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Evening Star, Issue 24334, 24 October 1942, Page 8

Entries arc to lie sent to the secretary as early as possible, and play will commence on .November 3. Cleaning Rags for the Forces. At the end of last month the Dunedin Girl Guides made a house-to-house collection of cleaning rags for the armed forces, and gathered a ton and a-half of rags. They were materially assisted by members of the local committee for the reclamation of waste materials, who provided main depots where the rags might be deposited, and arranged for the Salvation Army to lend sacks and bales into which the rags would be put before being taken by Army lorries to the Army bulk stores in Crawford street for sorting and packing. The Girl Guides' commissioners are very grateful for the way in which the public responded to their appeal for cleaning rags, and thank housewives for their contributions. It is possible that some houses were missed during the collection and that some people went to the trouble of getting rags ready and did not have them called for. While this is regrettable, the housewives in such circumstances are asked to remember the largeness of the district to be canvassed, and that often calls wore made at houses when the residents were not at home. On the occasion of a later drive every effort will be made to call on housewives who this time were unavoidably left with the rags they prepared on their hands. Otago Home Economics Association. Mrs .John Wilson welcomed close on 200 members at a afternoon held on ■ Thursday in Wilson Hall. A delightful programme of music was provided by Mrs Wallace, with pianoforte solos, and by Mrs Myalls with songs. A play by Miss Laing’s Concert Party, with Mrs Dagger taking the leading part, supplied an amusing interlude. A display of garments knitted from wool which had been hackled and spun by hand at Navy League roc-ms, together I with a bed cover embroidered by members for an overseas .military hospital, was inspected with interest. Australian Society. Functions organised by the Australian Society were held during the week to mark the close of the season. On Saturday night "members spent a pleasant evening at the Strand Salon, when a programme of music, games, and dancing was enjoyed. Mr A. A." Paape, president, welcomed the guests and Mrs Paape was presented with a beautiful bouquet of tulips. On Wednesday afternoon the lady members met in the Strand Salon. An interesting travel talk on Honolulu and the Pacific islands and a number of items were presented. Mrs A. H. Ncwall presided, and was presented with some beautiful flowers by the ladies’ committee.

Handwork Display. The annual mothers’ handwork display of the six kindergartens was held on Wednesday at R. S. Reynolds Kindergarten. Mrs A. N. Haggitt, president Dunedin Free Kindergarten Association, expressed great regret that Miss Duthie (president of the Mothers’ Group) was 'unable to be oresent owing to the death of her mother. In opening the display Mrs James Begg. Dominion president of the Plnnket Society lated the mothers on this year’s show of work, and silfessed the great responsibilities of the young mothers in the care and training of their children to make them good citizens of the future. The .rophies were : Dutton memorial bowl, N.E.V. Kindergarten; Farquharson Cup, St. Kilda; highest points in work section, Reynolds; highest number of entries and of baking points, St. Kilda. Navy League Notes. The committee thanks all those who in response to last week’s notes so promptly sent in books for .men of the nerebmit. navy. Prom time to time gifts of money have been received specially for the merchant navy, and some of this lias been expended on books, cake, and jam for overseas v<*-scls. It may be wondered why so many books are needed when most ships possess a library. This will bo fully understood when it is explained that the circulating library m London, where books of the ships’ libraries used to be changed in between voyages, has been blitzed and utterly destroyed, hence the same books have to be eacl mi l i oread. With the long months at sea nowadays it is more than ever desirable to provide" .'hips’ companies with suitable literature—auirabie, not just any old dirty books, last years weeklies or papers referring to matters of interest to women only, but books v e would be glad for our own husbands, brother-, and sons to have; good magazines and fairly recent English papers are aiso very acceptable. Books may be left at the Navy League office on Wednesday- and Friday mornings, at Broomhill, Roslyn (Mrs Rpisf, or at Ross and Glendining Ltd. This provision of a certain number of books has been going on for several years m a very sn ail way, and it is hoped to increase it. Otago Pioneer Women’s Memorial Asciation. The following donations have been received since the last list was published in July:— £s—Miss A. B. Dallas (second donation), New Zealand Registered 'Nurses’ Association ; £1 Is —Otago University 'Women’s Association, 'Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union, Miss M. Dallas (second donation) ; £1 —Mrs A. H. Allen, Miss Mollison (Wanganui), Miss C. M. Cutten (third donation), Mrs J. Coombs third donation), Mrs J. R. Dickison (third donation), Mrs J. G. Patterson (third donation) ; 13s fid —Mrs Ewen Cameron; small donations, £1 5s fid.