PRESIDENT'S REVIEW

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 55, 20 May 1942, Page 5

PRESIDENT'S REVIEW

RED CROSS WORKING COMMITTEE A USEFUL YEAR In her report to the annual meeting of the Wliakatane Sub-centre of the New Zealand Red Cross Society, ,>the cliairAvoman of the Avorking committee, Mrs E. C. Sullivan, stated ;as under: — I' have much pleasure in presenting the third annual report of the Working Committee. The ladies have worked A r ery Avillingltf and avcll together, and I have again to thank the conveners and the various committees for the good spirit that pcivaded. all the efforts. During the year service men fare- *. welled from the Borough Avcre 55. the total men being farcAvelled by the committee being 167. Each man was presented Avith a parcel containing knitted articles! (made by the i Knitting Committee under Mrs C. Timbs) and the sum of £2. The Knitting Committee also completed and packed for the Patriotic Board 70 pairs socks, 12 pairs gloves, 88 .pairs mittens, 136 scarves, 131 balacla\ T as, 1 pullover, 5 skull caps and 2 pairs knee caps. The Comforts Committee- (under jtfrs S. S. Shapley) have packed and delivered to the Patriotic Board 207 parcels for soldiers overseas, and 72 completed hussifs. They have also taken charge of the shop on many! ",off ; ' clays. The Entertainment Committee have run 10 dances through, the year, clearing £57 10s 9d, at many of which service men Avere fareAvelledDuring the year the Shop Com- : mittee had to accept, Avith very great regret, the resignation of the -convener, Mrs "W. R» Sloane, and I desire to place on record our appreciation of her services. No other , convener has! been appointed and I have carried on, awaiting a volunteer for the position. During the six weeks Christmas period Mrs Bullard relieved me and did excellent Avork. ' The proceeds of the ordinary shop daats brought in £236 10s od, and the "special efforts" by the eight Women's' Organisations for Patriotic purposes realised £/5 15s 6d; of this sum £198 6s 5d has been paid to the Patriotic Board. The shop is noAV ' being run by r all ladies AA'illing, one day each, in alphabetical order, and the results, are very satisfactory. The proceeds: are being handed over for Patriotic. Funds in compliance -with the resolution on the books. Six cases haA T e been packed for the Lady Gahvay Guild, the main Avork for this Guild being done by Mrs Moran and her sub-committee, and great credit is due to her for the wonderful results she has achieved. The Lyceum Club sent in 111 old garments and 57 new garments. The Ohope Sub-committee' although getting feAver in numbers, continue' to A\*ork, their contribution to us being £5, and £50 the. result 1 of their Bazaar, Avhich Avas paid o\ r er to Patriotic Funds. They have also -done a fair share of knitting and rsewing for our committees.

"Bayoneted Eels Hundreds of eels were bayoneted by a party of soldiers in the Koputaroa Stream, near Himatangi, according to a report from a meeting of the Palmerston North sub-branch of the Acclimatisation Society. While resting on the bank one .of the soldiers saw a very large eel swimming downstream and, fixing his bayonet, he speared it. But it was followed by a run of eels apparently making for the sea, so the whole party joined in the attack. The unusual sport was a great success and the pile of eels thrown on to the imnk was described as amazing.