PATRIOTIC EFFORT

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 264, 6 August 1942, Page 2

PATRIOTIC EFFORT

Work Of Air Force Relations An outline of the work done by Air Force Relations, which is the accredited agent of the National Patriotic Fund Board for providing comforts and amenities for Air Force personnel, was given last night by Mrs. Goddard, wife of Air Commodore R. V. Goddard, Chief of the Air Staff in New Zealand, in continuance of the series of talks forming part of the drive for patriotic funds. The Patriotic Fund Board, said Mrs. Goddard, had paid almost all the expenses of Air Force Relations and had supplied 24,0001 b, of knitting wool. This wool had been turned into more than 83,000 garments for the benefit of New Zealand Air Force personnel. The knitting had been done by the members of 53 branches and knitting, centres of the organization and also by individual knitters, one of whom must hold the record for the two year® with 101 pullovers, 34 .bibrjAm, fhre-h iMiamg, 12 Orawgß

jerseys, nine pairs of gloves and six pairs of socks. The board had also supplied materials for making hussifs, more than 9000 of which hud been given to airmen in this country and Io those going overseas.

Reference was made by Mis.| Goddard to the dispatch of woollen goods, tinned foods and butter for distribution to New Zealand airmen in England. Air Force Relations assisted in stalling canteens and at many of the slations had established sewing circles where airmen could have badges and chevrons sewn on or clothes mended. The organization also catered for the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force. More knitters, specially in Wellington, were required, and Mrs. Goddard asked that anyone willing to assist in this way should communicate with the headquarters of the organization in Aitken Street, Wellington. Air Force Relations would play its part. “Will you do your part,” Mrs. Goddard concluded, “by helping to supply the funds and sending a donation to your local patriotic committee?”