MAKOGAI LEPERS
« ANNUAL APPEAL FOR GIFTS. The annual appeal for Christmas gifts for the lepers at Makogai Island is now being made by the honorary collector (Mr P. J. Twomey). Mr Twomey has many letters from patients at Makogai expressing their lasting gratitude to New Zealand sympathisers who have sent them gifts in the past. In a circular he sets, out details of the work on the island, where there are 619 patients, of whom 106 are from New Zealand territory, most of them from the New Zealand dependencies. He asks for gifts or money to buy them. Most suitable gifts are musical instruments, toys, dolls, bats, tennis rackets, games, etc., silk, light materials, embroidery, cottons etc.. sweets, soap, cigarettes, and tobacco. No books are being sent this year. Gifts may be sent to Mr Twomey at his private address, 172 Bealey Avenue. Christchurch.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 August 1939, Page 4
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144MAKOGAI LEPERS Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 August 1939, Page 4
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