NAVY LEAGUE APPEAL
More Than £450 Collected More than £450 was collected in. a street appeal yesterday by the Canterbury branch of the Navy League. In 1958. in a similar appeal £l7O was collected There were twice the number of collectors helping /this year, about 120, and they included members of the Sea Cadets, and girls of the Junior Navy League and the Middle Watch. A small stall held in the Trinity Congregational Church hall on the corner of Manchester and Worcester streets, raised more than £3O. “We had hoped for about £300.” said the organiser of the appeal (Mr A. R. Mackay) last evening “and we are very pleased with the response and generosity of the public.” There were still some suburban boxes to be counted last night, and it was thcught Jhat the final figure would be about £5OO. Some of the money would be used for the training of the sea cadets. Mr Mackay said.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29246, 2 July 1960, Page 12
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