Y.M.C.A. APPEAL.
TRGEXT XEED OF WIXTKK COJIFORTS. Per .-Press Association-. Wellington. November fJ. The Y3I.C.A. fcnißiissiaiicrs in England hart" cabled the National Committee as follosv.4*.— 'Please raMe at once £15,000 i» addition t» the E4«» m hand, -to cover hwjtding and equipment requirements as . follows: for i ranee, £6000; for Sting: training camp. £.3000: for Goctforcf camp. £1000; tor Horachurch. -£2WOI: for Breckcnharst Village. £2fKXT; for Hruckenhttrst Haprtal. £1000: for Shakespeare httt (for bedrooms anil necessary work progress urgently visiting .FranceijfrDin. the 4th to I3t!t inst., ami havt> already'arranged for fbur buildings there a'nt! have authorisedl six other portable l hnts in the Xew Zeatandi division area. After consultation "(rith General Russell. the plans for England! were- cordially approved. General Richardson < mphasised the tre- ' mentions need for this work. Sltng camp has oCOO men autl only one institute. There is a great need here, as the weather is colder and wetter ana it is further- from torse centres. Comforts for the. fighting area wdf absorb a minimum of £IGOCV monthly. C?et at! the money you can tor trench con»ort> and send it quickly.''
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue 12997, 9 November 1916, Page 4
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183Y.M.C.A. APPEAL. Oamaru Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue 12997, 9 November 1916, Page 4
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