AIR FORCE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 June 1940, Page 8

AIR FORCE

RELATIONS COMMITTEE. MEETING IN MASTERTON. At the monthly meeting of the Air Force Relations Committee the following members were present: Mesdames Lord (in the chair), Betts, Gill, Gray, and Nathan.

A letter was received from headquarters (Wellington) with reference to an Air Force Relations dance, to be held in the Wellington Town Hall when the R.N.Z.A.F. Band would be in attendance.

A copy of a letter from the Royal Air Force Comforts Committee. London, was received. It acknowledged the safe arrival of two cases of comforts from the N.Z.A.F.R. The letter stated: “We have arranged for the distribution among New Zealanders who are sick or prisoners of their contents, through the kind offices of the New Zealand War Service Association here. I can assure you that the gifts will be greatly ap-, preci a ted.” The Masterton branch packed and forwarded for June. 156 tins of food, including cakes, shortbread. biscuits, condensed milk, tongues, butterscotch barley sugar, etc: also 95 knitted garments (41 pullovers. 19 balaclavas. 18 pairs mittens, three pairs gloves, five pairs socks and nine scarves). The following knitters and donors of tinned foods, etc, were thanked: Members of the Ranfurly Club, Mesdames Brunton, Bird, D. Buchanan, A. W. Buchanan. T. Brown, H. Beetham. T. Beetham. C. Bennett. H. Brickman. Butler. D. Baird. Bells. W. Bunny. R. Bunny, J. Caselberg. O'Connor, Cross Carey, Deans, Colin Deans, Fagan Gray, Gill. Gordon, Graham, Hood. Hogg, Hutchins, Hornabrook. N. James. Irwin, V. Jones. Mann, Longstaff, D. Kennedy. Lord. H. Major. C. Matthews, Nathan. J. McGregor. McGrath. Martin, John Perry, Robinson. Sydney Smith. Rishworth, Staniforth. Reid. Tatham, Shaw. Wardell T. F. Watson. Wilson. G. Wagg, B. Vallancc. Torrance. Winzenberg, and Misses R. Harrison. M. Perry. A. Perry, Nicholls. B. James. S. Doyle, M. McLaren, P. Gill. H. Gill. O'Connor. N. Beetham B. Vallance. B. Kummer. Hutchins. E. Baird Carey. P. Perry, Mr Grant. Jenkins Motors, Gladstone Women’s Institute Donations of any kind may be sent tc any member of the committee, or to. Messrs Dunderdale and Gray, Page's Buildings. Perry Street.