A GENEROUS GIFT
HELPING A WORTHY CAUSE. EX-SUPERINTENDENT KEITH'S FTNE SPIRIT. On the oceasion of his retirement from the Hastings Fire Brigade, after 40 years' service, ex-Superintendent W. Iveith was the recipient of a cheque for £'36, presented to )iiin bv the- citize;is of Hastings. Although he gave over 40 years of his life in public service as a fire fighter, Mr Keith has now given a tnrtlier example of his generous spirit by lianding over to the Hastings Retnrned Soldiers' Association the whole of the .gift money, to be nsed for tlie lelief of distressed solcliers. Mr Keith' s accompanying letter to the presidftnt of the R.S.A. reads : "I have much pleasuve in lianding over to the funds of the Hastings R.S.A. Unemplovment Fund the mucli-appreciated gift of £36, lianded to me by citizens of Hastings on my retirement from the Hastings Fire Brigade." _ Atr Keith 's generoiis gift will cany with it a £ for £ subsidy from the Borongh Council and possibly a sipiilar subsidy fioia .the Government.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 59, Issue 121, 24 June 1930, Page 4
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169A GENEROUS GIFT Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 59, Issue 121, 24 June 1930, Page 4
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