ALFREDTON

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 November 1940, Page 7

ALFREDTON

PATRIOTIC COMMITTEE HEART-TO-HEART APPEAL. (“Times-Age" Special.) At a meeting of the Patriotic Committee on Saturday evening it was decided to conduct a house-to-house canvass of the district in an effort to raise Alfredton's quota of £5OO for the Heart-to-Heart Appeal. Various suggestions including a Paddy’s Market were considered but were thought to be impracticable. Mr F. Johnson was appointed to canvass the township. A meeting of local ladies will take place at the hall on Thursday afternoon to assemble the 40 hussifs urgently required. A total of. £lB 4s 3d was collected at the fortnightly card party run by the local Patriotic Committee. Of this £l3 was collected in a competition for a beautifully embroidered lunch cloth. The winners of the cards were:—Ladies: Mrs E. Seymour. Men: Mr J. A. Smith.

The competition for a box of chocolates donated by Mr R. Kebbell, was won by Mr R. Lord, who offered the box for sale when it was bought by Mr S. Fryer. The luncheon cloth donated by Mrs H. N. Kebbell was won by Mrs C. Kebbell. A bag of sugar - was donated by Mr M. Godinagh for the next card party. A rooster given by Mrs W. Rolls, was sold to Mrs R. Kebbell. Broccoli donated by Mr M. Godinagh was purchased by Mr F. Johnson. Flowers brought in by Mrs R. Kebbell were sold to Mr G. Godinagh and Mr E. Seymour. The hostesses were Mesdames R. Kebbell, Harcombe and Miss E. McLean.

WOMEN’S INSTITUTE MONTHLY MEETING. At the November meeting of the Women’s Institute, Mrs - ' S. Edmonds, who was in the chair, led the singing of the Ode to Friendship and the New Zealand National Anthem, and read the prayer for peace. Mrs Hutchings read a report of the council meeting and on the motion of Mrs Rolls she was accorded a vote of thanks. The competition for the most absurdly trimmed hat was won by Mrs Weston, with Mrs Seymour and Mrs E. McLean second and third respectively.. The competitions resulted: Best cheese dish (with recipe): Mrs R. McKay 1; Mrs Weston 2; Mrs Seymour 3. Best bloom: Mrs Seymour J; Mrs Clarkson 2; Mrs Yarnall 3. A roll call was then held, the subject being “What I would do if I were president.” The hostesses were Mesdames Walker and Yarnall. Personal Items. Mr Alan Jones, son of Mr and Mrs G. Jones, Pahiatua, will arrive today from Wigram to spend part of his leave with his sister, Mrs John Liverton, Waihoki. Mr Doug. Smith has recovered from a very severe attack of influenza. Mr Reid Johnson has entered hospital for treatment.

Mr and Mrs D. M. Ratcliffe, Wellington, are the guests of Mr and Mrs J. Spring, Nireaha. Mr Ratcliffe has, unfortunately. found it necessary to enter the Pahiatua Hospital for treatment. Mrs G. Thomson, Pah Valley, is at present suffering from a very severe attack of influenza. Mrs L. Kitchen. Haunui. is a patient in the Pahiatua Hospital. Mr and Mrs J. Taylor. Marton, spent the weekend with Mrs Taylor’s mother, Mrs F. Johnson. Mr A. Kilgour has returned from Wellington. Heavy Rainfall. Many local farmers who had made arrangements to commence shearing today have been obliged to turn their sheep back owing to the extremely heavy downpour of rain yesterday and today.

“If it were not for the accident of geography. Australia would be as good a neighbour of ours as Canada. Australia follows what we are pleased to call the American way of life. The story of her development is not unlike ours, her political and social ideals are identical with ours. But Australia has fewer than 7,000.000 people living round the fringes of a vast continent. Only the shield of the British Navy prevents this sturdy democracy and its sister democracy in New Zealand from becoming the prey of a European or Oriental conqueror. In many ways the existence of these two democratic Commonwealths will be more important to us in coming years than the existence of the Dutch East Indies or the Philippines. Australia and New Zealand can help to keep the flame of democracy alive, whatever may happen to it in the Old World. Their position today should make us think, and think hard.”—“New York Times.”