All day yesterday: the work done by members of the B.W.A. War Work Sections was on view at the Associa tion Headquarters 12 The Bund, and the amount, variety and excellence of the exhibits was amazing.
'The work displayed by the Red Cross Section included 636 hospital garments, such as pyjamas and nightshirts, 10,440 roller bandages, 6,885 gauze dressings, 1,688 bandages, slings etc, 239 doctors' masks etc, and all the work looked so fresh that it was hard to believe that it had been touched by hands. Every scrap of material is utilized, even the selvedges which have to be cut off before the rolls of material are used, are knitted up on large needles to make very serviceable swabs for cleaning purposes. In. future the price of materials will be higher, but even so, with careful buying and the low cost of production, the prices of these garments compare very favourably with those in England, and they make a far more satisfactory contribution than would an actual cash donation of the amount expended.
With the Knitters The Knitting Section's garments were many and. various including socks, stockings, hospital stockings, helmets, sweaters, both with and without sleeves, and every garment appeared to have been made by a professional, although the work had not been selected, it represented the average standard of work put into the 10475 garments knitted during the last seven months. If by any chance a garment does not come up to standard: it is unravelled and the wool knitted up again, but so far the number of garments that have had to be reknitted does not amount to half a dozen.
All the patterns both in the Red Cross and the Knitting Section are regulation, and have been sent from England, and great care is taken to that they are correct in every de-
Forwarding Free Although the tables in the Association's big hall were full to overflow ing, 25 large packing cases of garments were dispatched to England about a week ago. It does not cost the Association one cent for packing, insurance and freight to England—generous friends provide.
Consignments are sent periodically to the British Red Cross, London, to the Navy, Army and Air Force, England, and to H. M. Forces in China, but funds are needed to build up a reserve both in capital and stocks and the smallest donations will be gratefully received at the Association Headquarters, 12 The Bund.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.