NAVY LEAGUE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 July 1940, Page 8

NAVY LEAGUE

MASTERTON BRANCH

WORK FOR PATRIOTIC PURPOSES. GARMENTS FOR MINESWEEPERS. There was a large attendance at a meeting of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Navy League when the president (Mrs A. Caselberg) was in the chair. Apologies for absence were received from Mesdames W. G. Lamb. S. Fletcher, W. R. Birch and T. Jordan.

It was decided to rearrange the system for the distributing of wool, and Miss C. Cameron was appointed head of a sub-committee for that purpose, the other members being Mesdames W. H. Robieson, O. A. Bunny, D. Buchanan, S. R. Gawith and A. H. Daniell. It was decided that two members of the wool committee should be in attendance at the wool depot at the Midland Hotel each Friday afternoon, with one member of the general committee to assist. It was decided to endeavour to send a parcel of tinned foods to overseas minesweepers once a month and the following were elected a sub-committee in connection therewith: Mesdames P. Borthwick and E. C. White (convenors), J. V. Gordon, Colin Deans, E. G. Norman and Miss McLaren. This subcommittee is to be responsible for all arrangements in connection with collecting and forwarding of these goods. A circular is to be printed and sent to all members suggesting ways of assisting the Navy League war effort. The committee was asked to bring available reading matter to the nextmeeting to be forwarded to the Seamen’s Mission in Wellington. , Another 285 warm garments were packed and sent to Wellington to be forwarded to minesweepers overseas, making a total of 1127 garments since the beginning of this year. This consignment includes 178 balaclavas. 25 scarves, 13 pullovers, 61 pairs of gloves and mittens and 8 pairs of gloves. The thanks of the committee are due to the following members and friends for

help with this work: Mesdames C. A. Cameron, Trevorrow, Mawley, McPherson, Nesbit, Bulloch, Blake, E. C. White. Curry, Morgan Miller, Pickering, Deane, Siemonick, Rew, Reid. S. L. Free, Iles, C. Holmwood, McMichael, Merrick. A. P. Bennett, Barr, Hardcastle, P. Cooper, Oliver, Kjestrupp. Grantham, Price, G. Taylor, J. H. Latham, McGarry, F. Groves, F. Whyte. D. Buchanan, W. Cameron, McLennan, Thirtle, W. Cheetham, Beadle, Hills, McMichael, M. Simpson. D. H. Speedy, Aikman, W. H. Robieson, S. G. Gawith. H. Ashworth, P. Gordon, H. Morrison, Bagley, Bruce Speedy, F. Deane, H. G. Williams, R. E. Welch, P. Welch, Studholmes, H. J. Francis, P. H. Nathan, A. Caselberg, J. Brooks, Misses Vincent, Wiggins, Maunsell. M. Corbett, P. Smith, Robieson, Chapman. Dakin, O. Dakin, Sellar, J. Sellar, Heckler, E. S. Heckler, Reynolds. B. Kummer, Winhall, Gray, Chalmers, S. Cameron, P. Free, M. Perry. M. McLaren, Butement, Cole. M. Robieson, Swan. Baikie. Payton, Appleby, Kennedy, Cameron, Pinkerton, Keatley, Daysh, Brown, Nicoll. Palm&r, the members of the Ranfurly Club, St Matthew’s Guild, SolwayManaia Women’s Institute, the girls of St Matthew's School, Te Whiti School. Wairarapa College and Wairarapa College House, and donors of anonymous parcels. Thanks are also due to Mr and Mrs.D. Buchanan and Miss B. Vallance for becoming life members, and to Mrs G. W. Sellar, Miss Reynolds, Miss B. Vallance and Mr A. G. Wyeth for donations to the wool fund and to .Miss I. Gordon for providing boxes for packing. i