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Observer, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2, 21 September 1912, Page 22

Mrs Godley (wife of the G.0.C.) writes :—To the ladies of New Zealand. I am writing to ask you to help a little in something which I know will interest you all, as almost every lady in the Dominion has sons, brothers, nephews, or cousins in the Senior Cadets. They will soon be commencing their training for this year, and- it seems to me it would be a help towards getting the very best results from their rifle shooting if ladies all over the Dominion would subscribe anything they like from Is upwards to form a general fund to. provide prizes for each district, to be shot for and called "The Ladies Prize."" I woiild suggest that the Mayoresses or ladies they may depute in each district, which is a centre of a Senior Cadet Company, should kindly undertake to receive subscriptions and collect in that district, giving her name and address in the .local paper, so that all might know to whom to send, and I would ask her to forward the amounts, as they come in, to me. We would acknowledge them and publish the amounts received in the papers.

It may seem ambitious, bitt let us try, if our funds will allow, to have a Ladies Prize for every Senior Cadet Company in the Dominion. We want the New Zealand Senior Cadets to be second to none all over the Empire, and I am sure this can best and soonest be accomplished by all the ladies joining and showing that they take a very real practical interest in the young men of the future who are to be their defenders. My husband, General Godley, at>proves very much of this idea of asking the ladies to encourage their Senior Cadets, and I trust that my suggestion may meet with yoiir approval and support.