EMPIRE DONATIONS TO WAR EFFORT
.» (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, July 6. Further Empire donations to the war effort are reported. Southern Rhodesia has sent a cheque for £6500 towards the purchase of training aircraft for the R.A.F. Kenya has sent £100,000, representing the first instalment from the Central War Fund, and Trinidad has started a fund for the purchase of aircraft for the defence of Britain. Already £42,000 has been received from the Trinidad fund. The Girl Guides of the Empire have donated £15,000 to the R.A.F. to buy nnd equip two air ambulances.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 7, 8 July 1940, Page 6
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94EMPIRE DONATIONS TO WAR EFFORT Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 7, 8 July 1940, Page 6
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