IHE CHURCH ARMY HUT Is often the Last Bit of Help a Man gets before' GOING OVER THE TOP, and the first bit of Help he gets WHEN HE COMES BACK. rpHERK IS VERY LITTLE DOUBT THAT OUR SOLDIERS WTLL HAVE Another Winter m the Trenches! WE CAN BEST HELP THEM TO RFST. WARMTH, AND RECREATION BY PROVLDIX G MORE HUTS. Out of the 1000 Huts and Other Centres the Church Army had, 100 HAVE BERN LOST TO THE GERMANS. GeneraJ Sir William Robertson expressed the hope that they would soon be replaced. Sir Douglas Haig said : "One could not pay too high' a tribute to the comfort and inspiration- which the C.A. Huts and other means of ministration had been to our troops." ' . . , . £100 Weekly is required from New Zealand , - - to Maintain our 20 Huts - - This invaluable work of the C.A. for the Men of H.M. Forces on Land and Sea. at all Ports and Bases, has been officially recognised by the conferring of the following distinctions: — - . t— Order of Commander of the British Empire upon the Chief Commissioner for the C.A. Recreation Huts m France (Mr C. Irvine Jackson). 2 — Order of Offii&r of the British Empire upon the Assistant-Commission** # Huts m France. ■ 3 — Order of Officer of the British Empire upon thfe Assist&nt-Cbram^iVw^ the 4th Army Area m France. ,- • • "*"" 4 — Order of Member of the British Empire on the Chief Organiser of the ■»*■-..' Stores Department at the C.A. Headquarters, Marble Arch, London. You are invited to send a practical appreciation of this Fmpire Work. To the Secretary, Military Affairs Committee, 20 Mulgrave Street, Wellington, or to Rev. H Packe, Hon. Sec. C.A. at Gisborhe. QQ^HH v,7». **ry the grade for Real Economy jhgmjHl WbotaaU Af»ni» : W. <» GKOViPI'ON MX;
The Yarrow applianae fox* preventing a steamer's; smoke from rising haa liecome an important anti-submarine device. German U-boat commandera? diaries show that most of the vessels torpedoed were •picked up by the smoke trail, which is visible 17 miles away. During .the last few weeks no less than 10,OOOlb. weight of cako has been' baked and tinned m Wellington for sending to the soldiers at tbe front. This has he«n supplied to the- Red Orosa and Lady Liverpool and Citizens' Gift funds. Despite all that cynics say,. There sometimes is a perfect flay; Cloudless and dustless, calm and bright. The day that comes to compensate For cold, grey winter days we hate;, Those drizzling days we'd ne'er endure Had we no. Woods* Great Peppermint Cure.
The Kodak Letter \I7HEN •- you've ' written your letter of cheer and hope — slip between its pages simple picture* of home— pictures that will bring a cheery smile to his face and a leap of joy to his heart. Get a Kodak to-day and send your Soldier "/7om«-pictureß?}-~ iVijquite easy the Kodak vat// Sold by All K«bk Dealers And KODAK (AtutralMU) LTU.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14713, 19 September 1918, Page 3
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