PATRIOTIC WORK.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 May 1918, Page 6

PATRIOTIC WORK.

Mrs. Burgess is receiving gifts of condensed milk, sweets, sugar, etc-, and hopes all soldiers' friends will remember that parcels are being packed at t'he depot, St. Aubyn street, this week. All tanned goods will help in this work. COPY. (Copy of Letter (Received from Trentham.; Bear Mrs. Burgess,—On behalf of o number of very grateful and by no means downhearted boys from New Plymouth, I desire to express my sincerest thanks for all that was done by your commit- | lee to make our departure as pleasant as it is in the nature of such functions to be pleasant. Parting is always sad, and especially so when one lis settirg out into a life unknown, with all one's troubles before one and a future to be made. But I assure you that whatever sadness we may have felt was neutral iscd by the excited anticipation of. opening our siiiprise packets. Can't you imagine the scene. We were at IngleWood before we had fully explored their contents. It was a pleasant surprise to most of us; we bad heard a great deal of the work of the committee, but this was, for the most part, our first actual experience of it. I can safely certify the statement of others from New Plymouth that nowhere are departing prospective soldiers better treated and equipped- In conclusion, let me, on behalf of the others of the 41st—now the 40th—tender my sincerest thanks to you for all that you have done for ds. and for the kindly memories inspired, by the constant use of every article. WAREA. Warea, May 10. At a- largely-attended meeting held in the Warea Hall on the Bth inst. to discuss matters relating to holding some function in aid of funds for soldiers, it was decided, after some discussion, to have a "Country Pair.'' Punihd, Pungnrenu, and Warea combining for the purpose. Mrs. Burgess, the Mayoress "of Now Plymouth, was present, and addressed the meeting on the workin" of the various fundsAfter a very lucid description of the work being .lone, samples of the 'holdalls and rold'icrs' gift parcels were handed round for inspection, arid called forth many favorable comments from those present, and also cave them some idea of the work which is being for the man on active service, of <vhieh some of those present had no conception. A general committee, consign? of three representatives from each district, was elected each district having to elect its own sub-committee to carry on the work of canvassing, etcThe General Committee elected were: —Punihn, McsVlnmes Butler and Wells end Mr. Cooke; Puntrarehu, Messrs Camrtbell. KmVht and Svmonds; Warea, Mesdames Parker and Larking and Mr. Ko«n. Mr'. Parker was elected chairwoman i"" 1 Mr Rosa secretary. TVh sub-com-mittee has now gwt to n-j\ will ho doubt work their hardest to make I'm '•'f.iir" a success. nn<' n <, ;<, lt suaf v-i<h the country folk, the canvassers w'H no doubt meet with a heart'- resnonsu from those n«ked In confront" to 4Q ffood and necessary a came.