PATRIOTIC WORK.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 August 1918, Page 7

PATRIOTIC WORK.

XEW PLYMOUTH WOMEN'S COMMITTEE. The monthly meeting of the committee was held on Monday. The Mayoress (Mrs. C' H. Burgess, M.8.E.) presided. Present: Mesdames Ambury, Hartley, Cock, Ewing, Fargie, Eberlet, Hughes, Wilson, Meal, Misses Godfrey and Sole. The president moved the following resolution: "That on this fourth anniversary of the declaration _pj a righteous war, this meeting of the New Plymouth Women's Patriotio Committee records its inflexible determination to continue to a victorious end the struggle in maintenance of those ideals of liberty and justice which are the sacred cause of the Allies." Miss Godfrey seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. The work of the month included 14 cases to Prance, containing 429 parcels, 8 cases of gifts and 4 cases of books to transport for Taranaki soldiers, 1 case, of cakes to Y.M.C.A. at Trentham and 12 sacks vegetables, 5 cases gifts to British section Belgian Refugees, 1 case Navy League, 1 to No. 1 Stationary Hospital, 2 to Brockenhurst, from Eahotu, 1 to Eotorua sanitarium, 1 to the military hospital at Trentham j 25 holdalls were given out during the month to men leaving for camp. The following moneys had been forwarded to London: £35 to Miss Grant from the High School Old Girls' Association; '£" 15s 3d to Mrs. Oliphant Murray for Belgian refugees; £55 lis 3d to Y.M.C.A. for trench comforts; £lO to Mr. Hallam, Victoria League children's Empire Day; £lO to Miss Thomas, official visitor Walton on Thames Hospital. Many appreciative letters have been received acknowledging gifts. The president moved that a vote of thanks be forwarded to the Misses Evans for their work in connection with the hold-alls and "hussifs." It was decided to- help the Mayoress with the supper arrangements at the '.■' turned soldiers' plain, fancy and poster ball on August 23. The Women's Patriotic Committee has received £4 5s lid from the Mayor, being the proportion allotted to the society from the proceeds of the Y.M.C.A. war film exhibition. A lovely box of bonbons, golliwogs, kewpies and all kinds of-little mascots is being sent in to the patriotic rooms for our soldiers' Christmas parcels. Sweets, biscuits, cakes, preserved fruits and all sorts of good things are being :pa*ked in tinsi ready for sending, to the •front.