NAVY LEAGUE WAR FUND APPEAL.
What is it that has saved Now Zealand and other outlying portions of the Empire in this war? The British Navy. Deeds such as those of the "Broke" and the "Swift," or the sealing of Zoobrugge and Ostend, quicken the pulse, but entail the loss of valuable lives, and the Navy League is asking you to help the dependants of tens of thousands of heroic men who havo been lost at sea since August, 1914. This is your debt to them t and it is your duty —vour responsibility —to contribute magnificently, as they have fought and The fund is administered by a responsible and representative committee in London,, and donations sent to the office of the Navy League, 119 Worcester street, Christchurch, will be gratefully acknowledged'. ALEX. BOYLE, President, Canterbury (N.Z.) Branch of the Navy League. £ s. d. Amount previously acknowlodged ... ••• 2742 13 9 New Zealand Glue Co., Ltd. 2o 0 0 C. G. Dalgety 25 0 0 Mrs H. B. Johnstone ... 20 0 0 J. O. Helmoro ... ... 20 0 0 Mrs L. Holmes (Rakaia ... 3 3 0 John MacDougall ... 2 2 0 J. Cameron (Scargill) ... 5 5 U H. Hopkinson 2 0 0 Mrs H. V. Hargreaves .... 0 10 O G. G. Burnes ... ... 2 0 0 Joseph Wallace ... ... Hon George Hanmer; ... ... oo u Mrs W. De Renzy ... 110 Joshua Beaumont ... 2^o H. M. Reeves 3 3 0 Dr. Henry D. Acland ... 50 0 W. H. Skinner ... ... 3 3 0 H. H. Thorne (Hororata)... 10 0 S. H. Amves (Russell's Flat) 3 3 0 Kenneth Wilson (Te Pirita) 10 0 T. Beadel (Otahuna) ... 10 0 John Pow ... § 0 2 Robert Malcolm, Ltd- ••• 10 10 0 J. Cracroft Wilson ... 10 0 0 C. Early (Greendale) ... 33 0 Wm. A. McLaren ... 10 0 0 Wm.- Reece , ... 10 10 0 F. J. Douglas Parsons (Kaikoura) ... ••• 2 0 J. G. L. Vernon... ... 22 0 W. M. Joynt 6-5 0 Chapter Street ... ... 017 & John Cross (Bennetts) ... 2 2 0 Mrs A. Andrew (Waimate) 12° M. S. H. Manning ... 2 2 0 Dr. F. G. Gibson ... 10 0 0 Dr. F. G. Brittan ... 22 0 H W. Lawrell 5 0 0 Mr and Mrs James Hay ... 10 0 0 FB ••• — 30 0 Mr H. Lee 1 0 0 Mrs J. Lee 1 0 0 M.H. ... — 010 U Mrs H. Williams ... 50 0 Ellen Slater _ ... ... 22 0 Jones, McCrostio Co., Ltd. f 9 Mr and Mrs A. J Barrett 5 5 0 H. S. Richard's ... ... 10 0 0 M. J Woodward... ... 110 Jam e«s Pipe .. ••• 2 2 0 Jas. Lamb and Son ... o o 0 W. Pevenisb Meares ... 10 10 0 "Navy Day" proceeds (sales of badges, stalls, etc., etc.)' ... 1411 10 8 £4428 17 2 Included in "Navy Day" proceeds are the following amounts: Per United States Blue Jrftkets £37 lis 6d, per Samner Life-boat Brigade £26 19s 9d. In Saturday's -list £1 was acknowledged from Ella M. Helmoro, instead 1 of £5. 1
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16360, 4 November 1918, Page 7
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