RED CROSS SOCIETY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 August 1941, Page 2

RED CROSS SOCIETY

MASTERTON SUB-CENTRE. PATRIOTIC ACTIVITIES. At a meeting of the Masterton SubCentre of the Red Cross Society, Mrs Tolhurst presided. Accounts totalling £l2 13s«2d were passed for payment. It was decided on the motion of Mrs Tolhurst, seconded by Mrs Miller, that Miss Grant be elected a vice-president of the Masterton Sub-Centre. Mrs Cameron Cook reported that everythinrg possible was being done for the comfort of soldiers in hospital. Members of the Hospital Auxiliary' visited the hospital regularly and, as well as extra comforts, teas are provided two nights a week. The working groups meet regularly and accomplish a great deal of. work. The Hospital Group is still working on emergency supplies and also mak-' ing heavy dressing-gowns for hospital Ships. A quantity of cheese cloth for making comfort shirts has been obtained and can be supplied to those desiring the same. The knitting group has just completed 40 hospital garments and has also made many warm garments for sending overseas. The sewing group is working on warm clothing and two cases of clothes were sent to distressed British civilians last month. All groups wish to express gratitude for donations of. money, clothes, materials, and linen. It was decided that a donation of £lO 10s be made to the fund being raised to assist Nurse Matthews, who was injured during the shelling of the Rangitane by German raiders, losing one hand and part of another. She also suffered facial injuries for which she is undergoing treatment in Sydney. The grant was for the purpose of supplementing her income. It was decided that 25 guineas be donated to the Joint Council for providing food parcels for prisoners of war. \ln connection with the work of making up parcels of warm clothing of standardised quality which would fit in with all requirements concerning what may be sent to a prisoner of wai' and which the next-of-kin could obtain through the Sub-Centre or rhe Red Cross Society, the committee dealing with this matter was empowered to spend up to £5O in purchasing warm clothing. A vote of thanks was passed to those who had given a donation to cover all expenses in connection with the shop day, so that the entire proceeds could be handed in to the Red Cross Society's funds; also to the children of the primary schools who had assisted the funds by the collecting of stamps. Mr Page had offered the society the use of his shop in Perry Street as a depot in connection with the work of displaying and making up of prisoner of war parcels. The offer was gratefully accepted.