At a meeting of the patriotic societies of the Dominion, held at Wellington this -week, Mr. P. W. Manton made a statement about the moneys raised for blind soldiers and sailors. He said that £SOO had been paid to St. Dunstan’s, £4514 had been spent in loans to blind soldiers, £64 13s 5d towards Christmas gifts, etc., to blind j soldiers, £ll in advertising in “Quick March.’ ’ The total funds raiseeb were £8139, of which Mr. James Coleman, of Hawke’s Bay, gave £IOOO, the War Funds Relief £3OOO, Canterbury C.T.A. £IOSB, Auckland C.T.A. £IOOO, Manchester U.1.0.0.F. £604, Otago C.T.A. £375, estate of Mrs. Mandel £2OO, Wellington C.T.A. £2OO, and the interest on deposits £llOO 7s lid. The balance in hand is £4149.
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Northern Advocate, 12 June 1926, Page 7
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