NELSON

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 114, 18 May 1918, Page 5

NELSON

Y. M. C. A.

RED CROSS FUND.

Mrs W- Lock acknowledges : —W. Hatr (Richmond) £L; Tahuna monthly j colection, per Mesdames Bam ford and j Taunt, £3. j "Mr J. P. Hayes acknowledges:— \ Spring Grove May collection £1; 'Nilestreet monthly "collection, per Miss Evans, £5 lis". I Received at the Depot:—Wakefield Surprise tickets, per Miss Hooper, £3 10s Od; casual sales Surprise tickets by, . J. Tomlinson. £7; Sprint Grove Surprise tickets, perMre J. W. Palmer, £8 12s; ; Happy Valley Surprise tickets, per Miss ; Snook, £7 2s - articles for Surprise j (Packets from Spring Grove Branch, ; 173; "Wood Bee, 34 dozen swabs and' 12£ dozen rollet bandages (material supplied;) Spring Grove Branch, 1 pyjama suit, handkerchief in, pocket, and 2 flannel undershirts. ■ "■''•"' \ MOTIJEKA. Mrs R. P. Hudson wishes to acknowledge tne following subscriptions towards the British Soldiers' and Sailors' Baby Fund : —Mesdames Henderson £1 2s 6d, Briggs £l, W. PaUie £l, "J" £l, liivesey 10s, Deck -Qs, "I." 9s, (Major) Talbot 6s, Percy ss, GStrachan ss, Macintyre 4s 6d, Misses Ryder 4s, Deck 3s, Mesdames Nicholson 2s 6d, York 2s 6d, "Wallace 2s 6d, R P. Hudson 2s 6d, Mr R. P. Hudson 2s 6d; total, £7 10s 6d. Garmens, new and second-hand, have been contributed, by Mesdames L. Boyes, Rogers, Senr., Drnmmond, J. Wilkinson, Patterson, Hudson (Tapawera), Dimmer, R. P. Hudson, Misses Hanron, Macinahon, Drummoad," A. Jordan, I* Drummond (Hudson (Tapa- : wera), Dement, Mrs W. Fowler, and a i large bundle containing 57 garments from Mrs McGaveston (Ngatimoti), 26 j garments from the ladies of Stanley i Brook, per Mrs Hanron. ( The following have made garments from material supplied "by the fund: — Mesdames »Caigou, Macintyre, G. Smith ■Hudson. I*. Boyes,'- Misses Deck, A. Deck, and Gladys Jordan. In acknowledging receipt of a draft' Tor £lO and -the box per Remuera, Mrs Melland writes —"This is the best box we have ever' had—most lovely children's things. I am picking out clothes already for certain soldiers' families I am just going to see. Well, the boxes are all so ; very good and valuable it ; is hard to say which is the best. The very large bed-cover we sent at once to young Mrs Plnmridge, whose ninth ■baby is a few days' old. It will probably cover four, or even five, of the other little Plumridges, who will be sleeping some at the top of the bed and the others at the bottom, as is the custom amongst the poor. There are nine children, -the; eldest 15. The exbaby is not yet one year old, not walking and very delicate. You have clothed 5 'both babies—girls—and provided various other garments for some of the little bo vs. Some of the contents of the box "I'sent to the Voluntary Workers' Sub-Committee of the National Relief Fund. Many,- many thousands of soldiers' and sailors' families pass through their hands. I enclose the hon. secretary's letter of thanks received to-day." "We are indeed grateful to you'for sending another sack of New Zealand garments for us to distribute . Our box and cupboard are almost empty, so that it comes most opportunely, r' Will you please convey our very best thanks to the women and childre nof Motueka and district and* Stanley Brook, and tell them how much .the garments are apreciated. We receive very grateful messages from the women through our visitors." Mrs Melland also gives of young families helped throueh the fnnd with extrafood through" the winter, especially at Christmas -

ilrs Crawford acknowledges :— £ s. Mrs Renwick 20 0 Maginnity, Son and Houlker 5 0 A. Wood 1 0 James -Newman 10 Collection at Richmond Red Cross afternoon 6 8 d. 0 0 0 0 4 KING GEORGE'S FUND FOR Mt Cecil King acknowledges:— Previously acknowledged £160 19 A. V. Knapp 1 0 E. J; ToswSl 5 0 Mr Turner. Bulmer .10 R. H. Bourke 1 0 Aquatic Carnival Committee 64 16 9 0 Q 0 0 2 £233 15 11