HUNDREDS OF PARCELS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 137, 11 June 1932, Page 10

HUNDREDS OF PARCELS.

TRAINING COLLEGE "DRIVE." A SPLENDID RESPONSE, CLOTHING FOR RELIEF WORKERS. The clothes "drive" launched this morning by the .Auckland Training College and the Normal and Epsom schools brought results which far exceeded expectations. Within two hours hundreds of parcels had been collected, opened, and the clothing spread out in a large room in the college set aside for the purpose. Mr'. T>. M. Rae, principal of the college, was in command, and on the stroke of eight o'clock the collectors began their task. The Epsom district had been zoned into small areas, each allotted to two students and two boys from the Epsom and Normal schools. Cars belonging to students, and others in sympathy with the '"drive," were freely offered, and shortly after eight o'clock tho lirst car arrived at the college with a number of parcels.

The "drive" was characterised by a happy, willing spirit, and all who played a part in it were delighted at the? response by householders. All collecting ceased at midday. Every conceivable article of clothing was included in the astonishingly large collection, and there was even a well-preserved dress suit. Children's clothing comprised the greater portion, and there was an almost complete absence of useless articles. This was one of the pleasing features of the "drive," which was made primarily for clothing suitable for the children of relief workers, of whom there are 400 employed at the College grounds.

As each car arrived at the college those in charge of it were given light refreshments by the women students. On Monday the clothing will be sorted, and that most suitable placed aeicle for the relief workers and their families. The clothing then remaining will be forwarded to the Metropolitan Kelief Association, of which the Mayor, Mr. G. W. Hutchison, is the head, for distribution.

"Not only myself, but everyone associated with the 'drive , this morning, is delighted with the response from the people of the district," said Mr. Eae. "Everybody entered into the work with a happy spirit in keeping with the object for which it was made. I feel more than pleased, and am certain the relief workers when the articles of clothing are later handed to them will appreciate not only the action of the donors, but also the good order which the clothing is in. There will be some repairing and altering necessary to fit the garments for the children, but this will be done by the women students, who will commence on that part of the work on Monday evening."