THE MAYORESS'S COMMITTEE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2336, 18 December 1914, Page 2

THE MAYORESS'S COMMITTEE

WORK DONE FOR THE TROOPS. The Mayoress yesterday, at her afternoon tea, spoke of the work which the local committee of the Countess of Liverpool Expeditionary Force Fund had been ongage'd upon, and of the valuable aid whioh had been given by Her Excellency. _ The great assistance which had been given by Mrs. A. Crawford, honorary secretary, Mr. Crawford, honorary treasurer, and Mrs. M. Myers, assistant treasurer, were also acknowledged with r.ppreciative references. Among the various acknowledgments which wore touched upon in the course of her speech was the sum of £80 6s. lid., winch had been received from tho Sports Committee for the Expeditionary Fund for the use of the Samoan Force if needed. As it, howevor, had been tborouhly equipped with what was already in hand, the sum is being kept for whatever equipment may be neoded in the future. The kindness of tho Union Company in forwarding the Christmas gifts to the troops at Samoa free of freight was acknowledged with much appreciation. The Christchurch branch of the Expeditionary Fund had sent £20 worth of oake for tho transports 'of the Supplementary Force and two gramaphoncs. The latter, however, arrived too late for'shipment, and wili be kept for a future occasion. A valuable donation of cake had also been sent in by Mrs. 'Walter Nathan for the troops on the voyage. The local committee had provided a box for each transport, containing sundries—ham, plum puddings, sweets, soap, books, etc.—and s'omo of the latter wero of such an excellent stamp that they would serve as trophies for competitions on board. An extra pair of sox for each man was also provided by the committee. The balance-sheet, which was read by Mrs. Luke, showed a credit in the bank of £3282 14s. 4d., plus an amount 'of £33 2s. 6d. yet to come. Outstanding accounts amounted to £104 16s. A list of goods supplied to the Defence Department previous to the. departure of the troops to Egypt was also road. Her Excellency the Countess of Liverpool made a speech, 1 thanking the Mayoress and! tho committee for its unselfish,constant work in connection with the object for which tho fund had been started, and which had now been carried on for some months. The list of goods is as follows:—Holdalls (Ml), 4SUI; hold-alls (empty), 1412; hold-alls (staff), 4; total,'6oo7; "housewives" (full), 4254; "housewives" (empty), 562;- total, 4846; "housewives/ one special parcel; socks, 4252; stockings, 19; cholera belts, 2423; caps, 3063; rugs, 213; blnnkot rugs, 38 j shirts, 3313; khaki, Q; coloured cotton, 31; total, 3353; cue parcel of white; singlets, 1154; jerseys,' 2042; Cardigan jacket, 1; pouch, 1; underpants, 69; mittens, 102; mittens, one box; mitlons, 1 parcel Maunganui, Limerick, Arawa, Orari, each; mufflers',-208: nightingales, 246; nightingales (flannelette), 7; bed socks, 29; bed socks, 1 parcel; pillows, 237; cushions, 1; pillow-slips, 502; , pillow-slips, one parcel; handkerchiefs, 1308; towels, 807; towels, 4 parcels; bandages, 723; flannel wrappers, 12; bandages, etc.—3 rolls of wool, 3 rolls of lint, 3 boxes of boracio powder, 1 roll butter muslin, 1 parcel of gauze. 100 triangle bandages, 13 parcels or bandages, 3 boxes of bandages; sheets, 54 j draw sheets, 2;. pyjamas, 239; pyjamas, flannelette, 9; hospital comforts—3 boxes meat extraot, 20 jars meat extraot, 1 parcel oil cloths, 16 pairs of gloves, 42 mittens, 1 box mittens, 16 nail brushes, 4 cases ambuliinco, 1 case stout, 6 jars of jam, 2 parcels of ohocolate, 1 oase of sweets, 1 ambulance outfit, 1 hospital equipment, 1 parcel first aid, 1 parcel spoons and forks, 1 parcel warm clothing, 1 brush ami comb, 1 clothes brush, 2 air cushions, 6 hot-water bagß, 1 acetylene generator, 12 acetylene lamps; medical flannel (1 parcel); glasses, 1 dozen; old linen and bandages (12 parcels). Boxes containing 50 packets of cigarettes, 3 packets of "Old Judge," 81 dozen tins of tobacco, 81b. plug tobacco, 211b. tobacco, 4 pipes; case containing pipe, cigarettes, tobacco, and books; 1 oaso of cough mixture, 14 cards mending wool, 1 saddle, 21 Bibles, 1 pair of boots, 6 flannelette night shirts, 1 night shirt, 3 pail's braces, 1 pair slippers, 1 box home-made cakes,-17 small bags,. 38 pairß razors, 24 dandy brushes (horses'),, 2 ambulance stretchers,' 39 deck chairs, 2 ambulance chairs, 4' camp stools, 61 surgical towels (4 parcels), 14 dozen surgioal towels; soap— 2 parcels,-1 case, 5 gross toilet ;■ 2 mattresses, 1 bed and mattress, 1 box reserve ambulance (Mrs. Preston), containing sheets, pillow-slips bandages, sponges, nightingales, pyjamas, aircushions, and rolls of bandages; literature^—33 parcels, 33 sacks, 48 cases, 2600 magazines (1 load); 1864 packs of cards, 2 parcels of games, 2 boxes of French and 'German literature sent to each troopship, 6 pairs of boxing gloves, 18 pairs of Indian clubs, 10 gross matches, Mrs." Chatfield, as representative of tne Victoria League, was asked to convoy to Miss Coates, who was not able to be present, the hearty vote of thanks which was passed to the League for its great assistance in the work of equipping the Expeditionary Forces.

On Tuesday, Mrs. Magnus entertained a number of her friends at her residence Kelburn, where a moat enjoyable afternoon was epont. Tea was served ins the dining-room, the table being arranged with ixias and Bwcet peas of different shades, with grasses and lycopodium, the colours giving a pretty rainbow effeot Mrs. Magnus was Kownod in , black laco over nattier blue charmeuse. ' Among the guests were: Mrs. Diokerson, Mrs. Dyer, Mrs. His!op, Mrs. Bruce, Mrs. Craven, Mrs. Munro, Mrs. M'liennon, Mrs. Hamilton, and Miss Laurenson. During tho afternoon pianoforte solos were played by one of the guests.