PATRIOTIC WORK.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 August 1918, Page 6

PATRIOTIC WORK.

WOMEN'S PATRIOTIC! COMMITTEE. Tlio New Plymouth Women's Patriotic Committee acknowledge with thanks the following gifts:— For Soldiers.—Mr. J. Taylor (Fitzroy), sugar, sweets, and condensed milk; Mrs. H. 0. Skelton, milk, sweets, and sugar for Christmas jmu'ccls ; Mr Fagen, books; Miss Tyrell, kneecaps; Omata Guild (per Mrs. Hughes), 14 pyjama suits, 14 handkerchiefs, 4 treasure.bags, rifle-cleaning material; Mrs. Lush, condensed milk and books; Mrs. Parker (Warea), tins, brown paper, twine, old linen and books; Mrs. C. 12. Baker, knitting girdles; Mrs. A. H. Arnold, milk and sugar; Mrs. W. H. Jnry, 2 pairs knitted socks; Mrs. F. Hooker, gift of worked coat; Mrs. M'Kellai', periodicals; Miss Marjorie Waugli, sweets and milk; Erie Coleman, 2 packets sugar; Mrs. Knowlcs, books; Miss Deacon, knitted] sweater and gift brooch; Mrs Perry, sen., sweets; Mrs. Austin, Friend, and Red Cross J fart, vegetables for camp; Miss Ethel Tyiee, gift of necklaces; Mrs. Wells, rifle-cleaning material; A Friend, knitting bedsocks, mittens and balaclava ; Mrs. M'Kenzie, knitting socks, mittens and sweater; Mrs. J. White, filb home-made toffee; Mrs V- H. Beal, 30 tins home-made toffee; Mrs Pardy, Mrs. Waller Mrs Okev, Mrs. Eundle, Mrs. Bannerman, Miss Rawson, Miss Blanchard, Mrs Street, Mrs. Prestney, Mrs. E. B. Kyngdon, knitting socks, mittens, balaclavas, and bedsoeks. Gift Parcels.—Miss Lucy Knight, Miss Muriel Reid, Miss Marjory Reid, Mrs. Falconer, Mrs. R. J, West, Mrs. J. Ramson, Miss K. Farmer, Miss C. Thompson, Miss E. Rawson, Mrs. H. H. Street, Mrs. W. H. Jury, Aunt Jane (Lepperton), Mrs. A. T. Moore, Miss Okey, Mrs. Waugli, Miss Marjorie Waugli, Mrs. H. Smart, Miss W. Bradbury, Mrs. J. Smith, 2s Gd each: Mr. and Mrs W. G. Reid, ss; Miss Flight, ss; Mrs. Corney, 7s 6d; Mrs Oollis ss; Miss Mabel Okey, ss; A Friend, ss; Miss B. 8., 20s, Christmas parcels; Girls Standard lIL, Central School, ss, Christmas cakes; Miss Pascoe, sale of beads, 15s, gift parcels; Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Connett, £lO, soldiers' comforts; Depot sales, 5s and Is Cd; Mr. Hannah, Depot sale, 10s. For Nurses' Christmas Gifts.—S.P.S., £2; E.C.S., lOs; Mr E. G. Browne, for tobacco and cigarettes, ss; Miss Eileen Hooper, weekly donation, ss; friend blind soldiers, 2s Gd; Mrs. J. Hall, 10s, soldiers' comforts; Mrs. F. Webster, ss, milk fund; the Mayor, proceeds of Y.M.C.A. war film exhibition, £4 5s lid; Norma and Joyce Beal, Is, Y.M.C.A.; Tea Cups, 3s; milk fund suJbseriptioM, from Mrs. C. T. Hall, Mrs. Mackie, Mrs. Denny-Brown, Mrs. Austin, Mrs Eberlett. The victoria League acknowledge with thanks the following gifts:—Mrs. Falconer, 3 pairs mittens; Miss Rattenburv, 1 pair mittens, socks, and facewashers; collected by Mrs. Blundell, 6 khaki handkerchiefs; Mrs. Courtenay, irarments; Mrs. Larsen, gift parcels, 20s; Tongaporutu district (per Mrs. A. Thompson. Ahititi P.O.) —Mrs. C. Jensen ss, Mrs. J. Chapman, Mrs. C. P. Chapman, Mrs. F. Calvert, Mrs. A. Thompson, Mrs. E. Burkhart, Mr. O. Peterson, Mr. E. Waters, 2s Gd each; Mr. A. Thompson, £1 for nurses' Christmas gifts; Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. Radcliffe. Christmas parcels, 2s Gd each"; per Mrs, Bower, £1 15s Empire Day balance, and )s Gd sweets; Mr. and Mrs. M'Koy (Tongaporutu Ferry, Taranaki), ss, gift parcels; tea donation, Gs. The Patriotic Committee wish to thank the following ladies who kindly provided tea at the Depot during the week:—Mrs. Kebbel, Miss Sole, Mrs. Mathews, Mrs. Sharpe, Mrs. Sole.