DOWLING STREET DEPOT

Evening Star, Issue 21170, 2 August 1932, Page 8

DOWLING STREET DEPOT

In acknowledging the receipt of goods for the single men’s camps, Mr T. M. Ball (District Public Works engineer) writes as follows to Mrs Marshall Macdonald, who is in charge of the Dowling street depotl wish to add my personal appreciation of the good work carried out by yourself and your staff for single men’s camps in this district. All the men issued with clothes supplied by you were in urgent need of suitable clothing.” Mr W. F. Edmond had generously donated a large gramophone, records, and books for the Akatore camp; also a sack of parsnips. The following further donations are gratefully acknowledged Mrs J. Black (papers and books), Friend (£2 for boots), Mr Green, Mrs C. Anderson, and Mr Paterson (books and papers). From “More Fortunate,” an unknown donor, has come a very welcome £5 note, the accompanying letter stating: “ Please accept the enclosed as a donation to your funds. The writer finds that certain articles of clothing ho intended to purchase he can at present do without, so he thinks it a good idea to send the amount thus saved on to you, where it may be used to buy clothing for those who are unfortunately often quite unable to buy even, a portion of the clothing they so urgently need.”