TOBACCO FOR OUR SOLDIERS
THE "MAIL" FUND. The "Mail" tobacco scheme is a little effort to show in a personal way our admiration for those at the front. Did you read that thrilling story the other day about the British soldier who dashed back- into the trenches for his beloved pipe? Not even the stinging shrapnel nor the wkistling bullets of the enemy could separate him from his consolation ! Maybe, too, the pipe was empty. There are many empty pipes out there just now. - There is no end to the humour of Tommy Atkins. One of the "Times" correspondents describes how he stopped to sympathise with a wounded soldier on the roadside near Mons. Asking if his injury was very painful, he received the reply: "Oh, it's not that, but I'm blessed if I haven't lost my pipe in the last charge." •Every sixpence will buy 50 Cigarettes. 2 Oz. Tobacco. . Additional subscriptions are acknow-
ledged-:— Previously received £100 7 10 Wai-iti Lady0 10 0 Miss R. Sutherland 0 5 0 L. H. . 0 1 0 Total 101 3 10
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 15 February 1915, Page 6
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180TOBACCO FOR OUR SOLDIERS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 15 February 1915, Page 6
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