COUNTESS OF LIVERPOOL FUND

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 48, 25 August 1914, Page 9

COUNTESS OF LIVERPOOL FUND

The hon. trca«arer of the fund acknowledges the following :— Lower Hutt (first instalment), per W. Nicholson, hon. treasurer, £200 ; ladies of Akaroa, per Mrs. Armstrong, the Ma-yorese (first instalment), £111 se ; Paiewehui School children and Maori Pah, per F. DaJrynipie, £2 3s 6d ; Waipawa, per Mrs. Limbrick, Mayoress, £50; residents of Foxton, per hon. secretary, C. K. Johnston, £60 9s ; Hawera, per Mrs. Whittingtuti, Mayoi'ess, £10 8s; Picton residents, per Mrs. Rlddell, Ma.yoress, £70 Us 6d ; Mrs. Petersen, Paparoa, £1 ; Westport, per Mrs. Tearer, Mayoress, £100 j teachers and scholars of Elame Bay, Pelorus, 7s 6d ; Waihi, per Mrs. Power, Mayoress (first instalment), £80; Mr. W. J. G*rrett, £5 ss. Mrs. i\laesey acknowledges the following : — Mrs. Jackson, five guineas Per Mrs Hardcastle (second card)—- H.8., Hte; A.8., ls; C.G., ss; E.G., 2s 6d ; 0.M.E., ls; G.J.D., 2s 6d ; M.H., 2s 6d; G. F. W., ls; G.L., 10s; F.J.E., ss ; A. and T. Burt's staff, £7 10s ; Mrs. Goe Barnes, ss; L.D., ls; Mrs. W. Alexander, 10s; Harry Eames, £1. Total, £11 6s 6d. Per Mrs. Eichelbaum — Mrs. (Dr.) Herbert, two guineas ; A. D. Welsh, 10s; Mrs. R. Gear, £1; Miss Gear, £1 ; Mrs. MacGavin, £1 ; Mr. W. T. Wallace, £1 ; F.G., 7a 6d ; Mrs. C. Tringham, £1; Mrs. Digges Smith, ss ; Mrs. H. Blundell, £1 ; Mrs. Eichelbaumn, £1 ; J. Macintosh, two guineas ; Mrs. A. S. Adamson, £1. Mrs. Massey's committee has worked splendidly, with the result that a very large number of well-made articles — shirts, socks, hold-alls, housewives, and other articles — have been forwarded. They are still working hard. Miss Borlase and her pupils have sent Mrs. J. E. Fulton £2 10s, to be expended on hot-water bottles for the ambulance outfit. Additional articles received on Saturday at the Town Hall were :<— On 22rid : .Mrs. Lowry, 3 caps j Marton ladiesj 71 "housewives," 70 shirts, 100 shirts, 85 pairs socks, 55 cholera belts, ' 2 undershirtfs, 8 towels, 28 handkerchiefs, 16 pairs mittens, 12 caps, 5 bandages, 8 hold-alls, 7 scarves ; Marton Club, cards ; Wellington Woollen Company, 800 pairs socks ; Mrs.^Duff, Mrs. Redwood, Mrs. Hook, Mrs. "Brodie, and Mts. Rowntree, 45 pillow-cases ; Mrs. Bell, books , L.0., 6 Balaclava caps ; Mrs. Atkinson, books and magazines ; Mrs. Kerr, caps ; Mrs. Francis, 8 caps ; ladies of Ngaio, 22 shirts; Miss Coney, 2 pairs socks, 8 linen handkerchiefs, 9 white handkerchiefs, 6 towele ; Mrs. M. Scott, 4 caps; Mrs. Lamont, handkerchiefs. Yesterday the following gifts came : — Miss Eames, 29 handkerchiefs ; Mrs. M'Elhone, 5 caps; Mrs. Munby, 3 mufflers ; Mrs. Peter Smith and Mrs. S. G. Watson, 2 dozen silk handkerchiefs ; Mrs. James Burnett, 2 caps ; VI. L., Foxton, 6 shirts and old linen ; ladies. of Raetihi, 3£ dozen singlets, 4 dozen pairs socks, 1 dozen singlets, 5i tlozen hold-alls, 3^ dozen housewives, and magazines; Miramar Health Home patients, caps; Mrs. W. S. Moorhouse and Wellington Nursing Division, 164 shirts, 14 caps,; Mrs. (Dr.) Rawson, 6 caps ; Mrs., H. D. Bell, 15 shirts ; Mrs. Pace, 1 pair socks ; Mrs. Cooke, Kelourn, 11 Balaclavas; Mrs. R. fl. Wilson, Petone, 2 pairs bed socks ; Mrs. Weston, French guide and manual preparatory French course ; Mrs. yon Haast, 1 flannel shirt, 1 flannel singlet ; ( Mayoress of Kaiori, 4 "housewives;" Mrs. Marshall, Maungaraupi, Rata, 1 flannel shirt, 1 singlet; Mrs. Meek, 4 hold-alls ; Mrs. Mason (Dunedin), wool ; Miss Wilkin, Miss Campbell, Miss Martin, Miss Longford, Mr. Menet (Caulfield House), 1 scarf, 3 pairs socks, 7 caps; Mrs. Reilly, illustrated papers; Mrs. M. Scott, magazines; Mrs. Waters and Mrs. Peters, 3 Nightingales, 1 Nightingale, and 1 Nightingale respectively ; Miss Wilson, 2 caps ; the Woodville ladies, 17 cholera belts, 54 towels, 29 shirts, 108 undershirts, 12 Balaclavas ; Miss Johnston, French books ; Miss Martin, French dictionary ; Mrs. A. L. Johnston, 1000 cholera belts; Wanganui,' 4 cases literature; Miss M'Dermott, books; Government Printing Office, books; Hean, chemist, Wanganui, 1 case cough mixture; Mrs. Morris (Petone), 4 "housewives " and soap ; Mr. Ewen, 1 ambulance outfit ; Mrs. Cochrane '(Petone), 2 undershirts, 2 shirts, 4 socks, and 6 handkerchiefs; New Plymouth ladies, 124 Balaclavas, 5£ dozen socks, 100 shirts, 4 underflannels, and 7 dozen cholera belts ; Mrs M'Ewan, Palmerston North, 90 " housewives " ; Inglewood ladies, 36 cholera belts, 30 hold-alls, 48 " housewives," 27 pairs socks, 3 woollen draw- j ers, 4 undershirts, 15 shirts, and 12 Balaclavas ; Norsewood ladies, , 7 mufflers, 6 singlets, 6 shirts, Makotuku patriotic fund, 39 underflannels ; Feilding ladies, 192 shirts, 77 towels, and 441 pairs socks; Kumara ladies, 1 singlet, 2 handkerchiefs, 8 sheetß, 3 , towels, 2 mufflers, and 1 parcel oil cloth ; Mayor Petone, 18 " housewives," 3 pairs sockb, 10 caps, 35 pillow cases, 48 cholerabelts, and 48 shirts; Van Staveren Brothers, 23 deck chairs ; Te Maru, Upper Hutt, 15 "housewives"; Patea* ladies, 16 singlets, 54 " housewives," 6 tins biscuits, 1 soap, 1 sweets, 48 socks, 8 shirts, and 1 cap; Peton© ladies, 41 shirts, 17 caps, 67 cholera belts, 4 "housewives," 1 hold-all and books; Wanganui ladies, 141 caps, 81 singlets, 36 shirts, 168 socks, 6 hold-alls; R. T. Turnbull, 18 pairs Indian clubs; Otane ladies, 4 singlets, 6 bandages, 2 pairs socks, 2 handkerchiefs, 1 brush and comb, 1 clothes brush, and magazines; Mrs. Gow, 1 dozen pillow cases ; Mrs. Fordell (Karori), 4 " housewives " ; Mrs. Johnson, books ; Mangahohe, .books ; Wanganui Mayoress and ladies, 6 pairs blankets, 58 shirts, 114 flannels, 55 pairs socks, 136 cholera belts, 33 "housewives," 14 cards mending wool; Woodville, 23 pillows, 1 saddle ; Miss K. Hadfield (ParaparaumuJ, 1 pair mittens ; women of- Paekakariki, for railway quota, 17 ihirts; Hutt District High School, 3 Balaclavas, 1 muffler. Cash donations to the Countess of Liverpool Expeditionary^ Force Fund, received per the Mayoress yesterday, comprise : Mrs. J. S. Wilson ss, sales Is, Karori Borough Council £20, ladies of Karori (first instalment) £31 7s, Star Boating Club (sales of flowers at weekend) £39 3s 7d, Jlayward Carter and Francis i Levy £1 ls 6d. Mrs. Bateson (collected at Trentham) £8 5s 6d, W.W. (subscription) £1, F.W. (subscription) £1 ; ' the total of the fund now stands at £1254 0s Bd. Mrs. H. J. Underwood, of Wellington South, has given £50 to the Lady Liverpool Fund (through the 1 Wellington South branch of the St. John Ambulance Association) for ambulance equipment for the Expeditionary Force. An instance of how widespread is the eagerness ,to help is afforded by a smgll boy who iB busy making sets of little cotton bags for the soldiers' holdalls. He cuts them ont,^ sews them, and marks them "Tea," " Sd?ar," and "Tobacco" | in fine plain scrictl. And when one con-

siders the attractions of this lovely weather and the myriad important happenings outside that a boy has to attend to, to say nothing of constitutional energy that makes sitting still a penance, his work is all the more commendable. A husband and wife, whose wedding anniversary occurs at this time, are adding together the amount of the value of the presents they intended to make each other, and sending it to buy a horse for the troopers. Mrs. H. Gillies and the Misses Gillies arrived from -Auckland yesterday.