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EGGS FOR WOUNDED ARGENTINE’S CONTRIBUTION (United Press Assn.—E.ec. Te!. Copyright) LONDON, Dec. 15 Remarkable as a demonstration of loyalty to the British cause as is the fund amounting to £IOO,OOO raised by the British community in the Argentine, is the fact that it is not the only form of help which Britons in Argentine are giving. They also are sending home thousands of eggs for the sick and wounded British soldiers, sailors and airmen. Already nearly 100,000 have been despatched. The scheme is being organised by Mr H. F. M. Merness, of Buenos Aires, who in the last war started a similar fund. Between 1916 and the end of the war over 250,000 eggs were collected and sent to the United Kingdom for the benefit of the wounded. In April this year Mr Merness volunteered to reopen the fund in the event of war and the offer was promptly gratefully accepted by the British Government.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20990, 18 December 1939, Page 8
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157VALUABLE GIFTS Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20990, 18 December 1939, Page 8
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