APPEAL FOR SCRAP

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23804, 25 November 1942, Page 2

APPEAL FOR SCRAP

CANTERBURY WOMEN’S BW™ NEXT MONTH An appeal was made yesterd*}' Canterbury farmers and their wiVCP w Mrs William Deans, of DarfleW, ' have their scrap metal in regain?” ” the next drive by members of W® ■ minion Co-ordinating Committee oiw New Zealand Women’s • Institute* the Women’s Division of the Fa™ f The drive will begin in , Last year’s appeal resulted in W of scrap metal being collected, SO® ti of which has already been u?ea RU? dustry. Women alone were responds for the organisation of the drive, j even took charge of the drays. “It was only with the h e * 8 material,’’ says Mrs Deans (who >» . member of the executive), W* l were assisted by the men.” , «q These organisations have about .j centres throughout Canterbury, eventually the results of the[ "Li, were collected and taken to way stations for dispatch church. . LUnfhel "As we are anxious to niake _a start next month it would inc ; ariT , er j a great convenience it the » would begin to sort their s?r®P,!l?o]cnow, particularly old farming I® v ,, ments from which they P|‘°P°L r p a di> move parts, so that all will be m Mrs Deans emphasised that the body that benefited from this was the Patriotic Fund. After material had been sold the (he would be, as before, allocated various patriotic zones. , . i-a “The support that we receive year was most encouragm?> Deans concluded, “and I feel tpav j will be an equally good respond month. The women of most anxious to help with tne effort, and this is a practical, which the wives of the farmin* munity can assist."