COUNTESS OF LIVERPOOL FUND

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2584, 5 October 1915, Page 3

COUNTESS OF LIVERPOOL FUND

Contribution's - received at* the . TownHail during the past week by the Mayoress's.Committee, of- the Countess of Liverpool Fund are as follow Mrs. G; 13. Davy, 8 pairs socks,! pair mittens: Mrs. Bairstow, 1 pair; hand-knitted : socks; per Mrs;. Barltrop, ■ 7 balaclavas, 2 pairs /hand-knitted socks,, a pairs bed 1 'socks, 7 pairs-mittens; Anon, 49 pocket l ' books; Mrs. D. Sidford, 2 scarves,. 3 pairs wristlets,.' 24 face .cloths', 24 1 eye cloths; Nurse L. Milligan, 2balaclavas, 3 pairs wristlets j. Brooklyn School children, per Miss Cook, 22 silk handkerchiefs ; by . post,' 8 bags ; Mi ss . Scott/ 2 pairs hand-knitted socks; North Peters (Te Aro School), 1- pair hand-knitted socks; Miss 'J. Smythe,'. 2 balaclavas ; ladies of Norsowood, 4 towels, 15 pairs socks,-34, handkerchiefs, '4 balaclavas, 2 uniiervests, 2 ■,clocks,. 4 dozen shirts, 1 'flannel shirt,. 1; nightingale, 1 muffler, and parcel for British and Belgian Fund'; Wallaceville Guild, 36 roller bandages, . 2 ieyer. bandages, 2 balaclavas, "-.2 .-cholera belts, 2 paii-s socks, 2 pairs .mittens, old linen; Mrs. Hunt, 3 pairs', hand-knitted socks; per Mrs! Barltrop,'3 pocketbooksj, 2 pairs/mittens, 1 balaclava, 3 pairs. bed 'socks'; Mrs. C. A. Johnston, 1000 writing . pads ;,';Miss..' Boyd, 2 pairs socks,-4 balaclavas;. Miss C. It. Lewis, 21'feedr ers, 7-bags, 1 pair socks; Mangatai--noka: ladies,: 96 - bags,'' 10. bags with' paper- etc.: Miss. J.. Johnston (Levin), 13 baJ:s for: troops;' Mrs.' Robertson, scarf,. -1 tin cocoa: Mrs. Herbert '.Gaisford, 2 pairs hana-knitted socks ; Mrs. Bishop, 1 pair 'socks; :Mrs. Collett (Ngaio), 3 pairs hand-knitted 6ocks, 2 i

balaclavas; Mr. Rountrec's scljool children, 15 bags; Waverloy Ladies' Patriotic League, per Miss Chcyno, for sick and wounded, 12 feeders, 5 nightshirts, 2 pairs pyjamas, 3 pairs bed socks, for men. at front 7 hanclbigs, 4 balaclavas, 2 pairs mittens, 10 dozen shirts, pairs socks, 4 mufflers; Okaiawa Women's Patriotic Committee., por Miss Hicks, 5 balaclavas, 13 pairs hand-knitted socks, 2 pairs mittens, 1 pair bed socks, 4 scarves, 2 face cloths, 17 dozen shirts; no name, 5 pairs socks; from Featiicrston children, clothes; no name (Levin), 24 bags, 1 pair cuffs, 1 mufFler; Mrs. Wheeler, 2 pairs hand-k.iitted socks; Mrs. Jay, 3 pairs hand-knitted socks, 2 balaclavas; Mrs. P. C. Luxford, parcel for soldiers; Mrs. Bennett, 1 pair bed socks, cigarettes; G.F.S. Lodge, 6 pairs , socks, and parcel for lonely boy Miss Orford, 1 pair bod socks; Mrs. Sinnct, 1 tin sweets; Mrs. A Crossby, old •linen, 1 balaclava and pocketbook; 'l'e Aro Sohool, per Miss Bright, 60 bags; Mrs. Harrison, 1 pair socks, -2 face cloths; Miss Beaglehole, 2 pairs socks, 2 balaclavas; Mrs. Boale, 2 balaclavas; Wallaceville Guild, per Mrs. C. _ B. Johnson, 6 cases of Christmas gifts; Mrs. R. SmitYl, 3 balaiclavas, 1 pair socks; children of Clydesdale School, 9 pairs socks, 7 bed socks, 4 scarves; Carnarvon l'almerston North, 6 ' hot water bottle covers, 13 roller bandages, 1 many-tailed bandage, 13 face washers, 2 eye bandages; Miss Bright, parcel of Christmas goods; Alice Moate, 2 pairs socks; A. Forbes, 1 pair socks; Mrs; Kersley, parcel of Christmas gifts; from llaotihi, 4 pairs socks; from l two friends, Palinerston North, 18 bags, 5 pairs socks, 1-pair mittens; Mrs. H. Davidson, 6 pairs 'socles, 1 pair bed socks; Mrs- J. Archibald, 3 balaclavas; Mrs.. J. 11. Blair, 1 pair hand-knitted socks; Mrs.- M'lntosh, linen; Mrs. Dickens, bottles : of sweets; Misses _ Virtue, 7 balaclavas, 3 pail's socks; Miss L. Paterson, Christmas gift; Miss Gillespie, 2 parcels for Christmas; Mrs. Baumgart, 1 pair socks; Mrs. Paxil, 4 balaclavas; Standard V, To Aro School, 8 bags, 1 pair socks; Havclock,-.17 bags; Mrs. A. Holden, 9 pairs socks; Mrs: H. Aitken (Otaki), 6 pairs handkerchiefs and socks; Miss Andrews, 1 pair socks, _. 1 balaclava; Mrs. Proud,. e«kes and cigarettes.

For Disinfecting Shirts. A contributor has forwarded a solution for. disinfectinc the shirts made of butter muslin for; the soldiers at the front. . The -carbolic mixture has not been found successful, but this solution is,. said •to be,.. efficacious Stockholm tar, 1 part; turpentine,' 2 parts, mix; add 'methylated spirits, 10 parts.. . . . This solution can be diluted with further methylated spirits, _ by adding 4 parts of /methylated spirit to one part of the solution. :

■ Mrs. Cameron Owen,, of. Auckland, and: her -daughter'-;'are visiting ... Mrs. Meadowcroft, Mount Street. '

The Wellington Ladies| Golf Club will play the , medal competition for the October Silver Putter on' Wednesday next at Heretaunga.

The engagement is announced of Miss Ivy C. JJorsnell, eldest daughter of Captain and Mrs. C. Horsnell, New Plymouth, to Mr. M. Carey, Patea. '

The Spinsters' Club lias < been very hard at, wort , with Christmas gifts for the soldiers at the front, and members have packed 120 parcels each containing a, pair of socks, a pipe, and tobacco, cigarettes, tin of .condensed milk, ivelcoirpackets; a writing block aiid envelopes, lead- pencils, a' balaclava, and a pair of mittens. The club desires to thank the following for v their assistance:—Mrs. and Miss Denton, Mr., John Myers, Mrs. Henry- Smith, Mrs. Ooull, 1 Mrs. Speed,; Mrs. Courtell, MisS'Neaves and an anonymous.; donor.

f- ® e L Equipment Committee or the.Wairarapa .is' dispateliinf a thousand parcels of Cfiristmas presents to the soldiers at the Dardanelles. The work of packing and preparing the goods has entailed heavy work on the committee of ladies who undertook the task. .Mrs. Duffy and Miss Iris Duffy, of Masterton, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Duffy, of Feilding'. '

. The engagement is', announced of Miss Gladys Christie, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mi;s. H.:P. Christie, St. John's Hill, Wanganui, to Captain Douglas Wilson, of the New Zealand Medical Corps. ' ■; ] '.! .

By the next troopships that are leaving New Zealand there will be sent by the Miltary ; Hospital' Guild for the' No. 1 New Zeland Stationary Hospital 100 each : of every., garment, needed fay sick and wounded l soldiers in hospital, and' also 100 each of articles needed for bed'equipment,'6uch as sheets., pillowcases, etc. There will' also be sent by the Countess' of ..Liverpool Committee to the soldiers at the front ,t>wo cases at least of balaclavas and the same number of cases of mufflers. Next month the committee intends to forward a large snppy of socks, Bhirts,-jerseys, etc. . .

, A. meeting of the, committee of the Countess of Liverpool Fund was' held yesterday, and was presided l over by the Mayoress. Accounts .were passed for payment and. guarantees for Christmas gifts for the soldiers dealt with. Reports in. connection with the Leather Waistcoat Fund and the Christmas Gift JiHwds/were presented by the honorary treasurer and other matters brought for-' ward.