LADY LIVERPOOL COMMITTEE

Nelson Evening Mail, 6 June 1917, Page 8

LADY LIVERPOOL COMMITTEE

MONTHLY MEETING. The monthly meeting of the Lady Liverpool Committee was held yesterday afternoon in Hallensteins' roms. There was a large attendance, and Mrs Lock presided. Accounts to the amount 'of £250 - 7« 7d were passed for pa.ymeiit. - • Correspondence was read from the Motueka branch, enclosing cheque for £O, being three months' subscription,, and - from the Riwaka branch, enclosing £5, subscription for May. Letters were read from the Christ- • church branch, asking for co-operation in the sale and distribution of Trooper i Clutha Mackenzie's paper, "Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F." Single copies cost 6d each, and the paper is published fortnightly. Anyone desiring further information about the publication may communicate with . the secretary ■ (Mrs Pogson). It was decided to pack tho next gity parcels on Tuesday next at 10 a.m., tho following articles to be enclosed Milk, > jam, chocolate, writing outfit, sliirt, and handkerchief.. In connection with a shipment of tomatoes. Colonel N. P. Adams. Comman-. dant of Featherston Camp, wrote ,as follows under date May 22nd : —"With reference to 157 cases of tomatoes, . which you wrote me were being sent to this camp in March of this year, you will remember that I sent you two wires concerning this, the last one stating that 13 cases only had arrived, and although I went to a great deal of trouble to trace the balance, for the time being 1 could not trace them. ..I am now in,full pos- '• session of the facts as to what .actually , Tiecame of the other 144 cases. ,T enclose ; . . you copy of letter from the Transport 1 Shipping Officer iiv Wellington, and I : shall be glad to hear from the committee that they are satisfied that what ho states there is the case, and that ■ tlio ■ ,t : camp actually did only receive 13 casee.^ I have' not yet received the cash ment of £5 Bs. which ho mentions should have been forwarded io mc, _ and . his letter to me is the first intimation I had that there was such a credit. I should like some intimation from the < committee as to what th' 6 money is to be expended on. or whetliei - it should not be returned to you for future coiit siirnments of anything..,. I am putting ..... this case before you. as it is very ,etu>yj for rumours to be started by some idl© person, and very .hard, unless; tho facts. are brought but, to disprove tliom, in which matter I am sure you will agree , ' with me, as I do not want the committee to be under any misapprehension as, to what became of the fruit which they very Icindiy sent, and which' came to ; sucii an unfortunate end before same could reach this camp.' ' The enclosure from Mi" I'. A. liiltpn, fi'ransportr Shipping Officer, .was dated Wellington. May 2tst> and re,id as follows ; gift (omatoes from Patriotic Society, Nelson. —The following are tho facts iii connection "with the shipment ot . tomatoes from the above society:—ls7 rases of tomatoes addressed to the Camp • Commandant.. Featherston, were landed ex Kaitoa. "f rom Nelson, ,on iU'Uuiv, \Larch 23. 'l7. I was advised by the Harbour Board that the majority 01 tlieso cases were landed in bad condition, and .. asking if I would inspect same. I communicated with'the Department of Tn-. lernal Affairs, who in all probability have the correspondence in connection, with same, aiid with whom we deal in nil patriotic gift goods. An officer of that department and myself arranged to inspect the fruit, which was certainly iii a very bad' condition, contents being over-ripe, and running out of many 7, of the cases. This was on Friday. March 23rd and it was decided by internal Affairs and myself . that the fruit - was , not fit for consumption by the soldier*, and as the Harbour Board shed had to be cleared of the fruit. I had all cases turned over, and found only 13 fit to bo .. sent to camp (2 cases of cucumbers and II cases of tomatoes), which you duly , received. The balance of 144 cases the Internal Affairs official and myself decided to get aiquotation for irom various, V firms. The highest tender of 3d per rase was accepted, with the stipulation that thev had to be removed , immediately from the Board's shed. In due courso a cash payment for £5 8s was received by the officer of Internal Aif aits, a crc- . dit. to Camp Commandant, Featherston. This should have gone forward to you some weeks ago."