ENTIRELY SUCCESSFUL

Evening Star, Issue 23882, 12 May 1941, Page 6

ENTIRELY SUCCESSFUL

SATURDAY'S RAG DRIVE GIRL GUIDES COLLECT LARGE QUANTITIES Saturday’s drive to obtain cleaning rags suitable for use by Air Force and Army units was launched by the Girl Guides at an early hour and continued until late in the afternoon. The response on the part of housewives was considerably beyond expectations, and it is believed that as much as two tons of material was collected. The subsidiary drive for Yale type door keys was also remarkably successful, and the number collected far exceeded any estimation. Approximately 2,000 were brought in to the depots by the enthusiastic young collectors, the greatest number at any one depot being received at the South Dunedin Town Hall, where the total was 870. “ The response from the public has been most generous,” said Mrs R. G. C. M‘Nab, divisional commander of the Girl Guides in Dunedin. “We are very appreciative indeed, especially as we are aware of the difficulties most housewives experience in getting enough rags for their own uses these days. The response has been really excellent, and the drive has been a great success. The girls worked very hard collecting the material, and they deserve high praise. I should like to thank the public for the way they treated the girls, giving them every courtesy, and in many instances they were offered tea.” All sections of the Girl Guide and Brownie movements co-operated in- the drive, and they were assisted by many private citizens who generously loaned l cars. Four depots were in use to which the collectors brought their parcels, these being situated at M'Glashan College (where Mrs M‘Nab was in charge). North-east Valley Council Chambers (Mrs C. W. Wardell, northern district commander), Mornington car sheds (Mrs W. L. Colvin, central district commander), and South Dunedin Town Hall (Mrs Morris Arthur, southern district commander). Each of these depots was inundated with hundreds of rags of all sorts of material, and the task of sorting and packing will be a big one ; It is not expected that the work will be completed in less than a' week, when the rags should have been sorted into sacks ready for delivery. N» weighings will be made until delivery. Most of the rags were clean and generally in good order. When sold to the forces the proceeds will be paid into tha funds of the Otago Provincial Patriotic Council. The Yale keys will be delivered to the sources requiring these. Early reports from outside the city indicate that Mosgicl. Outram. and Port Chalmers Guides also had very successful canvasses, and at least two sacks have been filled with rags at Outram,