AN APPEAL FOR FLOWERS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1599, 17 August 1916, Page 3

AN APPEAL FOR FLOWERS.

TO HELP A. DESERVING CAUSE. .Mrs Eraser lias received the i‘f *I - lowing loiter from, Mrs Elizabeth 11. Iladtiehl, organiser of: the Wellington Ladies’ Auxiliary of the British ami foreign Sailors’ Soeiely: — '‘The Ladies’ Auxiliary el' the British and Foreign Sailors’ Soc-i----01 y in Vi'ellingloii are arrangin';- a sale of llowors, to ho held on Friday, ‘2sth August, in the si rods ol: Wellington. Tho object of Ibe sale is to raise a sum of money to buy thin clothing' to send to the sailors of the Philomel and Lyra mas, who are now, and have been for some lime, in the Persian Gulf. Captain llallThompson says thin white shorts and .singlets arc badly needed, for the heal is great, and these things are not. supplied to Iho men. Our Navy has done, and is doing, so much for ns, and were it not for (he Navy Now Zealand and many other parts of I lie British Empire might Jong before this have been devastated and ruined by our enemies; also the Navy has made it possible for our soldiers to lie sent safely to help In the defence of our great Empire. A committee has been formed, with whom Mrs HallThompson and Mrs J. P. Luke (Mayoress of Wellington), arc working. Contributions of dowers will be gratefully received by the Committee, it they are sent addressed to Airs H. S. Hadtield, care Y.AI.C.A., Willis Street, Wellington, on Thursday, 2-ith August. x\Jl trains will be met that day. Alisses Cooper and Aloss are giving their proceeds for the week to the fund. You are asked if you will kindly influence your friends and fellowworkers to send dowers on that date, to the address given above.”