WELLINGTON FREE KINDERGARTEN

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 204, 23 May 1919, Page 4

WELLINGTON FREE KINDERGARTEN

There should be no need to stress the value of the work for children which is being done by .the.Wellington ..Free .Kindergartens, flood citizenship means everything, to u country,-and the chief end anil aim of the-kindergartens is to lav the foundation upon which will be built all thi! qualities that make-for material .well-being, if not for greatness. Other c:mntries are sparing nothing that will improve educational methods, and Now Zealand should not lag behind them if it" values its future standing in the world. '..•■

In charge of the stalls which will be placed at various vantage point's in the city in connection with to-day's appeal are the following:— Mrs, Adams (chairwoman and convenor)■;.AVoodward.Street, Mrs. L. 0. 11. Tripp; Kelbunv Avenue: 'Miss Greenwood rtildKellmrn ladies; Kelliiirn Avenue (dowers): Lady Gibbs and Mrs. J. 1). Gray; Kelbiirn Avcnuo (baoks): Mrs. Ailamfl;. Kirkcaldie and Stains: Women's National Reserve;' Post OHice: Wellington Souili and Berhampore Kindergarten; Post Office (books): Mrs. Adams; Bunk of N.Z.: Mtsi'Corrigan and Mrs. Webb; Bouieott . Street: Brooklyn and Tar.iiiaki -Street Kindergn'rtens; Cpnrtcnny Place: Ladies of the Congregational Church,. , - Cambridge Terrace. At. SI. John's Schoolroom, AVillis Street, boots and shoes will ,be sold bv Miss Turlijii, and donations may be left at ..Messrs. Ifiircourl's auction rooms. Tickets for Mrs.- Hannah' and Miss Campbell's ontertiiiniiH'tii cin be obtained . at the Briiriil. and from.Mr. Nornntii'Aitlren, Cojtrtomiy J'lace. Sweets for this entertainment will ..be sold by ..■ Mrs. .'Arndt, and the Vietori,v League is heljiing her. Miss Holver and Tiliss Hall are in charge of street, .collecting, and will be selling badges. "' . , : .

At ihs annual nieetini;. of the Auckland Women's' Mutual' Aid Society ..Mr-. E. V. Andrews, secretary of. the Relumed Soldiers' Association, paid a,high compliment to the work done for., the men, and said that the relumed f.oldiers fully recognised the .good.work.the Women's Mutual Aid. hud accomplished. In many cases they liikl. Jii'lpefl' (n .relieve. .cn?cs of distress.. The hostel,they, had established was "one of the lii?st ihinss that had ever boon done fof. ihe..!v.'iiefit' of the returned soldier "in AiK-klaiul, and before il wiw pstnblishcil lh"!v was a great need felt. He h.id ■. ivateliird very carefully the work ill- comioerioii wilh it, and .there was nothing too eoodto say of it.. ITe wa? sorry to say that the went appeal I'oi: funds b.nd hot received the support that'the soldiers'considered that it should have'had, and he hoped thiil before nrxt .meeting the ho-tel would be placed on a financial footin;;..