DOMINION PATRIOTIC FUND FOR Y.M.C.A. SOLDIER WORK.

White Ribbon, Volume 22, Issue 255, 18 September 1916, Page 6

DOMINION PATRIOTIC FUND FOR Y.M.C.A. SOLDIER WORK.

Previously acknowledged, £1747 7$ 7d. Stratford (Birdcall), 15s; Palliatua (Neal), j£io; Sawyer’s Bay (Forbes), ; Dunedin (Reed), £ls; South Dunedin (Reed), £3 14s qd; Napier (Clare), .£2O; Alexandra (Weaver), 15s; Invercargill Somh (Buchanan), 11s; Hamilton (Jones), £s; Waipukurau (Robinson), £2O; Kaupoi (Blackwell), X' l i Tiniaru (Cave), £42 is 4d; Core (Smith), £a 14s; Gisborne (Goffe), £}; Matakana (Melville), £4; Nelson (Hill), £} 16s Od; Greytown (Whincop), £0 7s; Warkworth (Cox), £2 ss; Alexandra (Dewar), £1 Os; Wellington Central (Helyer), £\ 4s; Wellington District (Boxall), £7 10s id; Belmont Band of Hope, £1 ss; W.C.T.U., Henderson (Paltridge), 3s 7d. Total, £k)os is> lod. Some odd amounts may come in yet. The effort has been very successful, when we consider the fact that many other similar patriotic funds are being solicited for in all sorts of ways, and that most W.C.T.U. members are connected with Red Cross, Parcels Fund, etc. Behind that /iyos is much self-sacrifice and willing service, the reward of which is the knowledge that it will help provide some comfort and cheer —“a little touch of home”—for “our boys,” who are nobly upholding the cause of honour and ireedoin. The latest testimony to the real work of the Y.M.C.A. in meeting ihe nt*ed> of the situation at the Front comes from General French: Soldiers' High Ideals.- Splendid Work of the Y.M.C.A. “LONDON, September 8. “Lord French, in opening a Y.M.C.A. hut, thirty years ago there were scores of offences that were no longer found among soldiers. The change, due to the splendid work of such institutions as the Y.M.C.A., was little short of miraculous. It had been said men did not fear death as they used to. He believed there were things which the British soldier feared more than death. Their whole spiritual idea’s side had been developed, bringing out valour, courage, and glorious pluck This war had proved the change." It has been a pleasure to be associated with this great patriotic effort, and with the W.C.T.U. organisation.

Wishing your Union increasing sutcess in its endeavours for God, Home and Humanity. J. B. McKINNKY, Co-Treasurer.