WOMEN'S PATRIOTIC LEAGUE.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XVII, Issue 7155, 23 April 1919, Page 3

WOMEN'S PATRIOTIC LEAGUE.

focal Branch Holds Annua! ioca Meeting. n,;-e-.nuol niecdng of the nr^ndi of the Auckland TaUr " Provincial Patriot* l.eag_ ? WT'l in'the To«-u Hull .upper < doUl°p o, i ; u t/\lrsL^ao:!:t)occu- i *i,elrr >nd there w„u: -d.o! Pi£U Grcon and U. JorP reSC" V i>rr^hn-). WW*h &t- ---. j Phillip?. v,Rn j,LMi A • forT^'y' y,j f ,i Vi Humphrey*, m°nS- n'd.en^T.'Had. MuiYlees. secret-*. j- . . , bir-mie--; = ir <Vi- I C Adams) who ; i , Mnvor ,-i^ 1 ,J- \- i 1 i ,1,0 the iii'--OTiu- oonnoc- j ffaltdY'i* '\W fur:ii>:hiuij { 'd a civ}-' I ![OU "far the 10--al branch of ihe j ;°°ai ,?! tidier. Aviation, stated j lletarocd^ i|ilis . the , , * f Mrc Cco-rae tn Pviiitiug ro , V^v fnrXwXov the club room. ; ProVi:l:' % voi, in hand, and a; Alr' a"y iwhr< •■^ i :»«fl« to give XX? it was r-stimatedi w,o .r")0 v.-ou oi Of ici laifu. , tr ■!„--,■ -ibo e\prc3^:d a desire ! Tlie ida>or auo -h , ,:.. t . t j", n practical svmpulhy otHie j J^'in the direction oo organising a | r oon to returned men Pney StCiogbnckro.thc district in | -;; iam ] threes anu it was no, r os-, 'Si to Stably weicome tiietn on ; ;;;; yo3 c«sion aim it was li.creforei Jeircd to do something i" a geneirn , Another .flatter the Mayor said •V b" taken into consideration '■ tv or firry acres., which might be Sided into small holdings to provide j^ for men who may be u;dk tor very active work. j jjjp Mayor then withdrew- l Later, the various m, :esU were, considered, when it wis uccidcd to ( annt the sum of £\0 towards tne j famwbing of the club room, the, money *o be spent on such furniture j asC nuld he moved, and would revert j to the League if at any time it was no j longer required by the Returned | Soldiers1 Association. _ , Ko action was taken in connection ff ith the other matters represented by tbe Mayor. , The President brietly reviewed tlio work of the past year. Th j th-auch J,ad undertaken to send fifty Domi - nioagifß parcels each month, but a greaUiany more had been sent-~an average of about sixty-eight—and '273 Chrisuuas gifts had been sent.^ The value o! each parcel was aboul is Gd. During the year nearly 300 socks had beea "knitted, aud 200 pairs of pyjamas made, A considerable quantity of literature had also been sent away, and a quantity of sweets ptovided'by the Misses Maxwell from ths proceeds of their llower sales The following statement of receipts atid expenditure was presented aud adopted : — IiIiUEiPIS. Balance June 1, IUIB -183 17 4 Proceeds Red Cross Shop 175 9 11 j Proceeds Card Evenings 20 7 0 proceeds Afternoon lea Judea Sale Yards 1G 15 9 Donations for Dominion Gifts,per airs Mirrielees 7 7 0 Donations tor Christmas Gifts 5 7 0 Sundry Donations, etc. 9 4 7 Total £724 9 I EXPEND [TUBE. l!y Donation to Ued Cross Faud 2'J I 0 0 By Dountion to Parent Society for Dominion ■ Gifts 12 10 0 By Donation to Minesweepers' Fund 30 0 0 By Donation to Church Army Huts Fund 50 0 0 Purchase of Material I'Ol H 6 Advertising and Sundries 13 4 0 Balance in Bank £97 11 .'> Cash in hand i!2vS 210 125 14 1 £721 i» 1 i Ji'lie President stated at the request of the Red Cross Society sho had arranged to visit any returned soldiers who might! he inmates of the hospital bere. The matter of continuing the activities of the Branch was then considered, and after a short discussion it •iT33resolved that the Branch should coutinuo, Ihe President, Vice-Presidents and Secretary were re elected to carry on the work iv the Eoeantiire. 0a the motion of Mrs Hammond, I seconded by Mrs Adnams, it was re- j solvvd not to make any donation to the Relumed Soldiers' Club in Auckland. 0q the motioned 1 Mrs Green seconded by Mrs C. -Jordan, it was resolved to vote £40 towards ' furnishing the Uob room tor the local branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association, as i already reported. was decided to send the garments on hand to the local hospital the king George V. Hospital at "Otorua. It was decided on the motion of Lysaght, seconded by Mrs auums. that the shop carried ou up fo low in aid ot the Red Cross Fund "° now continued—subiect to \ir 7 mro kindly granting the farther use ot it—maid of the X-R A y Fund for tbo local hospital. intimated that the Soldiers" Uependauts' Braucli uf the League recommeucc its work- imuiedidt% after Faster. The work party on the first and third Tuesdays laeaeh mouth in tho Wealev Hall. JJ fa many as are wiliiusj to assist be welcome.