LADY GALWAY GUILD

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXIV, Issue 121, 20 April 1944, Page 2

LADY GALWAY GUILD

WORK SEEN BY LADY NEWALL. WELLINGTON, April 20.

Iler Excellency Lady Nowull visited the rooms of the Wellington branch of the Lady Galway Guild yesterday, where she was received by Mrs Hislop, the Mayoress. A large display of garments was shown to Her Excellency, and she expressed admiration of the useful, ingenious and well-made articles, and after inspect ing the work of all branches, including school children's contributions, ' said everything the guild had done and was doing was greatly appreciated in England. She spoke of meeting many people connected with the Lady Galway Guild during her recent visit to England. It had given her great pleasure to tee Lady Galway herself, who was most interested to hear that the workers were continuing faithfully in spite of new situations arising in New Zealand, and sent messages of goodwill to all branches. Her Excollency mentioned the valuable work of the Women's Voluntary Services who, with the High Commissioner in London (Mr Jordan) were respon sible for the distribution of clothing sent by the Lady Ga'.way Guild. Lady New ail assured workers that they could have every confidence in this organisation, and that the clothes were distributed where most needed and used extensively through out the British Isles. She congratulated the Lady Galway members on their work, and spoke of women everywhere as a sisterhood of great potentialities, who by co-operation and unity could achieve untold good now and in tti6 post-war world.

Mrs Hislop, who announced that the guild was in its fifth year, said that during that period hundreds of cases of cloth ing containing thousands of garments had been sent overseas to help war victims. "Clothing has gone not only to our kith and kin in Britain, but also to the representatives of the Russian and Polish Governments," she stated. Acknowledgments received showed that the efforts of all the women who worked so hard and so long, had been more than repaid by the use to which the products of their industry had been put. "This splendid body' of women from all the areas that send articles to us hero, and the splendid helpers that, work at this depot, are today putting through as many articles as ✓ver before. My association with them will be one of the happiest and proudest memories of my time as mayoress," Mrs Hislop concluded.