THE NATIONAL FUND.
AN APPEAL TO SAILORS.
WELLINGTON, May 31. The Merchant Service Guild is appealing to tho seafaring community, asking those who are pursuing their ordinary avocations to contribute one day's pay per month to the -Nationai Fund for returned wounded Now Zealand soldiers and for the dependents of those who fall in the war. The scheme is already operating in "Wellington, and the Union Steam Ship Company is being asked if it will forward free of cost all contributions on its ships in other ports. It is proposed that this fund should be administered by the Mayors of Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin, assisted by three other gentlemen to be appointed.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 9155, 1 June 1915, Page 6
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113THE NATIONAL FUND. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 9155, 1 June 1915, Page 6
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