AID FOR BRITISH MINERS
CONTRIBUTIONS TO LORD MAYOR’S FUND (Australian Press Association.) London, January 1. The Lord Mayor’s fund for distressed miners has reached £390,000, including £20,000 from American friends of the Prince of Wales. This gift followed a London-New York telephone conversation, in which a prominent American friend of the Prince asked Sir Godfrey Thomas whether American contributions would be regarded as an intrusion. He was assurred that help from any source would be welcome. A draft for the aTnount was delivered a few hours after, the spokesman preserving his anonymity from the public.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 84, 3 January 1929, Page 8
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95AID FOR BRITISH MINERS Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 84, 3 January 1929, Page 8
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