May 24.
In_to-day's observance of Empire Day British residents. fof Shanghai will be afforded an opportunity of linking themselves. jin a very practical manner with {two institutions in the Homeland which have under their special care the welfare of men of both the Army and Navy who were maimed ju the Great War. The made on behalf Soldiers and Sailors, is sponsored by the Union 'Church Ladies' Society, which from the very early days jof the Great War has made flits one of its special interests, and {in support of which it has up to the present sent Home a sum closely approximating—£9,000. [Until two years ago the whole of this sum was raised by means of Sale of Work held in December each year. As the need for help still continued it was decided to make the appeal to an even larger circle, and the institution of an Empire Flag Day was considered suitable method of bringing to the attention of British residents jin Shanghai a channel through which much-needed help might rendered to men who in the our of, her. greatest ned responded willingly to the Bmpire's call and who to-day as a result of that response bear upon their bodies the ineffaceable [scars of the battlefield, Two institutions especially benefit from the funds sent fro Shanghai—the Princess Lou!
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