HERE AND THERE

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 42, 19 February 1942, Page 10

HERE AND THERE

East Vogeltown Patriotic Committee.

The womenfolk of East Vogeltown have resumed their patriotic activities at the residence of the president, Mrs. A. Black, 4 Liardet Street. The president said it gave her great pleasure to see so many persons present and she appealed for knitters for the Mayoress's comfort committee. The secretary. Mrs. Collins (telephone 24-083), would be pleased to give information to anyone wishing to help in any way. First Meeting of 1942. The first gathering for, 1942 of the Birmingham and Midland Counties Association was held on Tuesday evening in the N.Z.E.I. rooms. Mr. J. H. Whittaker presided. An interim report presented by the secretary stated that during recess a letter of- appreciation on his appointment as New Zealand's first Minister to America had been forwarded to the association's patron, the Hon. Walter Nash. It was reported that the financial position was considered satisfactory. Membership was being maintained. Mr. J. Aston was unanimously elected a vice-president. A programme of items was provided by Mesdames Hart, Millar, Matheson, and Wilce, and Messrs. Val Jones and Matherson. Mesdames Cocks and Wakelin were the accompanists. Supper concluded the evening. Gratitude for Food Parcels. Gratitude for food parcels received from an Auckland friend is expressed by Mrs. T. H. E. Oakes in a letter in which she describes conditions in Engli.nd under black-out and food-ratiqn-ing conditions. Mrs. Oakes, who lived in Auckland until shortly before the war. when she returned to England, is a sister-in-law of the Countess of Orford, who also lived in Auckland for some years. Her husband, LieutenantColonel T. H. E. Oakes, M.C., 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, was killed in action overseas. In referring to the parcel of food, Mrs. Of kes stated that she used the sugar for blackberry jam. This would come in very useful as rationing allowed only lib preserves a month to each person. "It was wonderful to see a whole pound of butter at once," Mrs. Oakes writes. "We keep fit under the rationing, although I long for bananas, marmalade, and butter. Our r.iion of Is 4d worth of meat a week is all right, but, carrots, cabbage, porridge, and boiled rice are rather monotonous."

No change is to be made in the meantime in the name of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society.