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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3104, 7 June 1917, Page 3

BADGES FOR WORKERS COUNTESS OF LIVERPOOL FUND GATHERING. The council chambers wore an unusually gay and festive appearance yesterday aftornoon, when the ceremony of senting badgss to the voluntary workers in connection with the Countess of Liverpool Fund organisation ' was combined with an afternoon tea. There was a large Attendance of members and workers, and the horsfr-shoo table in the centre of the. chamber, with its arrangement of scarlet leaves and flowers against the white tea-cloths presented a. very differ' out appearance to that which /it wears when the "City_ Fathers" gather J round to discus 3 weiglity matters of business. Her Excellency the Countess' of Liverpool, who presented the badges, was received by the Mayoress (Mrs. J. P. Luke), who explained that these badges,were on this occasion being presented to those workers who had sent in their names for them. Three months' voluntary work for the Countess of Liverpool Fund entitled' the 'applicant to her badge, which .was just the same in design and metal as those which, were being worn by the voluntary- workers at Home. The possession of'a baxfee was a connecting link ■with the women of the Homeland, and made them, feel .that they were indeed all working for'the 6ame cause. In the days to come,, vrfien the war was oyer, the possession' of a memento of services 'given for their, soldiers would be a very ;proud possession; of the women of this country. ■■'<■:■■ . ■ Her Excellency,.before presenting the badge's, expressed her great" pleasure at being present upon such an occasion. No one appreciated the work, the Wellington women were-doing in. this connection

more than 6he, and no annual report could contain a full and adequate account of all thai; had been done by them. People had sometimes said to her_ "But you started the" work." In her opinion it was easy enough to start a work, but it was a very different thing to keep that work going. Every day to put aside the comforts of home,' to sacrifice amusements, to work early and late, in all weathers, wet or fine, called for much self-sacrifice at times. It was easy enough to work spasmodically, but a different matter when it meant a regular sacrifice of leisure. Her Excellency said that she did not think that English women did more than the women did who worked so regularly at the Town Hall in Wellington. No one. was seeking for a. reward, for the one desire of all was to workfor the cause. For this reason the badges, which were significant of their general work for the one great aim, would be in the days to come a valued memento. The recipients' of the badges were the following:—Mrs. C. F. C. Campbell, Mrs. Moorhouse, Mrs. Barltrop, Mrs. L. Blundell, Mrs. D. Lang, Mrs. F. Townsend, Mrs. Tripe, Mrs. Ashenden, Mts, Yeates, Mr.' Murphy, Mrs. Thomson, Mrs. E. Ewart, Mrs. and Miss Price, Mrs. Bevin, Mrs.. Crump, Mrs. Aston, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. and Miss Kinvig, Mrs. Wadsworth, Mrs. Hamilton, Misa Townsend, Miss Bock, Miss C. Jacobson, Mrs. Matthews, Mis. Hamerton, Mrs. Hendry, Miss E. M'Gowan, Mrs. Douglas, Mis.. Archibald, Mrs. Barnard, Miss Barnard, Miss Griffiths, Miss Beatrice Price, Mrs. and Miss Veale, Mrs. J. J. Clark, Mrs. Chapman, .Mrs. Baker, Mrs. F. S. Clarke, Mrs. Pilkingtoh, Mrs, Hamer, Miss Lydia Clark, Mrs. Hall, Miss Gunn, Mrs. Coat, Mrs. Holdsworth, Mrs. Pennfold, Miss Stuart-Forbes, Mrs. Prestidge, Mrs. Guinness, Mrs. Hoare, Mrs. Mounter, Mrs. Mulhane, Mrs. Brogan, Mrs. Hodgson, Miss J. Barker, Mrs. ■- Bannister, Mrs. Lee, Mrs. Nioholson, Mrs. R. Smith, Mrs. Rountree, Mrs. Hall, Mrs.' Wilson", Mrs. Fordham, Mrs. Leicester, Miss Effie. Thompson, Miss Robin, Miss D. M'Gowan. Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Isaacson,

Mrs. Joll, Miss V. Smith, Mies Powell, Mrs,. Jorgonsen, Miaa G. Townsend, Mrs. Cundy, Mrs. Brice, Mrs. Prior, Mm. Mabin, Mrs. W. Eobinson, Mis. Fossctto, Mrs. Ward, Mies Bridges, Mrs. Little, Miss Sidey, Mrs. Daley, and Mrs. Mirams. Following the presentation of tho badges, afternoon tea was served. Mrs. and Miss Newman (Bangitikoi) aro staying at Mrs. Facey's, Hawkcstono Streot, Tho matron of tho Hospital acknowledges the following gifts received during tho month of May:—Cake, smokes, tobacco, chocolates, cornflour, _ oranges, ' apples, cigarettes, lemons, Soldiers' Comforts Guild (weekly supply); flowers, cakes, Ladies' Branch Now Zealand Natives' Association; books, •walking-sticks, ash trays, air cushions, books, writing-pads, 6oap, sardines, sweets, paste, eggs, British Red Cross Society (per Mrs. Myers); eggs, vegetables, sauce, residents of Mangatainoka (per Mrs/Thompson); 12 dozen eggs, children of Mangatainoka School (per Mrs. Thompson),; eggs, sweets, flowers, cake and grnnes, Lower Hutt Patriotic Guild, (per firs. Cameron); jam Mrs. Muir (1 caseT, Mrs. Eckford (Nelson); cases apples, Colonel' Deck: books, pnpers, magazines, Sister Mary Vincent. Misses Cook and Yates, Miss Bavy, Mesdames Luke, Wood, End, Captain Marshall, Mrs. Dawes; eggs, Mrs. Samuels; scones and jam, Mrs. Hoare; books, fruit, cigarettes, sweets,, boys of Fifth Standard, Wellington South" School; playing cards, Mrs. Armstrong; dominoes and draughts, Miss Shcnsul; apples, Miss G-eddis; oranges, Mrs. Howell; cake-and ]elly, Mrs Salek; cigarettes, tobacco, ping pong. Mrs. Luke; bagatelle, Mrs. Geo. Shirtcliffe: cakes, Church of Christ ladies: 2 bags vegetables, Mrs. Thompson (Mangatainoka); flowers, Mrs. Hills (weekly supply), Mrs. Ewen (Hutt); Children's Hospital; scrap album, Mrs. Barclay (Pakautaniri); Christmas cards, books, Mr. H. Wiltshire; books, Mae Grimstone; Clifton Terrace Hospital: cake, Mrs. Eicholbaum (weekly donation); flowers, Misses Cooper and Moss, Miss Gjersen; literature, Mrs. Trmgham; 59 garments. Two-Garment Society: Children's Convalescent Home, Belmont: Edison Gramophone (presented by Mr. and Mrs. Pinney); sweets, fruit, cn.kes, toilet and shaving soap, tooth-paste, brushes, razors, shaving brushes, socks, shirts, undershirts, braces, gloves, handkerchiefs, papers, magazines (weekly supply), Salvation Army..