BAZAAR AT HAVELOCK.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 9 April 1915, Page 5

BAZAAR AT HAVELOCK.

The bazaar and sale of work, produce, etc., at Canvastowri, held on March -27, in aid of the Belgian Fund, and which was opened by Mr T. A.vH. Field, M.P., was a great success. Misses Brown, Dalton", and Miller- canvassed the district for contributions. The stalls- were ;as follows : Miss Jones, Lollie; Mrs Rush, Vegetable ;Mr Ward, Easter Tree; Mr Hart, Butcher's Shop; Mrs Rasmussen and Miss Brown, Refreshment. A big cheese, .made at the Rai Cheese Factory, containing a large number of silver coins, brought £ll lis, land a Belgian flag •realised £lO. Beautifully decorated cakes made by Miss Dalton and (Mrs Bourke also realised 'good sums. An amusing incident' was the commandeering of some fowls asleep in a neighbouring tree, '-by some practical jokers who took them into the produce stall to ,the auctioneer.' He remarked that their legs were not -tied. ' They brought 255. Then the fowls were taken to their unsuspecting owner, a local bonif ace, who bought them tfor half-a-crown apiece. . Before the fowls resumed their rudely disturbed slumbers they-had been-the means oi contributing" a round little sum -to 'the Belgian Fund. - Mr'E. F. Healey, the prosident; Mr Rutlandj' the-'oommittee, and tho people of- the district may -be congratulated" on the success. of . the bazaar, '.which realised over £160,-'' which has "been sent.\tb the Blenheim ■ Centre. This' is the second. " contribution,' £l2O having been serttrpfeviouslyyThese handsome amounts are exclusive of 'Carluke, which has sent about £l4O.

. HEtf "CROSS FUND. I (Honorary secretary, Miss WHiGS; honorary treasurer, Mrs C. R. Fell.) The following donations ate acknowledged by the Nelson Red .Crews Committee: —Mrs (Canon) Lucas 2osv Mrs Peppin 8 handkerchiefs, A. and. T.G. 1 dozen handkerchiefs, Friend 3 dozen handkerchiefs, Myrtle Syder half-dozen handkerchiefs, Mrs Laird 1£ dozen handkerchiefs, Fiiend 1 dozen handkerchiefs, Schoolgirl half-dozen handkerchiefs, I. Tunmcliffe 2£ dozen handkert chiefs, Miss F. Palmer 7£ dozen scarves, 'Mr Snodgrass 1 roll longclotll, Miss , Marsden 2 dozen handkerchiefs, Mr , Bamford 2 dozen handkerchiefs, Miss j JKempthorne, d handkerchiefs, Githa I Hoby 1 dozen handkerchiefs, l/acly ' Friend 4 dozen handkerchiefs, Mrs Spear 2 rolls cotton wool, i roll zinc opalast, 2 dozen safety pin's, bandages and linen ; I Miss Lorimer 4 pairs socks, Mrs H. , Batchelor 6 pairs socks, Mrs (Dr.) Hamilton 2 linen bolster cases, Mrs Ledger cuffs and comforter, .Mrs Field bed socks, Mr J. v Glasgow 1 dozen handkerchiefs, Mrs Eastcott 1 cap and 1 pair socks, A. C.. Levien linen, Mrs Judson comforter, Mr Simpson linen. RED CROSS WORK IN ENGLAND. Captain F. Colchester-Wemyss, ,tho county director of voluntary.,aid, Gloucestershire branch of the British ,Red Cross Society,, in a letter to .Mrs Lock, Mayoress of under date Gloucester, February 16th, says:— I "I write to you, in reply to a letter received from Mrs Matthews, dated at Nelson, January sth last, with which ! she enclosed a , list of articles .packed ' in an ambulance .chest which had .been i shipped to me on the 23rd ' Decerhber. Will you please accept the most hearty thanks of the Gloucestershire,,,branch.of , the Red Cross Society for this most welcome contribution? It may interest you to know that, working with th© military hospital in. Bristol, which has accommodation for 670 beds, and which receives wounded direct from overseas, we have in Gloucestershire a large number of -voluntary aid hospitals, each accommodating 50 beds and upwards, the primary, duty ,of which. is>.to take the transfers from<neighbouring military hos- ( pitals as they become crowded. Wo have accommodation in our country voluntary aid hospitals for over 1000 Beds, which accommodation can be largely extended if the necessity over arises."