THE EMPIRE'S WAR ACTIVITIES
RED CROSS ON HOSPITALS FOR MILITARY HOSPITALS ONLY
Surprise was expressed by members at the monthly meeting of the Thames Hospital Board "when the secretarj* read a leLter from the Department of Health "which staled that under 110 circumstances should tlie Board display a red cross on any of. the Board's hospitals. The chairman, Mr P. E. Brenan, explained that the red cross wafc for the protection of military hospitals while ordinary hospitals could be bolnbed similarly to a warehouse. The letter from the Department of Health read as under :— "A number of inquiries have recently been received as to Avhat flag or emblem should be used to designate First Aid Posts, or other medical units of Emergency Precautions Services. It should be clearly understood hat under no circumstances should the Red Cross emblem be displayed on any civil establishments as its use is confined solely to military hospitals under military control.
"This Department has taken up with the United Kingdom Government the possibility of using some other form of protective sign such as that prescribed in Article 5 of the Hague Convention No. 7 of 1907, but after consultation and consideration of the matter from every aspect the use of this; emblem is net deemed to be of any real value for the purpose of affording the protection sought."
"Total war need not mean total gloom. The Government have said that amusements, relaxation and personal conduct of our lives must rightly be confined to limits whereby our war sup plies are not being wasted or our Avar effort harmed. "There arc however, a lot of cranks with the 'killjoy' mentality who are taking advantage of this to read into it something a\'lh?!i is not meant, ft does not mean no fun for anj'body. "!f our young men lly hard, let them have a party and be cheerful. If someone works or <>(! hours a vjek let them go to the cinema or to such races as may be allowed, or dance the evening through."—Capt. H. H. Balfour. M.P., joint UnderSee ret arv for Air, in a recent Knglish broadcast/
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 82, 24 July 1942, Page 3
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353THE EMPIRE'S WAR ACTIVITIES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 82, 24 July 1942, Page 3
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