Hongkong's lady workers on behalf of war calls are doing splendidly. There was an exhibition of some of their work at the City Hall the other day, where one saw 4,050 rolls of bandages, fifty flannel roll bandages, 1,500 knitted eye-bandages, 1,000 woven eye-bandages, 500 "many-tailed" bandages, and 1,200 mosquito nets. When one remembers that this large collection of needlework, representing so many hours of Inbour, is done by those who would otherwise be enjoying leisure hours or indulging in some sort of light recreation, the self-
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891 sacrificing nature of their efforts can be valued at their highest. It is good and noble work; and what is produced can be worn by a soldier without discomfort.
Hongkong ladies are paying particular attention to instructions which are being sent to them by local men at the front. The mos-quite nets are the result of an appeal by an old Hongkong boy who had been roasted and eaten, at intervals, on the Gallipoli Peninsula. This attention to what is really ne-must make the ladies' work even more valuable in the eyes of the soldiers who benefit from it. Many are quite overjoyed and send happy little chits to the "fairy-godmother in Hongkong."
I understand, in this connexion, that certain of the ladies pin messages to shirts, ete., which are sent to the front, and in almost every case the "Tommy" who has discovered the note has replied with the gallantry which one would expect, knowing the breed.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.