Garments Sent te Royal Navy in China; Letters Of Thanks Received Three hundred and fifteen garments made by members of the British Women's Association war work groups in Shanghai have been despatched through the Royal Naval Office here to Admiral Sir Percy Noble for distribution among the men of H.M. ships patrolling the China seas. The gift has been acknowledged by the naval authorities, who have expressed their thanks to the Association for so promptly supplying their needs. As a result of the action of the Association the Royal Navy in China waters has sufficient comforts and garments for the men at the present time.
The Red Cross Section has been working steadily since the Christmas holidays with very satisfactory results. The meetings continue to be well-attended at all the Association's centres, the President being among the workers at Headquarters each Wednesday where the work has been reorganized under the direction of the following ladles: Mrs. Duncan Main, Toller bandages; Mrs. E. S. Booth, many tail bandages and doctors' masks; Mrs, R. A. Saunders, gauze dressings; Mrs. J, H. Johns, Mra, B. Beswick and Mrs. Denegri, who are cutting out with the help of a tailor once a week, Among the garments made at Lady Clark Kerr's, Taikoo, Sassoon and Headquarters work centres up to January 1 are sixteen theatre squares, 1,320 gauze dressings, 264 abdominal swabs, 210 eye swabs. 2544 roller bandages, 277 slings, and many other hospital garments. The material in hand is 240 pieces.
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