OTAGO WOMEN'S PATRIOTIC ASSOCIATION.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16463, 16 August 1915, Page 5

OTAGO WOMEN'S PATRIOTIC ASSOCIATION.

Work was carried on as usual on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. Oases containing comforts lor H and J Squadrons have buen despatched to Wellington, and on Tuesday, August 10, extra socks and handkerchiefs for 500 men were sent to Lieutenant Jennings for D Company, 6th Reinforcements, who leave Wellington shortly.

The committee will be very grateful if all those who have parcels to bring in will leave thein at the hall on Wednesday and Thursday week. This does away with the necessity for members of the association being on duty every day at the hall when there is so much to be done in other branches of patriotic work outside. Under the supervision of Mr Jame6 Brown, the association has undertaken to look after the tea rooms at the carnival. Donations of cakes will be gratefully received at the Early Settlers' Hall to-day, to-morrow, and Wednesday. If any who intend giving donations would send a post card to the hon. secretary saying on which day they intend forwarding their donations it would make the arrangements much more easily completed. Cases and large parcels of goods have been received from the women of Maungatua, Tapanui, Queenstown, Mataura, Rivensdale, Clinton, North-East Valley \V omen's Association, Milton (books), Waikaia Kaitangata (per Mrs Aitchison), pupils of Waipiata School, Wanaka School Akatore School, Green Island School, West laieri branch of the Women's Patriotic Association, and pupils of Outram School. Ino committee is also verv grateful to the employees of Messrs Ross'and Glendining's Dactory, who gave up three evenings recently to make shirts, undershirts, and pyjamas for the hospital equipment. The following donations have been receivedl:—Lady Liverpool Fund (Goods): Mrs Calender (Allanton), Mrs M'Lennan (Wcdderburn). Mrs Barclay (St. Leonards), Anderson Bay Girls' Club, Mrs Shrimpm n ' £ Ir A A | mes (Kokonga), Mrs M'Lay jDanback), M». Williamson (Roxburgh), Mrs Kydd. (Henot), Mrs Jack (Warepa Mrs Sinclair (Heriot), Mrs M'Kenzie, Mrs P.* /w : , M i ra Mansfield (Mosgiel), Miss Park _ (Waitati) Miss Jennie Short, Miss Winnie DcW Miss Walker, Mrs J. Greer Ranfiirly), Mrs John Roberts, Miss «W IS L l° nard T s) ' , Mrs W - Ran,say m-m £ n \'r Jacobs ' ilrs M - Gu ™ (Hillend), Mrs Gibson, Mrs W. W. (Kelso) M« gSO, *$?■ W J ight (Musselburgh£ Mrs Buchanan Miss Stewart. Miss Mavis Blackie, Miss M'Ara, Miss Porter (Caversham), Mrs Menzies (Anderson Bay), Miss Gether. Master Bilk- Lacy, Teddy Jaylor, Norman Shepherd, Mrs Nevill (Bishopsgrove) Miss Reid. Mrs Harkind rw? rOW V M "S Fi6her ' Mrs Lewin > Miss Uimeron Miss Summers (Waikoikoi). Mrs Gardno. Miss L. Scoble, Mrs M'Millan Anonymous. Mrs Whipps, Miss Farra, Mrs Stewart, Miss A. F. Rattray, Mrs J. Bain Mrs Ingram, Mrs Mallard '

NORTH-EAST VALLEY WOMEN'S PATRIOTIC ASSOCIATION

Notwithstanding the many distractions incident to the Queen Carnival, the women hZ i° f #"? MBo PJ»t»on continue to bring along their weekly quota of work Again a large number of socks, Balaclavas' scarves, pyjamas and hospital slippers have been duly forwarded to the Central Associa;L° n 'i i he i . ex « su *> v e acknowledges with thanks donations from the following — Airs Co£ Mrs Bailey Mrs Reid, Mrs Couston, M;ss Begg, and Mr Dowie.

JOTTINGS. Members of the staff of the- Danedin tramways on Saturday wore white bands on then- arm* as a tribute to the memorv of Irooper A. M'C. Moir, late night watchman and repairer, who died at Port Said from enteric, while on active service. The name of Lieutenant J. C. Lauder of the Bth Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, appears in the list of casualties at Home. He is the son of Harry Lauder the well-known Scottish comedian Lieutenant-colonel Plugge, who was wounded at the first landing, in the' Dardanelles, has since been suffering from Mediterranean fever. He is, according to a recent letter, now in London, and progressing favourablv.

It was stated at Wednesday's meeting of the Auckland Education Board that no fewer than 73 of its teachers had joined the Acw Zealand Expeditionary Force Of these three have already been killed in action, and four have been wounded A fine Hudson motor ambulance wa3 presented recently by members of the Sydney Girls' Realm Guild to the military authorities. Colonel Luscombo officially received the gift which was presented by Mrs Crichton Smitn, head of the Wahroonga centre of the guild. The ambulance is of the latest type, and can accommodate four stretchers. It will be used for some time at Liverpool camp before going to the front.

The following is an extract from a letter of a doctors wife formerly a resident in Cnristchureh, now living in London: "How superbly the New Zealand and Australian boys have acquitted themselves in the Dardanelles Their courage, their capacity their dash, are on everybody's lies that one meets One clever, important city magnate said to me: ' The Australasian men have beaten all previous British records for bravery ond prowess, and covered themselves with imperishable glory.' and to beat all British records is to beat all records " In a letter from an officer of the New Zealand Forces at the Dardanelles received in Christchurch on Wednesday, the writer says that things have been von slack indeed lately, and if the Allies go on at the same rate they will be there for a very long time yet. Ho ment : ons that one of the functions of the aeroplanes is to drop proclamations and pamphlets into the Turks' lines, and on one occasion a bundle of thrse was let go. which, fall-ntr from a height on to a Turkish officer, killed him outright This, was certainly unintentional, and" an unfortunate way of introducing literature which was supposed to be amicable. On Thursday W (savs our Invrreargill correspondent) Mr A. R. Howie received word from his son Gunner William Howie who hail been previously reported k-'lled' The letter was dated, and h>"s parents woulti be very pleasantly surprised, s r ne<> official word had been received on June 18 th.>t Gunner Howie had died of wounds. Ho was in hospital nt Zeitoun camn recovering from a shrannrl wound received while carN ing ammunition to a battery, and he had just time to writn n few lines to let his people know that he was alive.

Association footballers and others will learn -with cronnino reo-rct of the death at sea of Corpora! David Ken- Haigr. of tli" Now Zealand Ficlrl Engineers. CorporM Haic was educated at the Mornington Public School, and afterwards entered che employ of Messrs Wripht. Stephenson, and Co. Ho was a keen cricketer, and will be remembered as a memher of the Mornington Association team during: the davs of its success. Corporal Hrr; e was the "sixth son of tho ]ato Mr .T. Hater. Onlv a few days asro his people received a chre'rv lettefrom him statmc that he had hern' havr?" a month in thp trenches, and was intend health. Unfortunately h" contracted" '.- n . Wir. and had to be buried at sr a three days before the hosnifal s hi n reached the has". Mrs Hai?ba.s two other sens „" r w th the British section of the -\rmv «• •• v;ce and F-d /who is on th" hosP l n "ir P I > lahrn ? ) - Ho-nor,l Hai> 1-ndr' at Gallipol, on April 25. h-imr or, bo=,rd th" second pontoon that reached th" shorHe was in the trencher „p t : ]| the '' : ->-n h" contacted enteric. He was a momkr of th- Forrrsfers' T.od-e. and Ikl.l office '" J Kxcels,or at the time of his departure. Hn was also a prominent member ot the Mornmcton Prcsbvtcrian Church wnere a memorial service was conducted last evening.