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Cast your eyes over the letters below, mark, lenrn and inwardly digest and make tracks for tho nearest Post Office where they sell postal notes and money orders for any amount required plus a slight poundage. The first is from a Russian, Comrade M. Noodga. of Manunui, who says: "Please accept £1 and some words of sympathj. When I came to this country in October, 11)15, and got work, I asked some fellow-workers if there was a workera} paper in N. 2., they said they had not a workers' paper here. Five months later I met one comrado who told mo about 'The Maoriland Worker,' which I am reading every week since, and am very glad that at last I have found a paper I like so much. I can read it but slowly because I am obliged very often to look at tho English-Russian dictionary. From my heart and soul I wish you long lifo and success in your great struggle against our common enemy, Capitalism. Please send mc the Christmas Number." C. L. Beary writes from Christchurch: "Enclosed please find £1, being 10s. from W. McCullough and 10s. from myself as a third contribution to the Machine Fund. We are forwarding this as a small thanksgiving ottering on account of Freedom's victory in Australia." From "Humanitas": "Gratifying as has been the response to the appeal for the abovo fund, one cannot help feeling that it is not nearly as satisfactory as it might be, and that the workers of New Zealand yet fail to thoroughly appreciate the vast importance of building up a powerful press j of their own in order to counter and nullify the influence of the pernicious j and unscrupulous press agents of tho exploiting class—a class that indeed knows uo scruple in poisoning tho minds of those upon whom they prey. We look with pride upon the grand achievement cf our Australian brother workers, whoso overthrow of the sinister Conscription proposal almost makes ono blush to bo a New Zctilander instead of an Australian. But we should remember that that splendid result was not brought r.bout by a month's agitation against a particular device of the owning class. Rather was it due to

■ a long, and persistent inculcation of . tho principles of the working class movement—a process only made possible by tho insistent teachings of our own prosy. Not, of course, that a for a moment undervalue tho noble work of the gro::t band of men and women who from thu public .platform have pYeachcd the gospel of the clats war. '"Ihe Worker" has been likened to a big gun. A good simile. But a gun's useless without ammunition. Therefore, brother workers—munitions and yot wore munitions. I've given ' tvt-ico. I'm going to give again. We'll want it all uken arrives the day for the toiling millions' Big Push against the entrenched forces of Privilege and Oppression." From James Judo of Waihi: "Enclosed please find £10 145., being first instalment contributed by comrades on | list enclosed, towards "Maoriland Worker" Fund. Having followed the list that has appeared weekly, and noticing that Waihi was conspicuous by its absence, I opened a list and the nbovo amount has come in so far. In opening this list I recognised that wo had to be up and doing to keep tho only Labor paper an N.Z. up to the best standard possible. It has put up a splendid fight for Labor, and I trust its ideals will soon bo attained." After remarking that his Union is uiifiiiancial, Mr. H. E. Smith, socrt- j tary, Southland General Laborers' and ; Drivers' Union, says: "We regret wo cannot help you in the matter of a donation for we realiso what a benefit! your paper is to the Labor cause. W r e hopo your efforts will meet with the success they deserve." £ s. d. Previously acknowledged ... 838 11 9 Per the Vag.—"Jessie of tho Wild West" 155., "Jessie's Grandad" ss, ... 10 0 T. H. Shamrock 10 0 Mrs. A. Holland (Sydney)... 010 0 AY. Wilner (per C. Cookson) 010 0 Christchurch Operative Bootmakers' Society 10 0 0 Waiuta Branch, Inangahua Miners, per G. Gofton and C. Topp 6 7 6 F. Pound, Wcstkuid 0 11 4 j ' £858 10

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