COLONIAL WAR GIFTS
(British Official Wireless.! RUGBY, August 3. British colonies in all parts of the world continue to send gifts to Ms Majesty's Government to assist in the prosecution of the war. The Governor of the Gold Coast has transmitted to the Colonial Secretary £7133, being donations to the Gold Coast fund for war charities. The Minister of Aircraft Production has sent a message of thanks to Grenada, Northern Rhodesia, and British Guiana for their gifts to assist the aircraft production. The people of Trinidad have subscribed a further £10,000 for the purchase of an aeroplane for Britain, bringing the total contribution to £52,000.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 31, 5 August 1940, Page 7
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105COLONIAL WAR GIFTS Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 31, 5 August 1940, Page 7
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