THE OLD CONTEMPTIBLES.
AND PILRIffiAGE TO RiONS. POOR RESPONSE BY PUBLIC. (Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 12 noon.) London, December 14. The newspaper Sketch states that after organising a pilgrimage of the “Contemptibles” to* Mons. last month, Captain J. P. Danny, chairman of the Contemptibles Association, reveals that he had to mortgage bis house to meet a £464 deficit on the pilgrimage. - The ironical fact is that Captain k Danny himself, ' who was thrice \ wounded, was unable at the last minute, owing to a war disability, to accompany his comrades to Mens. Captain Danny states that on the strength of a woman’s telephoned offer to subscribe £IOOO for the trip, which was not fulfilled, he issued 200 invitations, and despite newspaper appeals the public subscribed only £192. N
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXII, Issue 2514, 15 December 1927, Page 5
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126THE OLD CONTEMPTIBLES. King Country Chronicle, Volume XXII, Issue 2514, 15 December 1927, Page 5
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