The Church Army. - i GENERAL SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON, at the Churoh Army. Annual Meetu-ijr on. May 2nd. 1918, *aid : "The war i? likely to last a Jonff tJrnt-/'— (J?eut.er.) ' . " .-,..• Two > hundred and twenty of our RECREATION HUTS were' m the shell, zone; 100 were lost during the first German advance. • " LT-:T US HELP to replace them as speedily as possible. ' Rest Huts are' a real necessity for our fighting men. New Zealand friends of tho CHURCH ARMY havo lately contributed 14 Huts to add to the hundreds given to th.» Empire by the Mother ■ Country* Four others nearly subscribed for. . v V £500 provides a fully-paid-up HUT, £300 provides a RECREATION TENT, lined and warmed, and tents more easily removed m advance or retreat. 'Kacl'i cost Hb weekly to inainta-in. A £1000 KITCHEN CAR was l-.tely. given by a Hawke's Bay. family to the Church Army, m memory of ;■*■,. who "died on the field of battle." THIRTY KITCHHX CARS, carrying hot drinks, etc., close up to tho trenches, provided by the CHURCH ARMY for p.ll soldiers of theKin«. WHO WILL GTVE ANOTHER? * . 20.000 MONTHLY MAGAZTXES hojigbt for the use of the 200,000 men who daily \ise our Huts. ...'.■ 1100 Beds always -ready fof Soldiers on leave from France m our "HOMES AWAY PROM HOME." « nvmx^ V We have been given charge of motherless children of sailoi-R atid soldiers who are fighting for the King. Our fresh-air homes are more than 'full' and numy of our labor homes are given up to the children. . ' • We spend £400. 0C0 yearly ameng the poor, and the distress is increasing, and requires inci-eased funds to cope with.it. HUNDREDS of CANTEENS and REST ROOMS for munition workers, and IMvCREATION ROOMS for sailors and .soldiers' wives and families, made attractive and homelike. ■ PARCELS SENT TO PRISONERS IN GERMANY. HOSPITAL for SJ3PTIC WOUXUED at Tankerton - hxany New Z e «'Uand sojdiers treated there. Ten beds endowed by WelJiheton War Relief Association. x , J T HE O^ ING ; Rt - Hon. LLOYD GEORGE, Admirals and Generals, aud Uon auvmT « c c wnt . l ; e " m glowing terms of the work of the CHURCH ArvMx. "OPEN TO ALL." • . • ■ The Military Affairs Commiltee and CHURCH ARMY together commence witli the care of the N.Z. soldier when lie enters camp and will continue it till he marches through Berlin. \ . • ' ' ■■ c* E «? n- HTS EArPTRE WORK by donation to Secretary M.A.C., 20MxU K rave street, Wellington ; or ' c . Rev. P. W. ; WHIBJ.EY. Hon. New Zealand Secretary for the Ohtirch Arimr tie Vicarage, Ormondville, Hawke's Bay. . N.B.— lf yoa prefei' it, earmao-k your donation for either of ; these — Huts hrnts. Soldiers' Motherless CluMren, Parcels for Prisoners of War, C. A. Hospital' Ire noli Comforts, Rotorua Institute, or N.Z. Camps. • 311 ALL BRITISH Do you know that when you buy foreign . i cocoas and chocolates you are handicappiMr die Brkkk manufacturer 7 CADBURY»S v , are all British, but cannot export any goods to New Zealand because of the soldiers »ee4». Why should you help other khan BnMti rauMifoctiirers to get a iiold on this market? Cadbury s will be to the front * g «m after * the war.
For Chronio Ohest Ctompiaiaia, Woods'
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