FOR THE CHILDREN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19215, 2 January 1926, Page 4 (Supplement)

FOR THE CHILDREN.

"SANTA-CLAtTS SLEIGH."

BY ELSIE If. MORTOK.

It is now five days after Christmas, and half-a-dozen parcels, marked for the Sleigh, have jnst been handed in. No doubt they have been field up in the Christmas rush, for thev all came from a long distance, but they will meet with a welcome from some of the children to whom Santa has not bsen over-generous. A. number of parcels alio came to hand just before Christmas Day, and these will bo acknowledged noxt week. If there are any toys left over, Nurse will keep them for special cases, for children become sick all the year round, and there will be *sveary hours to fill in between this and nexu Christmas. There is a long list of gifts to acknowledge, for parcels simply poured into the Herald Office during Christmas week.

Cash donations from: R. Roche, Sydney; Mrs T N. Brocas, Rawene; Mangawhare Sunday School, per Miss Andrews; Misa 1). Morton. One Tree Hill; "JimParcels from Barbara Greenwood, Martinborough; Muy and George Rosa, Reefton; Lloyd .Davis, Mount Eden; Philip Hutchinson; Ronnie and Jack Potter. Ohura; lerenco George Carter, Il.erne Bay; " Bunty ; Molly and Cclin Firth. Paeroa; Marguerite, Barbara and Jeanne Du I'ontet, Waiotahi; Bob, Jack and Frank Watson, Maungatautari, Zorah and Peggie Porch, Hobsonville; Joan and Sonia Parkes; "Bib and Bub Hill. Horaho:ra; J-an and Frances Dunn, Northern Wairoa: Winnie Hughes, St. Heliers; Lorna Westh. Taumarunui; Jean and Audrey Witson, Waimai; Gertie F. Woodley, Mangamingi, Eltham; Audrey and Muriel Meads, Hunterville; Geoffrey Beal. Putaruru; Molly Baldwin, Putaruru; Mabel Nel3or., Ashburton; Mabel Alexander, To Awamutu; Vincent and Mary Roigard. Matamata; Joan and Kenneth Brooklield; William and_ Lilian Burns Mangapehi; Jimmy Cotter. Hinuera; Majorie and Muriel. Karaka; Gilbert. Adelaide. and Ronnie Deeming, Opua; Lorraine Morton, Papamoa; Miss Gane, Grafton Road; Phyllis and Gwyn Adams. Matamata; Marjorie Woods (aged 1), Tamaki West: the "Warren Family"; Peggy Phillips, Palmerston N.: Lila Hunt, Ashburton,; " A Friend"; Jean Fyfe. Marton Junction; Alex, Wilfred, and Ruth Macdonald. Bombay; Peggy Dashwood, Mount Eden;' Letty Hungerford, Karangahake; Joan and Patricia Solomon <4l and 16 months), Cambridge; Ronald Mouldey (ago 2); Doreen Stanford. Mokai; Joan Gentles, Stanley Point; Jack Jones, Devonport: Olive Hill, Otorohanga; Joan Thomas, Westport; Joyce Smytheman. Warkworth; Ailsa Bryan, Manukau; Jean Sargent (21 years), Pam Gaisford, Bulls; Dell, Ernest, and Noel Kirkpatrick, Epsom; Beatrice Sanders, Te Poi; Joan Cox, Maungaturoto; 'two little Whitmell boys (aged 4), Kaihero; Oliver Haumvaud; Jean Sandel,

Sunday. Moira, and Owen Mowbray, Taka£una; Tom Gibb,'Royal Oak; Victor, Eric, •ouglas, Henry and Catherine Driver, Manurewa; Joyco Smyth, Mount Albert; Nancy Broughton, Mount Eden Road; Betty Gentles. Stanley Point; N. Mcltines, Pc.pakura; N. Kensington; A Friend, Wainka ; Isa, Kathlyn and Jean Williams, Edendsile;* May Ross, Big River; Joan and Dulcie Mountain, Bay of Islands; J. Head. Maangatautarij Joyco Gooding, Ktimeu; Alex, Nora, and Brnce, Fencourt; Willie, Alice, and Mary, Westport; "Grace"; Peter and Mark Robertson, Takapuna; Milton Anderson, Mount Eden; Pearl laneham, Arapito: Clarence Moffitt. Papaknra; Agnes and Maigaret Vipond, Matakana; Gwen Harrington, Mt. Albert; " Olive."