SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2649, 21 December 1915, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

j Soldiers' Room Fund. 1 Mrs. Henry Hall (lion. treasurer) ! acknowledges the receipt of the following donations to the above fund Hastings Patriotic Society, £100; Mrs. Vivian liiddiford, £10; Soldiers Visiting the Eooms, £4 12s. 7d.; Mrs. G. IJ.1 J . Knight, £11; Mrs. Gow, 35.; also tho following monthly subscriptions: Mrs. J. Kirkcaldie, £2; Mrs. Brandon, £2 (2 months); Mrs. H. Hall, £2 (2 months); Mrs. T. Young, Mrs. L. Blun- : dell, and Miss Coates, £1 each; Mrs. Corkill, 10s. (2.months); Mrs. Mestayer, Mrs. S. Wheeler, Mrs. Gill, Mis. Greenwood, Mrs. Litchfield, and Miss Jenkyns, ss. each; "A Friend" and , Mrs. Rose, 2s. Gil. each. Countess of Liverpool Fund. Contributions .veceived at the Town Hall by the Mayoress' Countess of Liverpool Committee are as follow for the past week: —Mrs. Beagleiiole, 1 pair socks; Mrs. Cellett, 4 pairs seeks; Mrs. 1 Cbatwin, 1 pair socks; Mrs. D. Hodgkins, 1 pair socks; Northland School (2nd instalments), 21 face oloths, 1 balaclava, 1 muffler, old linen; Ormondville Ladies' Patriotic Committee, per ' L. C. Webb, 2 flannel shirts, 9 pairs h.k. socks, 2 scarves, 1 balaclava; Mi6s L. M'Mastor, 2 pairs socks; Te Aro School, 6 pairs socks, 9 balaclavas, 35 bags, 1 pair bed socks; H. S. Fleming (little boy's prize), 110 cigarettes, 2 tins tobacco, and papers for soldiers; No Name, 4 balaclavas; Takapau School Children, 6 pairs h.k. socks; Orouwharo, Takapau, 10 pairs h.k. socks; Girls Ngaio School, per M. Whitcombe, 34 face cloths; Mrs. G. Fitzgerald, 3 pairs h.k. socks; Linton School Knitting Club, 9 scarves, 19 balaclavas, -2 pairs day socks, 3 pairs bed socks, . 4 pairs mitt-ens, 13 faco cloths; Secondary Girls, Normaivby Sohool, 2 balaclavas; Miss Andrews, 1 pair h.k. socks; Mrs. Campbell, 2 pairs socks; Kilbirnie School, 6 face cloths, 17 eye bandages, muffler, 4 pairs mittens, 2 balaclavas, 1 pair socks; Miss N. Maudsley, 2 mufflers; Mrs. J. K. Hamilton, 5 pairs mittens, old linen; Mrs. A. A. E. Pennefather, 4 pairs h.k. socks; L.A.0., 3 balaclavas; Mrs. J. L. Colquhoun. 1 pair h.k. socks; No Name, 1 balaclava, 1 pair socks,. 2 pairs' mittens; Brooklyn School, 2 pairs socks, 2 balaclavas, 1 pair mittens, 12 eye ban-, dages; Te Aro School, 10 pairs socks, 5 balaclavas; Ma-ranui School, per Mr. A. C. Blake, 13 balaclavas, 1 pair sock 6; Girls of "Hearth Fire," Y.W.C.A., per . Miss Macdiarmid, 1 pair mittens, 15 face , cloths; Rangiotu School, 3 pairs mittens, 2 mufflers; ,-A Work Party at , Levin, box of roller bandages and 26 cap bandages; Standard 111, To • Aro . Scliool, 4(5 bags; 12 Cowlane . Street, Nelson, 2 tins Christmas puddings; Terrace School. 34 handkerchiefs; Mrs. Wilson, 2 balaclavas;' Khandallah School, 20 bags,' 40 face cloth's, 11 infant jackets, 5 pairs mittens;. Jliss M'Gregor. (Khandallah), 2 pairs socks; No-Name, 2 balaclavas; Manakau Girls' Friendly Society, per Mrs. Drake, 15 balaclavas, 1. pair socks, 1 scarf, 5 face cloths.' ! Miss' Gray (TaTatahi) and Miss C. Gray Teturn_ to the TVairarapa to-day from their visit to Island Bay.

Military Hospital Guild. Contributions received by Miss Sybil Nathan, honorary secretary of the Military Hospital Guild, during the past week aro as follows: —Mrs. Stanley Strongc, 2 dressing gowns; Mrs. Nellie Feaver, 2 dressing gowns ; Ladies' League (Opunake), 1 dressing gown; Mrs. Feaver (senior) (Opunake), £2; Miss Kennedy, 4 pairs socks, 1 panmittens; Pupils of Te Aro School, 23 bans, 3, faco cloths; Infants' School' (Kelburn), 40 face cloths, 3 pairs wristlets, 1 balaclava; • Miss Medley, 2 mufflers; Miss H. Boulcott, 8 treasure bags for friendless soldiers; Pupils of Worser Bay School, old linen; School Children of Bunnythorpe (per Mrs. Abraham), 7 undershirts, 3J doz. white handkerchiefs, 3 doz. brown handkerchiefs; Miss Morrah, 3 pairs socks; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kobbell and Ladies of Masterton, 1569 bandages, triangular and roller; Mrs. Chapman, 4 suits pyjamas; Hastings Red Cross Workers, 40 mufflers, 31 suits pyjamas, 25 undorvosfcs, 25 pairs socks, 4 dressing gowns, 22 cotton singlets, 19 pillowcases, 10 bath towels, 59 face cloths, 12 doz. handkerchiefs, 10 body belts, 4 drawsheets, 21 letter bags, _ 10 pairs slippers, 6 face cloths, 250 pieces of old linen, 8 pairs bed socks, 6 cushions; •lied Cross Society (Havelock North), 31 sets pyjamas, 24 grey shirts, 1 dressing gown, 9 pairs bed socks, 4 pairs day socks, 3 mufflers, 6 face cloths, 1 tray cloth, 2 d'oyleys, 2 doz. four-inch bandages, 3 doz. three-inch, bandages, 2 doz. two-inch bandages, 4 balaclavas; 2 doz. and 7 towels; Lady Liverpool Fund (Carterton), 4 bags old linen; Ladies' Guild (Awahura), 12 pyjama suits, 12 flannel vests, 14 shirts, 12 towels, 6 pillow cases, 6 pairs slippers, 2 doz. handkerchiefs, 22 tins of cigarettes, _ 3 scarves, 40 packets chocolates, 2 : tins Scotch mixtures, 1 doz. tins • milk ; Women's Patriotic League (Ohakune, per Mrs. Wright), 10 suits pyjamas, 6 flannel nightshirts, 13 balaclavas, 1 scarf, 2 pairs mittens, 1 face cloth, 25 pillow-slips, 3 doz. handkerchiefs; •Children of the Tokomaru School, 25 bags, 16 handkerchiefs, 2 face washers; Ohau Ladies' Working Party (per Mrs. Kebbell), GO many-tailed bandages, 12 bags, 43 face'cloths, 107 roller bandages, 60 head bandages; Red Cross Workers (Hastings), 19 suits pyjamas, 2,-feather pillows, 6lb. ootton. wool, 3 wrappers, 63 bed jackets, 4 pairs bed socks, 5 pairs day socks, 3 flannel waistcoats, 7 pairs pyjamas,_ 3 face cloths, 1 body belt, 1 medicine cloth, 2j doz. face towel?; Moutoa Ladies Guild, 1 muffler, 43 handkerchiefs, 3 pairs socks, 2 faco cloths, 24 undervests, 7 pyjamas, 18 shirts. ■- The Napier Women's National Reserve has fully equipped two stretchers -for tho St. John Ambulanco Brigade. Mrs. H. Gledstono (Masterton) and her son left for Christchurch at the end of last week. (Continued on next page.) _.