PILGRIMS TO MONS
PUBLIC'S POOR SUPPORT
(United Press Association.—Copyright.) (Sydney Sun Cable.) (Received 16th December, 8 a.m.) LONDON, 14th December The newspaper "Sketch" states that ?«Alj °£P nlßin& tQo pilgrimage of the ..Old Contemptibles" to Mons last month, Captain J. P. Danny, chairman of the Contemptibles Association reveals that ho haa a mortgage on a house, and had to meet £464 deficit. It js an ironical fact that Captain Danny, who himself was three times wounded, was, owing to his disability, unable at the last minute to accompany his comrades to Mons. Captain Danny states that on the strength of a woman telephoning an offer to subscribe £1000, which, however, was unfulfilled, he issued 200 invitations. Despite newspaper appeals, the public subscribed only £192.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 145, 16 December 1927, Page 9
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124PILGRIMS TO MONS Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 145, 16 December 1927, Page 9
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