CITY’S SOCIAL WORK

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 33, 2 May 1927, Page 5

CITY’S SOCIAL WORK

CAMPAIGN PLANNED AN EVENTFUL YEAR The new president of the New Zealand Society for the Protection of Women and Children, Mr. A. J. Stratford, considers that the forthcoming year, will be one of the most important in the history of the society. An extensive campaign is planned in order to raise funds. A strong ladies’ committee is already organising a street collection, which will extend throughout the city, and into the suburbs as far as Papatoetoe. Last night’s annual meeting, which drew only a small attendance at St. Paul’s Hall in Symonds Street, elected the following:—Vice-presidents, Rev. George Bond, Rev. C. A. B. Watson, Very Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Rev. Lionel B. Fletcher, Rev. A. Thornhill, Rev. F. R. Jeffreys, Rabbi Goldstein, Mesdames Simpson and Preston Chambers, Miss E Melville, Dr. A. C. Purchas and Mr. J. J. O’Brien; committee, Mesdames Preston Chambers, G. Coats, Cruickshank, A. E. Devore, J. A. Laing, A. J. Stratford, F. Turner, Dr. Gladys Montgomery, Miss S. E. Jackson, Sister Hannah, Miss K. Wilding, Major Gordon, Messrs. J. Brook, W. J. Campbell, J. J. O’Brien, Dawson Donaldson, R. T. Michaels, Hon. G. Fowlds, Dr. C. H. Tewsley and Dr. R. M. Beattie; ladies’ committee, president, Mrs. A. E. Devore; vice-presidents, Mesdames L. F. Alison, G. Coats and Preston Chambers. Committee, Mesdames E. D. Ashton, E. R. Davis, Ernest Davis, Doughty, C. J. Ellerbeck, D. Goldie, C. V. Houghton, M. Isaac, C. Leys, W. McCaw, Macindoe, Lind Mitchell, J. A. Pond, G. H. Buck, A. J. Stratford, F. Murray, Misses Gee, Gerard, K. Wilding and Quayle; hon. treasurer, Mr. Julian Brook; hon. medical officers, Dr. Hilda Northcroft, Dr. Gladys Montgomery, Dr. A. C. Purchas and Dr. E. H. B. Milsom; honorary solicitors, for town, MeoCrs K. L. Brookfield, G. P. Finlay, W. A. Beattie, Miss E. Melville; honorary solicitors for country, Messrs W. A. Carruth, Whangarei; Peter Gilchrist, Te Aroha; C. D. Cornford, Ngatea; H. Y. Collins, Te Awamutu; Ernest Miller, Thames; E. W. Porritt, Paeroa; H. A. Sharp, Tauranga; G. Urquhart, Rotorua; W. J. Bradfoot, Te Kuiti; advisory solicitor, Mr. R. E. N. Matthew's; auditor, Mr. Ernest Jonas. THE HOUSEHOLD CHAMOIS A household chamois leather for window and mirror cleaning should never be made wet at all. It is a good housewife’s friend when set to work for polishing purposes only. When the chamois does get soiled —and it remains virtually clean a very long time when used as a dry polisher only—the water in which it is washed should be softened with either a little ammonia or with borax, both of which are good alkaUne aids. Then melt some soap jelly in the water, and dip the chamois up and down in it, squeezing through the hands repeatedly until it is quite clean. Hot water spoils it, as does cold water. It should be rinsed in tepid water that has been made a little lathery, then hung in a warm—not hot —place to dry. The drying takes some days, but it is worth waiting for it. For when thus treated, the leather becomes like a new one—beautifully soft and pliable.