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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 225, 15 October 1943, Page 7

The best value ever got for Yes; I gave ten bob to the Patriotic 10/- Appeal, and they split it up among their various spending agents who will use it like this 3 977727 Food and comforts are sent It also supplies chocolate, The Fund helps to main- The Navy League War to our men in prison camps cigarettes, books and other tain the YMCA , Church Council and Air Force by the Joint Council of little extras to men in hos- Army, Salvation Army and Relations are supplied with the Order of St: John and pital and bospital ships: Catholic Recreation Huts wool to provide warm come the Nz: Red Cross: where our chaps can get a forts for airmen and sailors: game of an evening: Padres of various churches Millions of sheets of stat- Travelling film-shows and Quarterly gift parcels are are given small allowances ionery and envelopes are concert parties are arranged sent to every man and to assist needy servicemen made available in hundreds to entertain the boys, and woman in the services over- and to carry on their of camps and depots, here pianos and musical instru- seas who can possibly bo religious work; right up to and overseas: ments are provided: reached. the front lines. The Patriotic Funds keep all these activities going and many more: They form a central pool for all the organisations working for our service-men and women all over the world. No cash of mine has ever gone further Or given me a better feeling of being well spent Just Hundreds of buffets in the The unspectacular heroes over half a farthing of my ten bob goes in adminis- various Patriotic Huts are of the Merchant Navy are tration costs on the job all the time, and given a good time in NZ I think should any profits are paid into ports of call, and receive we give willingly, don't you ? Patriotic Funds: a gift parcel and woollens if on overseas ships. The Man at Home'