LADY LIVERPOOL TRENCH COMFORTS FUND.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17859, 3 August 1918, Page 8

LADY LIVERPOOL TRENCH COMFORTS FUND.

Next week will complete the packing of the 1918 XMAS parcels. The major bulk of the shipment is already shipped and the committee would be glad if gifts for Xmas could be sent to the Depot as soon as possible to insure inclusion in the remaining oases. Our special thanks are due to the men who have made the cases of suitable size, nailed and labelled and packed them ready for shipment. . The usual monthly quota of parcels makes it dimcult„to keep up the supply of CASES, and after the extra quantity used for the XMAS GIFTS tho supply again needs replenishing. We thank most warmly all who have so kindly helped us with cases, but. Oliver Twist-like, we want more, and will be particularly grateful for petrol cases. „., , SOLDIERS' LETTERS. Mail day "again brought » great budget of letters and cards from the front. Those who best know average boys will understand, that it is- no mere penchant for letter ' or card writing that induces them to write as feelingly as they do to the Hon. Secretary "of this organisation. The Committee would like the public, to whom they are indebted for the support of the Fund, to read the letters from the trenches. As space forbids a- full publication of a large mail, the following may be taken as fairly representative of the soldiers' opinions of "buckshee" parcels:— 1. " Just saved the lives of starving men. Rapidly recovering now that the parcels have arrived." 2. "Many thanks for the parcels, which are always warmly welcomed by everyone. They bring visions of our far-away homeland to us, and never fail to buck up our spirits." 3. "These gifts are greatly appreciated by us all at the Front and bring smiles of gladness to our faces. Personally 1 was just wondering where I could get. writing material from in order to write home, as we are out of the line for a day or two, but I am setup now, thanks to your goodness. Glad to feel our womenfolk are backing us up way back in dear old New Zealand." Major Milligan, 0.0. 15th Howitzer Battery, wrote acknowledging the parcels on behalf of his command, and stressed the'point that it is becoming increasingly difficult to get much in the way of canteen stores in France. _ it is most .satisfactory to note that the soldiers pleasingly comment on the fact that the parcels come regularly and fetch up right to the xery front lines, and also that the folk at homo have a happy knack of sending just "what we require." For brevity in comment, two good samples are: . " Bea-acouD bien, merci, , and " Many thanks; best feed for months. Go for the mungi." Another interesting acknowledgment Just had change of mehu as', follows per Lady Liverpool Fund:— Soup —Tomato. Fish—Sardines. Entree—Devilled Ham and Tongue. Joint—Bully Beef. Vegetables—Finis. . Sweets—Bread *a la Kirkpatnck 9 Best. Kia Ora. Cheese. Chocolate. A Rifleman writes in this vein:— ■ "Just out of the trenches—tired, weary, muddied oafs, cross-tempered, glum', irritable, but up went our spirits with a joyous bound when your splendid parcels arrived. Kapai te New Zealand butter and the Highlander milk. The boys look like golfers or tennis players in the white anti-ver-min shirts." Many tributes of appreciation have also been received from Palestine and Mesopotamia. During the week a Ohristchurch man. lately returned from Mesopotamia, called at the Depot for the express purpose of personally thanking tho Canterbury organisation for the splendid parcels he, in common with the rest of the wireless company, received in Mesopotamia. He stated that the AVireless men are scattered all over northern Mesopotamia, some being iu very isolated places, where it is not possible to buy anything, and it can be imagined how eagerly they looked forward to the arrival of the "Liverpool parcels." It is, he says, helping them to " stick it" till the end. The SCHOOLS have done admirable work again this week. One little maiden is well worthy of note. In the contribution of £2O" IBs 6d from the staff and pupils of the Normal High School there is 30s from a little pupil (Rona- Favillc), who, to help the soldiers' parcels, cheerfully sold her doll's pram and donated the money to the school fund. Tho following donations have boon received: — KateO'Shane 2s 6d, H.N. (mthly don.) £5, A. and H. A. (mthly. don.) for soldiers in Palestine, £2 2s; Mrs Wilding (mthly. don.) 10s, Miss Kitchingman £2 10s. Schools.—TeWhare 6s lOd. Branches.—Spreydon (2 tilths, don.) £lO, Rangiora (mthly. don.) £2O, •Dorfield (2 mths. don.) £4, Timaru Ladies' Patriotic League £lB 13s. 6d, Lyndhurst (mthly. don.) £llos, Templeton £1 Loburn £lO, Kirwee £4 Is 6d, Sumner £6, Reefton £7 10s, Tai Tapu £o, Brookside (mthly. don.) £2, Omihi (mthly. don.) 14s. j Miscellaneous.— City Branch Women's National Reserve (further don.) 3s, Harbour Lights Picture, Lyttelton (sale of poem, "Kid from Timaru ") £l, City Branch Women's National Reserve (further don., per Mrs Gould), Flower Stall ss, Stall iu Square in charge of Mesdames Carey Hill, Fairhurst and, Holdsworth, £33 10s lOd. Goods in kind received from : Mesdames Harrison, Bell, Neave, Cook Andrew, Washbourne, Chapman, "Wright, Bigp, M'Kinney, Ellis, Newman, M'Pherson, Jackson, Sloman, M'Laughlin, Kirk, Barrett, F. G. Horrell M'Millan, Shilton, Gallop. Goodhart Dawe, A. M. Beckett, T. Chisnall,' Madden, Wickens, Whiting. Barnfield, Ward, Clarkson, Binns, Smith, Misses Barrows, Mavis Peacock (birthday partv), Moorhouse, Munroe, Innes, Hill, Murray, Stericker, Mitchell; Messrs Napper, J. Ballantyne, Campion, Geo. Dickson. Aulsebrook _ and Co. M'Alpine. Gordon Willis, Friend, Trevor Kerr, Friend, Anon., Master Turnbull. A Friend, (Charteris Bay). Branches.— -Hornby-Islington, , J'o- - Akaroa, Springston, Kaiapoi, Runanga, Gebbie's Valley. Motukarara, Cashmere, Kirwee, Ashburton, Pendarves, Lincoln. _ Schools.-Selwyn, Sedgeniere, Spreyaon Rangiora, Wharenin, Infant School "(Rtuigiora), Lyttelton District High,. Mt, Somers, Girls' High. ■_„„,_ ' Miscellaneous.-Qunmbv, Tramway Board (cases), Christchureh Ladies Swimming Club, Ohoka Branch, Ed. mouds Baking Powder Co. ( CM * s \ m