The Rev A. Sinclair Burton - Appeal on behalf of the Seamen's Friendly Society of St. Paul.
The Society was founded in 1884 by the late Father Hopkins. At its headquarters,
The Abbey, Alton, Hants, old or infirm and destitute Merchant Seamen are given a permanent home. The London house - The Priory, Hyde Vale, Greenwich, is a free home for destitute Merchant Seamen of all ratings seeking ships, or sick ones attending hospital as out-patients.
Some five hundred and twenty seafarers. were helped by the Society last year. Its special aim is to give each man the opportunity of making a fresh start, not merely to assist him and then return him to the same conditions.
Funds are urgently needed for the general work. and subscriptions towards the permanent Abbey Buildings for the old sailors. Address: [address removed].