VISITOR FROM SYDNEY.
AN OLD THAMES GIRL. A visitor to Thames to take part In the Jubilee- celebrations was Mrs B. Keats vice-president of the Sydney Soldiers’ Mothers, Wives and Relatives? Victory Association. Mrs Keats, who has been living in Australia for a number of years, is an old Thames glrh being the .eldest daughter of the late Mr John Leyden, who was well-known In political circles before leaving New Zealand. Mrs Keats spoke very interestingly of the work of the Soldiers’ Mothers, Wives and Relatives’ Victory Association. She said the organisation had a membership of some 300, and its activities were manifold, each being In ) some way or another closely connected/ with the welfare of returned men. Mrs Keats said the Association was recognised and assisted by the New South Wales Government. It- worked in conjunction with the Red Cross Association and the National Council of Women, and the members did all In their power to r bring happiness to those who were not so fortunate as themselves. /
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Thames Star, Volume LXI, Issue 16940, 2 August 1927, Page 5
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