HERE AND THERE

Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 75, 25 September 1941, Page 12

HERE AND THERE

Work for Patients at Public Hospital.

In the last three weeks members of the Wellington Hospital Ladies' Auxiliary have paid 529 visits to sick soldiers, sailors, airmen, and members of the W.A.A.F., taking comforts provided by the Red Cross and also by the hospital auxiliary. Lonely patients apart from people in the Services, are also visited regularly. At the recent meeting of the auxiliary, at which Mrs. O'Leary presided, reports were given on this work, and on the splendid work of the auxiliary's library from its inception in 1928 with a few second-hand books and two assistants, up to today with its 2000 new and up-to-date books, and its twenty voluntary assistants, j The library is attended to every week without fail, civilian patients and members of the various fighting services of the last and the present war all being served. Residential Nursery Benefits. The Women's National Reserve Residential Nursery benefited from the -song recital held yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. A. B. Gibbons. Khandallah, president of the Khan-dallah-Ngaio branch of the W.N.R. Mrs. W. Duncan and Miss Ena Rapley provided the programme and they, with their accompanist. Mrs. G. R. Green, were given beautiful spring flowers in appreciation, Mrs Gibbons, in a brief speech, spoke of the great need filled by the nursery, and the necessity of carrying on its work. After tea a sale of home-made cakes was held, resulting in the addition ot £10 for the branch's nursery fund. Victoria League Activities. Each guest who attended the Victoria League's tea party on Tuesday afternoon was given a fragrant posy of spring flowers, and these, with the lovely floral decorations in the room, gave an added air of gaiety. Mrs. Alston, a widely-experienced traveller, told some of her impressions of various trips through Europe, using a large map to show the routes she had taken Mrs. J. A. Doctor, who presided, thanked Mrs. Alston, and also welcomed several visitors, including Mrs. Northcroft, of Christchurch, and Mrs Burgess, of New Plymouth. In the evening younger members attended a buffet tea, each bringing a gift for Friday's shop day.

Scouts in various districts in England are being trained to help householders to erect the new Morrison indoor shelters; although the shelters have 200 parts a party of Scouts erected one in 20 minutes.