FOR MINE SWEEPERS.

White Ribbon, Volume 23, Issue 270, 18 December 1917, Page 2

FOR MINE SWEEPERS.

41, Kent Terrace, Wellington, • , December sth, 1017. Dear White Ribbon Sisters, — I have now much pleasure in submitting the following report, as promised, in connection with my appeal to the Unions for warm comforts for

the mine-sweepers and torpedoed crews. The contributions received from the Unions and the public throughout the Dominion, in both goods and money, are as follows :

The total money and goods has now been handed over by me to the British and Foreign Sailors’ Society, Wellington, for transmission to their Head Office in London, and an audited account of the whole transaction is being submitted by them to the Minister of Internal Affairs. I do trust and pray that these 26 cases of lovely garments, which you have all helped to provide, will arrive in London safely. As you can imagine, I have had a good deal of work with this appeal, but am more than recompensed for it all by the hearty response that has been made by the L nions throughout New Zealand. I take this opportunity of thanking all the Unions for the splendid support they have given me in response ' to my appeal. Might I suggest to all the Unions who succeeded in securing the help of their local papers in connection with this effort, that they might convey from me, to their papers, my thanks for the valuable

help they gave this matter? I know for a certainty that they helped very considerably to make the result such a success. I also wish to thank all friends of Union members who made contributions of cash or goods throughout the Dominion, also the gentlemen who helped to pack the cases or assist the Union members in any way. I do not need to remind you that the war still continues, but nevertheless I trust and pray that in God’s good providence, as Superintendent, it will not be necessary for me to make another appeal. But if it should be otherwise, I have every confidence in the women of the W.C.T.I’, in New Zealand helping the brave mine-sweepers and torpedoed crews. We owe these men a debt we can never repay. Thanking you all once more.— Yours in the work, BESSIE NIMMO.

Goods VV.C.T. Unions. Cash. Valued. £ s. d. £ s. d. Pukekohe i >4 6 3 9 0 Lower Hutt — 10 0 0 Normanby 11 9 0 1 11 6 Feilding o 12 6 5 0 0 Hamilton East... — 5 0 0 Ormondville o 18 0 3 0 0 Ashburton io 10 0 5 0 0 Gisborne 4 0 70 0 0 Waipukurau — . 57 0 0 Masterton 50 0 0 G8 0 0 Waipawa — J6 4 Hastings 6 10 G 20 0 0 Auckland 23 7 6 too 10 6 Greymouth 3 7 6 > 1 >3 6 Opotiki — 3 10 0 Napier — 49 13 0 Nelson 8 0 0 26 14 0 Blenheim — 40 0 0 Invercargill 28 0 9 208 0 0 New Brighton ... 1 4 0 3 4 0 Wanganui Cent. — 8 0 0 Wanganui E. ... 1 5 6 8 4 6 Woodville — 4 10 0 Timaru — 9 3 10 Takapuna — 1 18 6 Cambridge — 10 8 6 Bluff 4 iG 6 10 2 6 Newtown 1 5 0 — Petone 1 8 0 — Hawera Co 0 0 — Onehunga 3 11 0 — Waihi 1 5 0 — Belfast ... 11 >4 6 — Norse wood 3 18 0 — Tokomaru Maori 47 10 0 — Pakairi 'j 3 0 — Morrinsville i 1 0 — Eltham •7 5 0 — Otautau B. of H. 1 0 0 — Mosgiel 1 0 6 — Oxford Y. 1 0 0 — •Okaiawa 1 0 0 •Xgaruawahia — •Dannevirke ... — •Tokomaru Bay 24 10 0 *Marton 1 2 6 *V\ cTfington — •VVarkworth '0 0 0 *TE. Valley ... 0 0 *Edendale % Southland 25 2 6 •Dunedin City... 4 0 0 •New Plymouth 11 0 0 •Rakaia ,,,

Goods W.C.T. Unions. Cash. Valued. £ s. d. £ s. d. *Goods sent in by other Unions not priced by VV.C.T.U. and combined with goods from general public. Total value amounting to 130 18 IC Contributions from Other Sources. Mr Crowthers, Karori 2 0 0 Mrs G. Olives, Mangaweka 3 0 0 Friend 0 10 0 Mrs Gandin, Hataitai 0 2 6 Palmerston N. town & country Women Workers’ Patriotic Shop 100 0 0 Mrs Moiton, Auckland 0 5 0 Miss and Mrs Joseph 2 0 0 Misses Perry, Kelburn 2 0 0 Two Lady Friends 0 10 0 Friend 1 1 0 Mrs J. Port, Wellington ... 1 10 0 j£5*o 15 9 £921 14 6