VICTORIA LEAGUE'S WAR WORK

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 104, 5 May 1942, Page 6

VICTORIA LEAGUE'S WAR WORK

As the result of numerous "shop days" more than £376 had been for-, warded to the King George Queen Elizabeth Club, where New Zealand servicemen enjoy hospitality in London, stated the report presented at the thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Wellington Victoria League. The money raised in this manner had also I enabled boxes of medical comforts to be purchased and put aboard all transports leaving Wellington, contributions made to city service clubs, and comforts provided for troops in the Red Cross hospital. Approximately 4000 magazines, 800 novels, numerous indoor games, and cleaning rags for guns had beeen distributed by the league among Territorial and National Military Reserve camps. Magazines had been given also to men on visiting overseas and New Zealand ships, to the R.N.Z.N.V.R. in Wellington, and the Maori Battalion. Parcels of books had been posted to children living in isolated districts and lighthouses, and to Maori schools. These children enjoyed an additional treat at' Christmas time, when some 90 articles of wide variety, comprising toys, bought or made by members, books, and games were forwarded. The Missions to Seamen, V.M.C.A., A.N.A., and Y.W.C.A. canteens had benefited by regular relays of league helpers. A special group of workers, convened by Mesdames Doctor and Cox, had completed 12 camouflage nets, and more than 400 garments, mostly for the Air Force and Mercantile Marine, had been contributed by the knitting circle. The entertainment of troops and extra knitting and sewing for the Lady Galway Guild had been carried out by the younger contingent, who had also undertaken extensive concert work for various funds. Among those elected to office for the ensuing year were:—President, Mrs. J. A. Doctor; hon. vice-presidents, Lady Buckleton, 0.8. E., Mesdames W. J. M. Larnach, R. E. Robertson, J. Pow, A. J. Corliss, Miss A. Kane; vice-presidents, Mesdames M. H. Chatfield, M.8.E.. J.P., L. O. H.'Tripp, A, A. Cramond, O. N. Gillespie, and C. E. Corrigan; and secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Hugh Ross.

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