LADY LIVERPOOL FUND.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17523, 5 July 1917, Page 6

LADY LIVERPOOL FUND.

At a meeting of tho oxecutiro committee of tho Lady Liverpool Fund, held ou Monday morning, Mrs Holland reported that the Canterbury Women's Club, as the result of the rocont concert arranged by them, had handed to. the fund a cheque for £l5O. A hearty vote- of- thanka was passed to the Canterbury Women's Club for its valuablo assistance. .' SUMNER. ? The first annu.il meeting of the re-formed branch of the Lady Liverpool. Fund was held in tho Town Hiall on Tuesday evening, the Mayor, the Hon John Ba'rr, M.L.C., presided over a fair, attendance. The anmial report, which was adopted, made reference 10 tho excellent work done by Mrs C. A. E. Ferguson and Mrs G. F. Allen • a. 8 , (secretaries. Several successful gift afternoons had • been held, arid by this moans a largo number of articles had been received. Mesdames H. Barlow and J. ■S. Neville undertook to provide afternoon tea at tho. first threo. of theso afternoons. In answer to an appeal from Miss F. 'Jones, who is working a* the club for New Zea'and soldiers in Ismailia, tho committee had arranged a special 'gift at ernoo'n.; cases of jam had been received and £5 lis 6d in money, tho cases-boing packed and despatched by members of tho central dopot in ChristohuTcli. The monthly subscriptions had been well maintained', and«theso had proved, the chief source of revenue. A grant of £5 had been made'monthly to tho contra' depot,, while special grants inc'uded £3O foi Mr ' Bruco's ' appeal, £5 ,for tho, Wn-Vroa' Fund, £lO for Christmas comforts, £s' for the Tobacco Fund, and £0 foi the Tea and Su?ar Fund. Thirty-seven parcela had been sent spocially to tho' Sumner men last Christmas. Weekly sewing meetings had been held, and a large number of articles had been sent, forward to the central depot. Special reference was also made, to the services rendered by Mr C. A. Lawson in carrying the articles free of charge. The balancesheet showed tho receipts to have been £lB2 17s 3d, the chief i'ems being::—Allocation . Sumner gala £56 '2s lOd, collected by ladies £B7 163 Od, and gift aftenioous £2l 18s 9d. The cxpeiidiure amnun'ed t« £i"3i lis 2d, leaving a credit balance of £29 3s. Id on ho year's' working. The chairman congratulated the lad'ea on the .work of 'the year and expressed admiration for tho excellent work being dono by ■ the Lady Liverpool Fund. Ho thanked the ladies for their efforts. Tho renort and balance-sheet were adop'ed. The Mayoress 01 Chris'church (Mrs Holland) outlined the Lady Liverpco' work, a.nd made a verv «tro"'? forli*!" towards providing- Christmas comforts for Iho men. At' tho conclusion of her remarks, Mrs Holland , was accorded » hearty vole of

thanks. Officers wero aupomted as follow;—President, Mrs J. Barr; vice-presidents, Mesdames G. W. C. SmMison ar>d H. J. M.nrrincr; honorary secre+ary. Miss Bain; Assistant aecre'aries-, Mrs Lei'head and Mips Barlow; honorary treasurer, Mir H. But'le; committee, Me«r'ann« Phi""> B'lfk T{ Bn*M«> "*. Bates, 11. Barlow. Beckett, Hn«ham. T. W. Johnson, Greeorv Hunt, C. H. Hamilton T.' K. AVhificld. S. A. Smith, Mu cock. F. fi. Muldison, Sherrard, J. M. B. Crawford, J. de B. Galwey and Leithead. DUNSANDEL. The annual meeting of the Lady Liverpool Finance Committee was hold on Tuesday. There was 11 fill", attendance of m?mber<». Tho report stated that the sum of £2 15s proceeds of the private collecting- box at .!r; mea ings 01 oi,mcn, uvm uuoa liiml , titid to the Bed Cross Society for eomibns for -wounded soldiers. Tho following donations had been made by lady members and friends fo'- trench comf"'-*--:--''in<--17-i condensed milk, 72 cocoa, 53 fish, 31 jam, 23 tobacco, G cigaio..es, / i.. 4j1 . v . 0l _, „„,j C . <.,, '< m.eau ex.r'aci, 13 colfeo antt mi.'jt, 0 c<.V>~t> and milk, 6 preserved fruit, 6 sweeis, 1 coffee powder, 1 meat paste, 1 fish paste; S chocolate oaklta, .23 cakes soap, 0 -Jars tomato sauce, 17 packets soup, and the following garments, etc.:—17,630 swabs, 5833 bandages. 59. bed shirts, 113 day shirts, 157 Sk.nuei shirs, 100 pvjamas. 10-7 *«ni'nr» shir', 33 underpants, -11 crepe shirts, 9 bed iackots, •j?o jjairs -sucks, 81 iv ai>.-, v ji. ~.4. . ••>'> housewives, 91 hoida.ls, 166 face cloths, 489 handkerchiefs, SO pairs initteus, i bottle covers, '5 draw shee.s. 16 fomon a'ic-n c!o hs, 6 bundle old linen. 19 •n-riif"-- ■■'.: ,- ~ *"* diet cloths. 2 ouilts. The school chi'dren had also supplied a quantity of sock's, handiierchieis,. face e.oiha aiui ptiio.v ot

which a dn'ai'ecl account was not kept. Snecial mention was"made'of the fact ithat one old lady had contributed her Hundyed h flannel'shirt, all beautifully ihand-inade/ and that another assiduous worker ina&e *" three garments each week with unfailing regularity. Tho balance-sheet showed receipts for tho year as £320 lis 7d and expenditure £221 0s "2d, leaving a credit balanice of- £a lis Cd. Tho report o-nd balance-sheet were adopted. A hearty vote of thanks and congratulation was accorded to the ladies for their splendid wotl*. ' ; ■>-,-, Arrangements \vero made to hold a concert, early'in August" to-raise* money for- aChristmas Prtrc' Fund. Tho sum of £6-1 was reported as accruing from the first quarter's con'ributions to the Lady Liverpool Guarantee Fund, the /eaui-' site funds being now raised by direct voluntary contribution. ' LOBURN. The monthly meeting of the Loburn Lady Liverpool branch • was held on Thursday. Sixteen ladies were present-." The' 'sum of £2 7s was received as. subscriptions., and. 20 pairs of socks, 49 sanitary shirts, 52 handkerchiefs, 10 holdalls, 7 housewives. A subscription of £1 15s was received from Mrs Scott, Okuku. It was agreed io send a dona-, tion of £lO to tho Christchurch centre. METHVEN. At tho annual ' meeting of the < Methven Lady, Livorpool Branch . .the. balance-sheet, which was adopted, showed that the receipts for tho your had amounted to £lOl 15s 2d and the expenditure to £BS ss. leaving a credit balance of £l6 10s, 2d. ...... Officers were elected as follow: —President. Mrs S. Smith; secretary, Mrs Grower; com-; mi* tee, Mesdames Roll, M'Kay, Seelen, L-. Aitkon,-Percy, Irwin, -Adams, Hynam, .Maginnis, Gordon, Pearce, Pawson and Misses M'Rao and Duff.