OFFICERS’ WIVES

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 125, 22 February 1944, Page 3

OFFICERS’ WIVES

Work For Waste Depot Wives of officers serving overseas axid who are members of the W.0.5.0. Chib in Wellington, held their first meeting for the year yesterday. Mrs. W. Hurst, the new president, whose husband, a padre, is a prisoner of war in Germany. presided. It has been decided to help regularly with work for the Utilization of Waste Depot and while the meetin" was being held, stockings were unravelled for rekuitting for . members of the Armed Forces. Working bees will regularly continue to give similar assistan Congratulations were extended to those members whose husbands had recently returned from overseas or who had been repatriated from prison camps. An invitation is extended to all wives of officers on active service to join the M .O.b.V. Club. Letters and photographs from overseas are brought by members to the monthly meetings and general information of interest is thus passed on to other members. • An interesting item shown at the meeting was the official form which pilgrims receive on visiting the Holy Jerusalem. It bore the official btamp and was signed by the chief priest, the contents stating that the personnamed thereon had made the pilgrimage The form came from a New Zealander at tached to the Royal Navy.