MOTUEKA.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 3, 4 January 1918, Page 2

MOTUEKA.

BRITISH SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' BABY FUND. "Mrs R. P. Hudson acknowledges the , following subscriptions and donations £o " the abcve fund : Mrs Geo." Massy Deck £3, Hon. R. Heaton Rhodes £2 2s, Rev. Lionel Mackay £1 7s 6d, Mesdames Nicholson £l, H. Trewavas 12s 6d, liriggs 10s, Kavanagh 10s, Misses Darling 10s, Esther 10s, N.. Esther 7s 6d, ..Edwards 7s 6d, Mesdames Rhodes 7s 6d, G. Rfley ss, Deck ss, Percy se, 'Ga\dn Strachan ss, Griffin ss, Budson, ss, "Yankee." 6s 9d, "L'' 6s, Mesdames ■C. Mackay 3s, Wilkinson 2s 6d, Hudson' 2s 6d, Miss .Ryder ss. Totalj £l4 2s ; 9d. The following hav e contributed ; new and-: second-hand, garments f .fames' G. Smith, G. M. Deck, "A. ;E. :: Barker, Hudson (Tapawera), L. Askew, ; R. G. MacNabb, R. P. Hudson, Jordkn, * Misses Brunning, Tucker, ForsytK, r VJor-i dan, Tuckey, Mesdames Steer, Thorn, Z and Jas. Wilkinson. Garments- made from materials supplied by the fund, by Mesdames G. Smith, Batchelor, ' Hudson, Misses Deck, Esther, Heath; Jordan, Desaunais. Forty-six garments ' ■were contributed by the ladies of Stanley Brook, per Mrs Hanron, and 16 by the Biwaka School children. •• Of'-the many letters- of appreciation arid thanks* the "following"" are a few. Mrs Melland writes: "Will you please tell the subscribers and workers in Moiuefca and district, - also in Stanley ' Brook; and the .little girls in Riwaka, that it was' with th Q greatest pleasure my daughter and I unpacked a box this X evening- It .wag so ."excellently, packed - and "wired -that " everything 'seemfed-tin-disturbed and the case had not been opened. There were many exclamations of admiration, gratitude, and delight as we -lifted put.one bundle Hfter •the>oth6rv ; and thought' of how ' mahy good and - deserving people, big and - littte, were going to be made comfortable and happy this winter. There were so many garments of* lovely fAanriel—-the ; bundles of woollies ! -My daughter and,: I had just • been ; bemoaning". tnfe fact r that w e had about come to the''end-' of our knitted knickers for babies. The overalls, frocks, little coats, hoys' knickers, and all the many other splendid garments -which helped, to "fill the case J Winter is • coming on, and the dreaded scarcity of coal; but to many ' children that won't matter when they get that beautiful new flannel or wool- > lie? next their skin. You have just given two delicate little girls a delightful holiday in the country in Derby r shire. They had never been in the coim- 7 try before, and -certainly would not have had this great treat if you - had ■ not given it them, being far too poor. " You- have-also given three Jittle -• children aged seven and three years; and a baby; a week at Barrow Farm " The secretary, British v and Foreign Sailors' Society, .writes to : -Mrs Melland : "t have' just; unpacked the two sacks of ' clothing-which ycu so kindly sent for passenger's arid crew s of torpedoed ves-

seis. I ..cannot tell you how very^grate-. ful I only wish it was possible for you to know ihore -of : the gra- ; .xitude of these unfortunate victims of g-ermhn brutality who are taken to, our omes at all hours of the day and night in a famished, dying, half : clothed condition." This was in acknowledging- a i contribution from our Motueka hbx. The hpiri: .secretary, Women's Suffrage Society, writes: "! wish to Ithank the" ladies of Motueka district and Stanlev ! Brook for the delightful present of chil- | dren's ''garments! which we have rej c"eived':through'"onr central: organisation. ! I' h.avoj 'beeri able to give them to women who arp very, poor,"one whose husband is at the front and., has six children "and .expected in December. They Were much touched when I . told them 'toHo-. setit the clothes, and ; full of admiration for the work and the ! patterns of the garments." Similar I letters were received from the Church j Army and the Children's Clothing SoI ciety.