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] AMAZING SELF-DENIAL. Within a few hours the other day, two gifts of £3OO -were received by the Liverpool Radium Institute. A woman, aged about 65, apparently poorly dressed, called at the institute and asked to see Mr Francis Goodacre, the secretary. She asked him questions about the institute and its work, and then said: “Do you mind if I give you a donation in notes?” Mr Goodacre expressed bis thanks, expecting to receive a small donationTo hjs surprise, flic woman took a wad of banknotes from her well-worn handbag.' There were -imj notes, i which counted up to £3OO. Mr Goodacre gave (tie woman a receipt. She declined to say who she was. I Later in the day, Mr. Goodacre re-t ceived £3OO from the Liverpool .Post Office workers as a thank-offering' for a, wages arbitration award made in their favour. The Postmaster Surveyor, Lieuten-ant-Colonel A. J? McCarraher, told Mr Gnodm-rc- th;d pvovv 'nwt-l
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Greymouth Evening Star, 13 October 1939, Page 10
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