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Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 296, 13 December 1892, Page 5

The treasurer of. the Women's Home, Parnell, begs to acknowledge the .following subscriptions towards current, expenses received in November.:—SirSnellirig, £1 ; Rev. I. Richards, 10s; Airs G. -P-. Pierce, £1 ; Mrs Bree, 55.; Miss Winter, ss; also two parcels of children's clothing.from Mrs Boler, and a.present)..of china and earthenware from, Mr J. L.; VYilaonj Queen- streeb. Any contributions, however '■ small^ in money, clothing:,. or. household-- requisites will be thankfully received by" members of the Committee or by the matron, -Mrs Moss, May Cottage, Parnell, to whom orders for washing can be sent. "' The demand for.;, timber is unusually large at the present time, and it is an.impossibility (the ManawatVt ■ "Standard " says) for the mills down the Manawatu.line tokeep pace with the requirements, :notwithstanding the fact that their number has doubled during the:l»st twelve, months. The rapid increase :of settlement haß brought with it the necessity for more houses, while n.any sett.lers are replacing their original structures with those on a more modern principle, and the result is naturally to add to the joys, of the sawmillers. : . i .•■'