MINE-SWEEPERS' FUND.
COLLECTION REALISES £550. A meeting of the Women's "National Reserve was held yest-rdpy. Pre®?nt —Meedames Wood tin the chair), Holland, Hastie, Mills, Bean. Hinmer, Newell, Majrrmer, Brittain, and Pattrick. Mr Ronald Badger, bj" leanest, read a detailed account of the "Copper Week" collection, the total being £550. Mrs Wood congratulated and thanked nil the memhsTa who had worked for so worthy an object, especially Mrs Hasiio and the members of the Women's Service Corps. It was decided to forward ths money to England at once. Mr Booth. Superintendent of the' Seamen's Institute, detailed an interview he had had with a roan, now in I.ytWton, who had been eneaged in minfl-«weeping. The Worcester vasa prcso-nted by Miss Sliirtcliflo for the lady obtaining the largest collection, wac Ton by Mrs Hastie, who brought in £22. The winner handed the vase to Mrs Holland for disposal on behalf of the Lady Liverpool Fund.
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Press, Volume LII, Issue 15669, 6 June 1916, Page 3
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