SAILORS' DAY.
MAY 24th. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SAILORS' SOCIETY. LADY JELLICOE'S PERSONAL APPEAL. "May 1, as a sailor's wife . . . plead tor your continued generosity on behalf of the e;reat national work which the Society is c'oing for our seamon, and for those who arc dear to them. . . . At the express "wish of the Admiralty this Society is about to erect naval rests at various naval stations. I know of the splendid relief work which this Society is doing in providing food and clothing for sailors interned an Germany; in giving; immediate relief to disabled sailors and dependants of seamen who have fallen on active service; in providing education for sailors' orphans, and especially in feeding, sheltering, clothing, and sending to their various homes the thousands of merchant seamen whose vessels havo boon sunk by enemy action. A sum of £250,000 is needed to ensure continuance of this 1 work, and I sincerely hope that 1 may rely upon your'co-oper-ation to help theso brave men and their dependants, whose sacrifices are part of the price of our safety." A Citizens' Committoe has Been formed to raise the Canterburv quota towards the Empire effort, culminating on May 24tli (Sailors' Dav). ° JOHN ANDERSON, * Chairman ALBERT KAYE,
Hon. Treasurer. RONALD S. BADGER, Hon. Secretary. Tho iollowing subscriptions are gratefully acknowledged:— Andersons, Ltd. ... JQO 0 0 Gould, Beaumont, and Co. 100 0 0 Hon. J. A. Borthwick ... 100 0 0 Borthwick and Sons, Ltd. 100 0 0 A. Ka.ye - ... ... 05 q () F. W. Anderson ... *>o 0 0 Mr and Mrs A. F. Carev... *>0 on M. J. Millar 'Tq ri n W. E. D. Bishop" io o ( > r V ] :f vlu £ e 10 0 0 0. Williams ... .. 5 0 0 * Z ;, , C o. ... 100 O 0 a" W xV Rb ° des - 100 o 0 A. \\, Bennett ... 25 0 0 Albert Partridge... . °o 0 0 Ashburton County Connrii m () 0 1. BuHock ... ... ]00 0 0 J. G. Js. Grigg ... 100 0 () sympathiser ... i n a Ashburton B.C. 25 0 0 P. Jbemmaii 100 0 0 ?>. ii». iioyee ... -inn D. T. Wright 10 5 J 0. Harper 5 0 0 1. it. Simpson ... rt a Anon ... r > n H. Kibbio .. "" TR R Ab°" ... - Ig " T. Wakelin ... 1 n n Aiizac Day Collection ... 50 0 9 G. Snuthson ... inn Mr and Mrs Williams . 1 O ft « » W.' OaTbj" 'j W. Sparrow * 'ion D. McAliUnji ... U « « 1 £1774 12 y
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16204, 6 May 1918, Page 6
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401SAILORS' DAY. Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16204, 6 May 1918, Page 6
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