OPENED BY MAYORESS

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 303, 19 September 1941, Page 4

OPENED BY MAYORESS

Display Of Garments For „ Lady Galway Guild Interested spectators filled St. Matthew’s Hall, Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon, when an excellent display of several hundred garments made by the local branch of the Lady Galway Patriotic Guild, was opened by the mayoress of Wellington, Mrs. T. C. A. Hislop. Among those who attended were Sir Harry Batterbee, Mrs. C. E. Batterbee, Mrs. Stewart, M.P., Mrs. H. St. Barbe Holland, Mrs. Sprott, Madame A. Bouquet, Madame Finlayson and Mrs. J. I. Goldsmith. Mrs. D. C. Bates, president of the guild, welcomed the guests, the Rev. D. C. Bates also being present. Eor some time members have been busily engaged in making articles of warm clothing for forwarding to the central depot, from where they are shipped to London for distribution among evacuees. The display yesterday represented the latest quota which has been completed by members, a feature being the beautifully-made part-knitted garments and warm clothing for babies and for children, from one to seven years old, all of excellent material and workmanship. The showing was arranged to aid funds for buying further materials besides furnishing a splendid opportunity for those interested to see what was being accomplished by this energetic Brooklyn branch.

Mrs. Hislop congratulated members on their energy and enthusiasm, and on the fine record of work behind them. The goods on display represented once again the enthusiasm of the women for the work they were doing so gladly and willingly. The garments carried a message of sympathy and fellowship, of pride and admiration for British women in their death-defying endurance on the home front, said Mrs. Bates. New Zealand women felt it a privilege to sew for those women who had no homes left to sew in. Members of the guild hoped that the garments they made would give joy to the children who were to wear them. The new clothes would be in happy' contrast to the tattered remnants of garments left after bombs had destroyed houses and their contents. Items were given and afternoon tea was served.