RESPONSE TO APPEAL

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, Volume LXI, 19 August 1915, Page 2

RESPONSE TO APPEAL

COUNTESS OP LIVERPOOL'S 'M THANKS >|lj A letter has been address brill Her Excellency the Coun ®^ tesfi Tiiverpool to the people of Newi| Zealand, thauking them for thftll manner in which they responded'toll Her Excellency's appeal for sock*}! for the New Zealand soldiers:— **m " I desire to take this opportunitfll of thanking all those who have •o|f| kindly, responded to my appeal faHI socks for the New Zealand troops aSi many of the parcels were genii anonymously and could not be aaSI knowledged," says Her ExceUeD^i "At the sanre time, I wish also tffil express my thanks to those committagHl who assisted me so much by pacVral these gifts ready for deapatoZM During the past month 30.000 p5H| of socks were sent off, while maSI other gifts were also enclosed lill addition, 500 parcels, each contauunlli two pairs of socks and otheruSflfl articles, were despatched to thill Maori contingent, lam now horinll that I may shortly be enabledTßl forward a further consignment *M comforts to our troops at the front. j| '•As the Mayoreseß and committetfll of Auckland, WeUington *aM .Ghristchurch and the President aSM cooimittee of the Otago Patrio^B Association have kindly undertakeHl to pack the gifts for the men 21 their respective areas, it would be HkS great advantage if other committejfl would co-operate as much as possibSl with them, in order to facilitate th«l ?ributed eßPatCh °f the giftfl>6^« " It is requested that all irffts fJil the Maori Contingent may be kbII direct to Her Excellency Co untessffiß Liverpool, <j oveni ent H ouSH Wellington, rnarkedrn' Maori ConlH tingent.'_Annette Wrpool?" JM