Footballers Read The Sun

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 376, 9 June 1928, Page 1

Footballers Read The Sun

Thirty Injured Players Compensated BENEFITS OF SUN FREE INSURANCE Footballers of all codes have made THE SUN their dally paper. 'J'HE SUN football reports are acknowledged to be the best and most authoritative in New Zealand. Only men who thoroughly understand the game are allowed to write about it in these columns, and The Sun reports and notes are copied by other newspapers all over the Dominion. Footballers have also discovered the advantages of The Sun's Free Insurance. The Sun is the only paper which compensates its regular subscribers if they meet with accidents on the football field. Dp to to-day over thirty footballers have received cheques compensating them for injuries received while playing football. The following were included in the list:— E. W. Culpitt, Seabrook Avenue. New Lynn. W. McElwain, 336 Mount Eden Road. A. J. Clarke, 48 Grafton Road. J. H. Traill, 19 Ligar Place. C. Bell, 51 Old Mill Road. J. W. Loft, 102 Wellesley Street. E. A. Matthews, Carlton Gore Road, Newmarket. J. E. Simpson, 932 Three Kings Road. ML Roskill. L. Little, 34 Home Street, Grey Lynn. S. Martin, Graham Road. Takanini. J. C. Hutchison, 218 Remuera Road. E. T. Hall, Marne Road, Papakura. T. A Cronin, Taupiri. W. S. Hewson, 7 Esmouth Street. L. Simrnonds, 124 Church Street, Onehunga. R. T. Nelson, 217 Dominion Road. T. L. Boyle, 34 Beresford Street. R. A. Hardgrave, 26 Grey Street, Onehunga. R. E. Purdy, 137 Wellesley Street. J. Stephens, 17 Duke Street. J. Hales, 39 Calliope Road. A. F. Smith, Somerset House, Huntlv. R. St. George, Station Rd., Papatoetoc. W. Scott, Seddon Street, Rotorua. J. Noble, Oakleigh House, Rotorua. C. Culpan, Carruth Rd.. Papatoetoe. R. G. Firth, Craigbank Avenue, New Lynn. A. J. G. Connelly, Bollard Avenue, Grey Lynn. E. H. Mackie, 142 Parnell Road. J. Pretty, Allen Street, Morrinsville. The Sun has received many letters of appreciation from subscribers who have benefited from The Sun’s Free Insurance. Here is one:

“I beg to acknowledge receipt of your cheque for £5. ... I also tender my thanks for the prompt and efficient manner in which the necessary formalities were carried out. 1 can assure you that your paper has lost nothing by it, for I am not exaggerating when I say that I managed to get at least eight new readers for you. . . . Glad to mention that I have quite recovered and started duty to-day. Wishing your paper every success and thanking you for your kindness. . . . Yours—” Read the list of benefits on page 2. and fill in a coupon to-day.