SAILORS' DAY FUND.
| A stirring appeal. j A call for help has coma to us across 1 , tho seas—"Help for the men of tho ! I Mercantile marine.'' ' Inml hiS f '"I'"" aPP ° al WhitSh Zoaj o f al. counu-ios cannot disregard Uis to tlie sticking power and diw voted courage of the men "who £ down to tho son m ships" that we owe the maintenance ot our oversea trito on which depends tho prosperity of even- one of us. or There is an authenticated 0 f n. sailor escaping death by submarin© a f tack ten times, only to dio from exl posuie on the eleventh. This may be a record. but it is merely typicsJ the heroic spirit manifested by seamen throughout the war. u Therefore it behoves us to see to it ' that, when .Jack us submarined op stranded, and his family left destitute rM 11 . 10 ' 1118 aro available for succour This is the work undertaken by Urn British and Foreign Sailors' Social who have sent out a world-wide amiil for £'2-50.000. ppetl A Citizens' Committee has Wn tfirmed to raise ;1 t least £8000 in Qui. torburv for this appeal by May 12th \\ e appeal to you to send all von can to .rive comfort and help to tho men who are doing so much for us. Can., torburv has never failed to respond and we are sure will gladly answerthu Please send your cheque to-dav ' JOHN AXDERSOX, Chairman" { ALBEK 1 K A)i h Hon. Treasurer I IV, Hereford Street. UOXALI) ,S. ISADGER, Hon. Sew. tary. S. EOOTH, Hon. Organiser, ! £ •. d i Amounts previously ac- * I knowleilged ' ... 1774 12 9 Anteehrook and Co. ... 50 0 0 Anonvmous ... ... 50 0 0 Fletcher, Humphreys and ••• oO 0 0 Prof. Macmillan Brown 5 0 0 Mrs H. H. Johnstone ... 10 0 0 Mrs Mollott ... ~\ 1 0 Mr and Mrs H. ('. Turner s'o OrJ. Douglas ... ... 10 0 0v ; A. R. Fleming ... ... S3 0 0 .7. Preston 10s Gd, Mrs Simpson 2s ... ... 012 6 W. J. Smytli ... ... 0 10, 0 T. W. Holland ... ... 0 5 0B. Salt. Is Gd, 1.6. 2s 6d, . cash Is ... ... 0 t'o ' Mrs E. Xeave ... ... 5 0 On Miss Xeave ... ... 1 fl.'OC J. A. Frostick ... ... o 0" o>r ,r :! 1 £1993 6 a<"
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16206, 8 May 1918, Page 6
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376SAILORS' DAY FUND. Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16206, 8 May 1918, Page 6
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