FOR THE SOLDIERS
CONGESTION OF GIFTS AT THE , FRONT. (•I TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.) DUNEDIN, 11th October. ! A meeting of the Patriotic Association was held to-day. The Southland Patriotic Committee wrote suggesting the co- | ordination of all patriotic committees, and sending all £i£ts for soldiers to the De- [ fence authorities for indiscriminate issue, ensuring- that all men are treated alike. I Mr Speight said he had sent a numj ber of boxes to the front, and had been told that it was almost impossible for the men to -receive thorn. He had been told that 700 tons of gifts were in store unable to be handled. Father Coffey said he had been informed by Mrs. O'Neill that she had sent two parcels a week to her husband, Dr. O'Neill, since he left the Dominion, but he had not received aay. The Ladies' Committed waa authorised to draw on the association to the extent of £100, if it were thought neeeswry to supplement the gift* already sent.
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Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 88, 12 October 1915, Page 7
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165FOR THE SOLDIERS Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 88, 12 October 1915, Page 7
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