WOMEN’S WORK.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4010, 17 August 1915, Page 6

WOMEN’S WORK.

WHAT THE GISBORNE LADIES HAVE DONE.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FROM THE HIGH COMMISSIONER.

The Women’s Patriotic Committee 1 received a cable from Lady Godley at Alexandria, saying that she would be glad to receive Hospital garments for her convalescent homo. The Undersecretary of Internal Affairs informed; the committee that if the garments could be despatched immediately, he would send them to Lady Godley by the troopship leaving shortly. Four eases and two bales of clothing were shipped on Wednesday last, containing mattresses, blankets, sheets, pillows, pillow-slips, pyjamas, nightshirts, day shirts, bedroom slippers, bedsocks, " handkerchiefs, bedjaekets, nightingales, socks, bandages, and sundries, such as books, cigarettes, and stationery. The committee have also received a telegram from Lady Godley, asking if they will bo willing to make waistcoats of tanned sheepskins, with no wool, for the men at the Dardanelles in readiness for the winter. Her Excellency is forwarding a sample waistcoat and- pattern for the assistance or the committee. The following letters have also been received from the High Comrnissionei regarding eases ol clothing that the committee'have sent to England ioi the relief of the Belgians and poor of England:— , V “1 have now pleasure in in forming you that the 17 eases of clothing sent to mo on behalf ol the Women s Patriotic Committee for the Poverty Bay district ex s.s. Star of Australia were distributed as follows —: Cases Nos. 1, 2 and j wore handed, at the request of the Belgian. Consul here, to Mr JA. Navaux, 8 Chiswcll Street, E.C. it is understood that these three cases were forwarded by Mr Navaux to Belgium, for the relief ol distress in chat country. The 1.4 eases numbered

4/17 were delivered in accordance with the-specification of addresses received from you. The recipients, in acknowledging receipt of these eases, while thanking me for your gifts, inform me that they purpose writing direct to you concerning them. The kindness of the Women's Patriotic Committee in sending such a splendid gift was highly appreciated, and 1 can only again thank them on my own account as well as on. behalf of those who have received the goods.” “As you, of course, have heard .s-omc time ago, the 20 eases of clothing so kindly forwarded by the Gisborne Women’s Patriotic Committee per s.s. Tokomaru were lost through that vessel being sunk by the Germans. A claim was lodged with the insurance company and £I9S was recovered on your behalf. This money lias been paid into the bank, and is being used by me for the purpose for which your kind gift was forwarded—the relief of distress amongst those suffering through the war. Owing to the Joss of your cases I made arrangements for other eases which were being forwarded to me per troopships, and which, were placed in niy hands for disposal at my discretion, to he sent to the addresses you intended the cases nor s.s. Tokomaru to reach, anti a specification of which you had sent me. Recognising that" the goods might not be similar to those you had forwarded, and in order that the recipients might- be satisfied, I sent one ease in excess of the number intended by you to each address. For instance, I allotted Airs Herbert Vincent two eases instead of one, Mrs HerbertHartwell four cases instead of three, and Miss R. Cheethain three eases instead of two; and so on. In -ins way I-believed that both your committee and the recipient.-, would no satisfied. I have received your letter of_ the 17th March asking hie to distribute the money recovered from the insurance company in the proportion of £•]{) per case to each intended recipient. Owing to t lie fact tha tI ha redone as staled above, J. am using your money for purposes of general relief of distress. 1 hope, therefore, that tiie arrangements I have made, and what I have clone in the interests of your committee, will be satisfactory to them.” The committee wishes to acknowledge the following gifts:—Caps from Mesdames \Vilham.son, Jack Graham, A. A. Todd, Royds, Kennedy, Lysnar, and Aliases Westbrook, Rosie, Wright, Bela Morrison, Kennedy Sidey; bedjackets, Airs A. A. Todd: 3 pyjamas, 5 shirts, and bedjaekets, Mrs Gilhird; shirts, Airs C. H. Ferris; 54 handkerchiefs, Airs Hogg’s school.