SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 113, 5 February 1918, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Countess of Liverpool Fund. A meeting of tho Countess of Liverpool Fund Committee was held in the Mayoress's room at the Town Hall yesterday morning. Mrs. Lulce presided, and there were present:' Mesdames Findlay, Nathnn, Purely, Tripe, Stott, Yeats, Lang, Tripp, Bruce, Ford I mm, Macarthur, Murphy, and A. Crawford (lion, secretary). It was decided to send round a circular to the various country places 10 parcels. Mrs. Luke suggested that a day for sending eases to tlio wharf should he instituted. Friday was suggested. Mrs. Yeats proposed and Mrs. Purely seconded that Mrs. Murphy should bo appointed head of tlis dispatching committee, with powers to form her own committee. The secretary reported that over 400 answers were received in the last few mails from soldiers abroad acknowledging receipt of gift parcels. Queen and Anzao. The King and Queen recently invited an Australian soldier to Buckingham Palace, and a romantic story attaches to tbo occasion, states the "Daily News." Sixteen years ago the King and Queen, as Duko and Duchess of York, visited Australia. At one town a Mrs. AVharton, who had a little boy of four years of . age in her arms, was presented to the Dwchess, who took the child ia her arms. A photographer slandii% by took a snapshot of tho group. The child became a man, and is now a soldier in the Australian contingent, and Their Majesties, hearing that ho was in London, invited him to tho Palace. A comrade, who waited outside, states that Wharton's father had fought and been wounded in Gallipot? and afterwards in France, and has now returned to Australia. Miss Marion Wilson left for Carterton yesterday afternoon. Mrs. George Hume (Featherston) is at present in Wellington. Miss Vallance, who lias been spending a few dayn in Wellington, will return to Masterton to-day; Mrs. Roberts (Sydney) and her daughters are staying with Mrs. J. M'Rae, Masterton. Dr. and Mrs. Dawson (Pahiatuaj ore visitors to Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. Coom (Malum) are nt present on a visit to Wellington. Aliss Chalmers has returned to Wellington from a visit to Plinimerton. Mrs. J. Faulknor and her children, who havo been staying nt. Plinimerton, leave to-day for their home in Hastings. Mrs. Porter, organising secretary of tlio W.N.R., and Miss Sheppard hava returned to Wellington from <1 seaside holiday. The hon. secretary of the Wellington Women's Red Cross Committee (Mercor Street Depot) acknowledges gifts of hospital equipment from the following;—Newman branch' British Red Cross, Taihape branch, Marton Red Cross Workers, Dannevirke Red Cross Committee, Mount Cook Girls' School, South Wellington Knitting Guild, Mrs. Low, Ohingaiti Red Cross Guild, Ohakune Junction, Raetihi Ladies' Guild, Catholio Knitting Guild, St. Michael's Anglican Rod Cross Guild, ICelburn, Karori National Reserve, Women's Patriotic Committee, Gisborno, Maranui School, Mrs. Mestayer, Mrs. Luke, Mrs. Davidson, Mrs. Wilford, Miss M. Wheeler, pupils of Standard 11, Hastings Nortli School, British Red Cross Society, New Plymouth, Ohingaiti Red Cross Society, Women's Patriotic Committee, Gisborne.

Following the two meetings which liavo been held recently by a number of Wellington citizens who have' been inquiring as to the necessity or otherwise of supplementing the gift goods which are ,sont from Now Zealand to the men in Egypt and Palestine,' yet another was held yesterday afternoon at which representatives were present from the Y.M.C.A., the Mayoress's Countess of Liverpool Fund, and the Wellington branch of the Red Cross organisation." Statements of what was being done by the Liverpool organisation for the men in Egypt and of the number of parcels which were sent there whenever circumstances permitted were given by the Mayoress (31rs. J. P. Luke), and Messrs. C. M. Luke, Brownell, and Varney, representing the Y.M.C.A., also stated what their organisations did. Mrs. Luke also gave an account of the generosity which was shown by the Australian organisations ill Egypt towards our men whenever there was a shortage of comforts —a shortage that owing to shipping exigencies did sometimes occur. As a result of these statements it was decided that there was no need for any anxiety to be felt by anyone as to how the mounted men were faring in the matter of comforts, and that there was no necessity to start another organisation for this purpose. The ladies present decided to assist as far as possible the Y.M.C.A. in their big effort to raise funds for the' benefit of their work for soldiers overseas.