"WITH OUR BOYS IN EGYPT"
A V.M.C.A. demonstration will be held in the large Town Hall on Friday night, when Mr. W. H. George, of' Wellington, one of the'Y.M.C.A. Commissioners who recently visited Egypt on behajf of the New Zealand National V.M.C.A. Council, will give some_ account of his visit, illustrated by moving pictures and lantern slides from photographs taken during his stay there. About 2000 feet of cinema film and 120 slides will be shown, illustrating various phases of the early life of the men at the front, the conditions under which, they live, and the various methods adopted by the V.M.C.A. to ameliorate the hardships and monotony of desert camp life, and to combat the insidious temptations awaiting; the soldier the moment ho sets foot in Egypt. The cinema films brougH'fc out by Mr. George have never been previously shown in Now Zealand. Admission is free, but a collection will be taken.-up in j aid of i the widows and orphajis of oar navy men lost in the Jutland Gght.
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Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 143, 17 June 1916, Page 6
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