOTIC WORK.
THE GOVERNOR'S SUGGESTION,
CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR TRANSPOR'f
OFFICERS AND CREW,
Wellington, Last Night. The following memorandum was is« sued by the Governor to-night: "Therq are some 1100 officers and men of thi mercantile marine who are employed in transports and hospital .ships which eon* vey our New Zealand soldiers from an<] to our shores, and it has struck md that while we are milking to send some gift or remembrance taj our men at Christmas, we ought to beap these sailors in our thoughts. Theri< is no need on my part to state liovjj. arduous are the duties imposed on them/' and while not desiring to make aij general appeal I make this suggestion! that if anyone would like to have gomq gift, to these men at Christmas they should send me half-a-prown for thial, purpose between this date and Septem-1 ber 30th, an<J I will send a personal acknowledgment of all such contribu* tions It is obviously more convenient to send money rather than gifts in kind,) principally because as everyone knows/ ■ships are scattered over a very widei area, and I propose to divide the money, thm collected among all ships in proportion to the numbers of the erew t sending it to the master to apportion in such, a way that the men will all get some recognition from th 4 Dominion." (Signed), Liverpool.
Mesdames Hugh Baily and Mormoii acknowledge with thanks, the following donations to their fund for Bending Christmas parcels to the boys at the front.: Mrs. M. Eraser £l, J. & ss, Mrs. Ansford, Kent Road, £1 Is, Mrs. Morris 10s, Mrs. Blake sa. Mrs. J. Honeyfield, Christmas cake, Old Boy, Christmas! cake. <
The residents of the Frantley Road cjistrict are called upon to attend a patriotic meetii.g tjmt will be held in the school. Irately, Frankley Road realdents have evinced a desire to resuscitata their past good efforts for patriotic pur> poses, and to make a specially interesting and attractive appeal to the publid at no distant date. Therefore, it i 9 hoped that every household will be re« presented on Friday evening, when menu bers of the Mew Plymouth Carnival Committee will be present. The hosts for Friday afternoon's teal in Rahotu hall will be Messrs. T. Hughson, jnr,, J. B. Knowles and W. R| Wright. '
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 September 1916, Page 4
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385PATRIOTIC WORK. Taranaki Daily News, 14 September 1916, Page 4
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