TWO WEEKS’ WORK

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 253, 22 September 1933, Page 4

TWO WEEKS’ WORK

SORTING OF CLOTHING. POSTMEN’S DRIVE FINALISED. Two weeks’ continuous and hard work of sorting a big collection of clothing confronts the Mayoress and other members of the ladies’ committee of the Central Relief Depot in consequence of the postmen’s drive, which was finalised when the last of the gifts came to hand on Wednesday, making a total of over 5000 parcels, besides many thousand bottles, several tons of foodstuffs, cash donations amounting to £l9 16s 6d, and numerous miscellaneous articles.

Half of the entertainment hall of the A. and P. Association has already been occupied in sorting operations, | and two days’ hard work has made very little impression on the huge pile of closely stacked parcels reaching I nearly to the roof. Answering the calls of householders who had been absent when the drive | was made on Saturday afternoon, the postal employees had to send out a special van on Monday to collect more goods, and on Tuesday another load of foodstuffs was despatched to the depot, where there is about three-quarters of a ton of jams and pickles alone, quite apart from the great quantity of groceries and vegetables. Many of the clothes received had been washed and ironed and were ready for use, while the general quality was

i very good. There is a large number ;-' of men’s suits and overcoats, many of which are in good condition. ,Iheie I is an extensive range of ladies ments and baby clothing, besides a re-. Amarkable assortment of probably over 1 a thousand pairs of boots and shoes, and another pile of hats, including sev--1 eral discarded but reputable bowlers, I Among other items are nine beds, ; - ] miscellaneous bedroom furniture, ' three < / gas stoves, a perambulator, easychans, * push chairs and baby-chairs, two hand I sewing machines, several cots, carpet : I cleaners, umbrellas, a lawnmower, fryj ing pails, crockery and kitchen utensils. .! - T- .1 n