N.Z. KNITTING CONTEST

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29890, 2 August 1962, Page 2

N.Z. KNITTING CONTEST

Disappointment At Proceeds Surprise that only £330 has been raised for the Save the Children Fund as a result of the recent knitting contests . conducted throughout the Dominion by the Wool Board in conjunction with the fund was expressed by members of the newly-elected committee of the fund's North Canterbury branch Some members questioned how the expenses involved had been met. “Have they been charged to us or to the Wool Board?” asked one member Compared with the results of similar fund-raising activities organised by various other welfare organisations, the total was extremely low. members agreed The meeting decided to ask the fund's Dominion executive to investigate the result. The branch has benefited by a grant of £2OO for the fund’s feeding centre in Korea from the Independent Order of Rechabites in New Zealand Elections for executive positions resulted: president. Miss M G Havelaar; vicepresidents. Mesdames W Simes. M B Warren and W G. Willcox; executive members. Mesdames W D Bunt. R M Macfarlane. A Stott. G Wilkins, A Dean and K Milner Leaving For London.— Mrs M Chambers, matron-in-chief of the Christchurch Hospital, will leave Christchurch for London today to attend a meeting of the nursing services’ committee of the Internationa] Council of Nurses. She expects to be away about a month.