WOMEN'S WORK FOR THE TROOPS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2230, 17 August 1914, Page 2

WOMEN'S WORK FOR THE TROOPS

COUNTESS OF LIVERPOOL FUND. The'following additional contributions o money: and-, goods to. tho Countess o: Liverpool;'Emid art'reported to 1 : havi '' ••■•■'• - " ■■ ' Porirlui Hospital (collection), ,£"3 16s. Mrs. W. Fcrgu'son''(matinee tickets), £. 3s;; Mrs. Josei»a"(matiiiee 'tickets),- 12s; "No. Name" (matinee tickets), 65.; ■" Mis: itock, !£3;'Lady Ward, ".€11; Lady Liver pool, £1; Miss Lachie, Bs.; Mrs/ Dimock 12s'; Mrs. A.-Williams, 12s.;"A'o Name,' 3s;; Mrs. Thorpe': (collected)/ J!3 : 65.;-Mrß G: S.Pike, His.jjfr. Bai'tlett, £2 25.,- Pa tea Hospital'^first r instalment), £15 la. Pawa Flat 'school'children,; .£1 10s. r Mia Medley (sale-of songs),"'6s',- Miss Thomp son, 6,towel6'\and 3- handbags'; 1 Hillie, 2i pillow-dasesrMf; Yickeiy,' 1 gross of' pen. n Is,'"two::friends, six ".pairs 'knitted socks Wellington Woollen Co.,' 200-pairs socks ilx."~Hamilto'n,"2 "camp".stools arid" chairs itelda arid Bobbie Meadows,' 6' dozen pen, ;ils; Wellirigtoriian/ inagazines ; :and pap jfsj-.Mrs'." Winder, i dozen bottles of- sttul :6r hospital puriposesj.Mrs.-Isaac'Clark, ■'( ihirts'; .''.'Bulbs',./it"''dozen bandages';- Mr, Etassell. flowers for ' ship;" Dri' Fitchett tooksr-Mrs. Fitch«tt,--wool;~"A Friend/ nagaziries; Mrs:-'Kelly, '.'magazines; ; Mra minell,'3 .cholera belts; Mrs." Morrison, 1 sap; Mrs. Winder, 6- bottles, £ nr cushions"• and-l- dozen'glasses;'Mrs, orombie; .old linen ;■,"Miss Kirk, books; Master:-M. "Kempto'n; nail brushes; : Av' T, Underwood,'"boxing :gldv'es;' Mr;";"and ; Mis< Joseph;"ss• hold-alls -and' 5 "easels,-' Miss Donaldson; 6' pairß"socks;'.Mrs'."W. : G: Jones, '2' pillows"'and.pillow-cases; Mrs, tendall, 12 "housewives";-' Mis/'Capper, nittens; pairs pyjamas, md 10 handkerchiefs; Bulls Presbyterian Ladies' Giiild,.7 ; pairs pillow-cases, 9 pairs ?.' Heiman, 3 dozen "fowels,'49yds! ianncletfe, ifiyits. flannel, 1 dozen handkerchiefs; 26yds.- sheeting,'-6 jars 'jam'; Mrs. Remington, 3'"shirts; St.'Jo'hn's Mission, 18 hold-alls-;: Mrs. Blundell," Mrs, -01. Johnston, Mrs. Fulton, 160'"housewves.'; Miss Bariand;-''scari; Mrs. F'isk, ! mufflers'; Mrs; : Vennell and Mrs.'Webb, 1 cholera-belts; Nurses' Club; box of cake; or forte, and,mittens. ' ■'."■ " below, is- &e total list of contnb'utibiiß of "various 'kinds" received'from Monday -.last up to 6 p.ni. bri'Saturdaybj firs; -Luke, and' her committee,' for thf ™.?«.'"jf Liverpool's Expeditionan Force Fund:—- ■'"■- ■""■'•' :--'--'T-""-'-' 1 -:'■.. Hold-alls; 3206; "housewives/.' 2233; sockt large, parcel"; shirts, 385: literature. -13' parceVand'-7'corhsacks full M. magazines and'books; 1 parcel'playing' sards; -'5 '.packets :'pencils ."and"3--pairs boxing, gloves,;'"'For th<>-Medical Defence stores,—Bandages",'' 21' parcels "and rbo* itU;'choler'a belts, 311;. pyjamas, 52.suits; sheets,- 44,"'and 2, draw sheets;' towels, C parcels and 198; caps;'lsß;-flannel, 1 ■ par:el:- odd .-linen; 1 -parcel';' 2 "■-• cushions'; '■'G tot-water, bags; 1,-.'dozen' tins glaxo: 20 lars meat extract;. 2 mattresses and 1 alanket;"' 2 'and 2 linbulance chairs;-8 deck-chairs, and 4 amp stools; I'parcel warm underclothing; 1 knitted: jersey.,-.! acetylene genera.or, and 12 acetylene .lamps;' 2 -pillows; 148 pillow slips; I'.'lMge*parcel ot toilet K>ap; .38' short I ' sleeyo 'Uiider-flaiinels; 1 itynical' therra'bmeter i'4B handkerchiefs; 3 lozen^bottle's'of'stout; G pdts'bf jam; 6 jairs of bed socles; ; ' ' .''■' ; -■ : '.■-. Her Excellency the Countess of Liverpool las-sent a'-la'rge number of mittens work.'d by herself to-Mi's; Luke,-and evcry-:hingii»s--been forwarded, to the' District Defence"StoreMepe'i*? •'" "-' '' ■•"■ '•■•'■ • jMrs. Ernest Hadfield, president of the Wellington''Women's 'Branch" of 'tbeTNow lealand Political Reform'Leagus, .on be-'.alf-of-the league,,gave £31 -ss. to the ,punfes-of 'Exnb'dift'onary i'und.-".; ;-",...v' ■-,_■•"'/'-'. "■•*''■ ' .'' - . NEWS AND NOTES.' Contributions received'by Mrs.' Massey,' in behalf "of tho't'Countess of Liverpool Bxpeditionary Fund,' within, the'ia'st'few lays, arb as follow:—Collected"by' Mrs. EraTdcastle;'ifi2lr Mrs.' Kane;' Is;; three mth- sheets, - one "portable bath, two: hospital screens,: one- special hospital. couch iomplcte, one armchair,, two bath mats, md" 'soihe :; ehamolled- jugs;" from . Nurse Bveritt, whose, idea;' is 'to- furnish a rest »rner -in connection with -tho hospital 'und, for' i&e"officers. One hundred -ahd six' "housewives''- were made 'and. sent ,by Mrs. Massey for th'o'iise of the'first" co'uiiigent.'-■'■•■- ■'■'■ '■''■ '«■- --■ ••/•■■ ■'■■ : ; ■ The Lady Liverpool Fund at Carterton' las' reached a-grand total of ■' ! SBB. 9s. id;,' n addition te a, 'large donation' of'clothrig. Special- street collections.were Ijeiug aken' "and" fcbas should onsidcijably 6well"tlie funds. " :; . ; "' i 'So."far'"the""ludies'of "trie Earori Golf :;lub, who-are organising a Logy com'peti:ion, tobe heldon thuir links on Tueslay next the- pi-oceeds'of -which' are'ito )e handed over- tq'tlio Countess of Liver-?ool-Fimd for' the "-Expeditionary "Forces vave met with the"utmost'.-enthusiasm, livery lady of the- club has entered,, and ;n'e gonitlemen present-on Saturday afterjoon' subscribed for a tropliyl""Mr. :Ma"nlel has dbhuteu Ei'-'second'prize.' It only .•ema'ins for the members of other clubs ;6 lend their' support* to'-'V comparatively anall- club, to 1 make the result of ; their sftolrt worthy 'of'tfce" cause in which it'is ;iyen. The« entrance fee is' one • shillin"ind afternoon tea may" be obtained for ;ne silm of sixpence. "The'secretary will w in'attendance ~on the'links, Campbell Street,' Kardri; from 'halt-past" nine 'in ;he morning .on Tuesday "sb v -that r -'ahv ■ Mll es' s'flQ. wish to play m the' uornizi" nay do so. In the event of bad weather ;ho competition will be played on the irst fine day.. Ker Excellency the Countess of Idyerwdl attended' the concert whioh- was riven by the Wellington Tramways Band ast evening in His .Majesty's Theatre, in nd of the £atrioftc Fund. ." ' ■ -,Wellington'streets were gay on Saturday norning,, when the members of )Us branches of the theatrical profession it present in Wellington "made a street •olleetion for' tne- benefit of the Patriotic There "was ho hint of' sombreness n their 'parade', '-as has'-been'rthe "case vith other scenes that have taken place -vithiii recent days 'in the city. Instead i band; .'comfortably ensconced in a ven'cle, played niartial music, intermingled vith the.-latest catchy airs,' songs "were iiin|- by" members'6f"the' various janies taking part in.tho effort, and irowds of children'swaruie'd all over lories and .cars almost obliterated with fiVi niniature and otherwise, "and apparently Tying to see if they-could-hot drown'the rniid. In the "aftefrion'an' enthusiastic md largo, audience'a'tt'ehded the matinee vhich was held for tho-same purpose in ;he'Gran'd Opei'a'Hops'e: ' "His Excellehct :he Governor 'and'-the' Countess of Liver--1001 were present,' also 'the 'Prihie Minis;or and Mrs. Massey. '-,• -•■■■■•- A visitor who has just returned to Wel-ington'-from'a visit to' Sydney spoke of ;ho'great'shock it was for tho people over ;here"wlien "war" was Te'clared"'-'"be'tw : een jormaiiy and Russia, and of the splendid ,vayih 'which they -have risen "to the dc:asion,' as; '. indeed, • the Australian papers iiave shown; •■■ The iihancial - panic wasa ievere one,' and-one-hotel'for some diys lad absolutely ho monoy banked,, so great ivas tho fear of the'banks'failing'to meet labilities.'";' Some of "the business firms Kd the 'same;' too: :One of 'the' most impressive. sights sho had'seen, and one of jhe'ihost'omiiioiis;" was''when 'the warships ii the Australian fleet, sailed out of Sydicy.,'Harbour. "Great menacing shapes, :hey steamed swiftly through the waters ivith not onq gleam of brasswork,' usually ;he-pride of a-waTship's heart, to'be seen 3ii' their decks." Black paint coated "it, md tho effect of the dark grey and tho olack, the grimness of Outline, 'and the' impression of stein, purpose- that' seented' ;o speak in everyspar, were indescribably embolic of war. ' ; It was a great sight io the Australians when they sa\v their >>vri battleships for the first time:in' Australian history sail to tnlte their part in :h'e war" of 'riatibris that' is.- now taking' :)lace'. And ah' unforgettable one! ; A' contvibution 'of £2 1 ids'! acknowledged m Saturday to Mrs. A R.' Hislop, should iavo been credited to Mrs, J.,'Gallic ■'