Secretary of the Navy League, has taken the matter in hand, and in this as in other efforts will have every support. Those wishing to contribute par-eels are asked to send them to the Union Jack Club, 5 Myburgh' Road, and a few seasonable suggestions for their contents may not be out of place.
One cannot} imagine a better selection than out of such a list as Christmas puduings, mince pies, sweets, apples and oranges, cigarettes and cigars, beer and mineral waters, These are the sort of things which tend to give the necessary eclat to the Christmas dinner of a body of men with the healthy appetite possessed by the Navy. Of course, it is not everybody who has Christ mas puddings and mince pies lying about spare, but there need. be no hesitancy as to their contribution to the success of the day, for cash can always be converted into similar elements of Christmas cheer. Anybody wishing to make a money contribution should do so to Mr. Willinson, at his office No. 2 Canton Road, and it will be equally appreciated, We have given but a bare outline of what the Navy League hopes to do to make Christmas worth while for our Dluejackets in this part of the world, and we have said nothing, about the amount of work involved in it to the Navy League. But those who can imagine how large it is, will be the readier to ensure its being a very great success.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.