CIGARETTES FOR OUR BOYS AT THE FRONT.
Dear Sir,Will you through the medium of your paper convey the following, which are extracts from my son's letter received on 20th Sept from the Dardanelles,
"I received two packets of Gold Flake cigarettes today and you can imagine how welcome they were to us all as we were reduced to smoking cigarettes made with newspaper."
"If the Pwllheli folk feel generous they might send out some Wild Woodbines for the Pwllheli boys, and I will see that they are all acknowledged and distributed properly - the men only get one packet of cigarettes per man per week, which is not enough."
On receipt of this letter, the next morning I went to a few townspeople and asked them for a little help to enable me to send cigarettes to the boys, and I soon collected enough to enable me to send off that day 406 packets and leave a balance for next week.
I am indebted to the following :— The Mayor, Mr Dobbie, Mr and Mrs Jones, Wellfield House Mr Dray, Nurse Cooling, Mr Stanley Turner, Mrs Breen Turner, Miss Turner, Mr Summers (at Talcymerau), Mr Batterbee, Mr Jones (Garage), Mr W. Hughes (stationer), Mr J. Thomas (grocer), Mr Davies (tailor), Mrs Evans (Plasward), Mr E. P. Jones, Mr Davenport, Mr Cornelias Roberts, Mr Cunningham, Miss Perkins, Mr Rich. Roberts (solicitor), The Efailnewydd Working Guild, Mr Foulkes (Postmaster), Mr Jones (stationmaster), Mr Dale, Mr Pierce, Mr Denman, Mrs Tom Owen, members ef the V. T. Corps.
My object in troubling you to insert this is in the hope that something may be done in the town to ensure a regular weekly supply to the Town Boys who are out fighting for us. I propose on the 28th to send another parcel.
Thanking you for inserting this and trusting someone with time and energy will take it up.
Yours faithfully,
R. BREEN TURNER. Talcymerau. Sept. 25th, 1915.