Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: FAMINE RELIEF

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Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 1999. Famine relief: Matthew Bros, Hargreaves Street store staff pictured in 1943, dressed in Chinese costume while running a stall to raise money for the relief of famine in China. One of the staff, Elsie Tussup (nee Gray) recalled that they raised 180 pounds ($360). Back row from left: Verna Peake, Elsie Gray, Lorna Murphy and Olga Lehner. Front: Lois Rowe and Gwen Rance.

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