COMFORTS FOR SOLDIERS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10, 12 January 1916, Page 2

COMFORTS FOR SOLDIERS.

AUCKLAND WOMEN ; AT ;' WORK. . PATRIOTIC LEAGUE EFFORT, . A promise has been made .by the members of the Auckland Women's Patriotic League to supply to the Government each month 750 hussifs and 750 holdalls to equip the men who go away as soldiers from the Auckland military district. As a matter of fact, the 1;50(5 articles sup. plied represent one-quarter of-.the supply needed for tlie-whole Dominion, "so, as has. been the case with recruits) Auckland is called upon to supply mOre than her actual quoth. . This tjie' Wohien's League are prepared; to dp quite cheerfully. - -Tliis morning the - central committee were engaged at the Town Hall in filling the hussifs. Each hussif when full, cbiltains wool, thread, spare pair boot iaces, safety pins, -pins* needles, buttons; and a number of inch and' a-half wire nails. It was explained that tho soldier finds the nail very' useful for attaching the brace to His trousers. In the work of filling the hussif a proper System."'is"iOllbi'"cid.;AThe_'ladies eit at a .round table,, arid. each. iO,ne....puts one; article in the hussif. _ Tlie hussif is passed on to the next lady* who adds something.else, and so on, till the hussif is ready for dispatch. The whole of the work is voluntary, the only expense ibeirig the cost of material. It has been found, that each liiissif costs, J/J, .The work'of cutting/the bussif out' of" leather andafterwards sewing the webbing inside has been undertaken- by the men aha. women eiriploj i fees of Messrs. H. and G, Deafslcy, by girls of the Y.W.C.A.; arid various branches of the League. A% Messrs: Dearsley's- the • efriprbyees have promised to cut and se\f no less than. 5.00 of. the' 750 required each month..". The 750 ' Holdalls- required''are being filled'" fry the girls of ytheysixthyand/seventh standards in the public schools. ; The League sent "dway yesterday two cases containing 500 pairs of pyjamas for use on the. hospital sbiw;Maheno, and, in conjunction with St. John Ambulance Association, forwarded a quaritity of bandages-and surgical appliances for the same vessel; ;.,..',','"-''-.A......"' '.-- .'."' ■ ~-,

Miss B. Speeding, the honorary-secre-tary of the League; was receritly in Botofua to ihsjiect the new hospital for soldiers ori Pukleroa Hill. On her fecannriendation- the League has forwarded 500 -pillowslips, 300 haiidfcefchiefs,, ISO face cldths/'SOO pj'jamhs,' 150/ pairs bed socks, 150 Ib'ags for soldiers' personal belongings, and a supply of,other articles necessary "to the comfort of .the inmates. The secretary states that -financial assistance is urgently required for the prosecution of."the League's \vork,'And that there Js rieetd for.woollen articles, especially socks; ■ . - -. : /-.• :;.vi«'.;