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POPPY DAY.T* • \l« »K IP *W riMI»AY.1. I.i•:•- rn mh« r.x if tin' Hod Cross .v .. i. j . ill he .1 with mcni-i.f i•*»•*!*■ »r«l s 11 • liruiii'li rtf t!•* h’S. . 1. 1 in M*lliii^ T ’ I * J*i | * **hi ; i.I ..i the 'ini :in tin- vrist:it»**l ir^ii.i - i.i' I iin poppies havo'ii i • f I • • • •!, .‘I lei ill 1m sold nt I '*» ji11lt;■ 1 i n \rnii»tilt;* 1 t;iy ' t morrow ) Friday. Illh November.JIOW THK DAY OKI* .IN ATI: I h I'Im- A hied Nation-’ Poppy hay wj.s Mii^in.ili -I m Australia l«v I In* re• •• • [*t l«y the I! turned Sailor-* and S.. • Ii«• i ' I niperial l.i'fu.'iu' of a cahlo I ruin tlif Secretary • * l* tin* lt;a War \'i f•• rnii • ' AiM-i:iti.'.fi of Canada. noli 0 11* — * hnt tin1 mov.-ment hoeif Matt.-l with :i view* of all soldiers an A ji.’ifi*.n* r«-.• ■ •.*fii-rn•» tin* red poppy «»!, tin Flanders lit I*Is as a memorial llnHi i tn Im* w i»rn mi Armistice Iljiv; that tin* American Legion and the Veteran*' Association of Canada had rndne *••■! tj,. inn win.*nt; that Madam**• mrriii. th•• ''Poppy Lady, from I'l’Mif* . .i- in * 'aiiada with millions nt* 'ilk ; • *; |.j.'s luad*' l*y tin* women and eh !!,*n nt decn.-lated I‘ram***, and111^;i lt;| 11, - Australian soldiers tn pmtiii»e In r ilnii ninral Mippmt, and t*» tahn 111• a P*'PJ••anipaitfii for tin* Auni-ti** Itji in Australia.Last iiimith a letter was received fmm tin timat War Veterans' Asso rial inn ipiotinu rniiinniiii.'ations rc-M iwd through tin* Amha»a*lor of tin* Ki jmldi*- **f Frame an*I Washington. Monsieur .1 ussi-raini, which stated that the * ommittci* was entirely depend nhh . that the managing president ol* the I'nri*. Committee was Madam I.eKnii. the Imimrary president Madame Mill- land, and that Monsieur Jusserand was personally actpiainted with Madame la l*nii, an*i nave his assm a nee that any funds sent to her would l*e most tin fully and economically! applii I.• 'nh'iii’l Mnil'at. Madame tiuerin'sre-;*r* s* ntati\e. is m.w in Sydney. lie Mat*-* that 11.. monies destined for I'l'am i* ii- io I-* sent hv the Upturned Soldi* i' L* a lie direct to the French «'hiI.Ireii ’ le ague Hi*ad*|iiarters in Paris, nr tlt;* any organisation for re lief nf I‘rnneh win orphans which may he designated I»v * '••nimnnieat ion dir-e*’t from Madame Millerainl.The StMl.nOit poppies have arrived in Sydiny. Colonel MofTat stales those poppies :r« made !*v hand hy the children throughout Fra nee.
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Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate
Gosford, New South Wales, AU
Thu, Nov 10, 1921
Page 11
Full Page
Clipped by
Heather J.
GB 13 Mar 2021
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