ST. JOHN AMBULANCE.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16261, 11 July 1918, Page 8

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE.

MEETING OF GENERAL 'COMMITTEE;'!

Tho General Committee of the St. Jofin fe Ambulance Association met last night,. Mr'^ 1 Arthur E. G. Rhodes presiding. Apologia! ■woro rooeived. from Bishop 13 rod ie, M» Wol-af kins, Miss SproseHi and Captain W. W. JSc- \ Kinney. ■ • r. . , \ % Arising: out of tho minutes of lost monthV meeting, th® chairman, referring to tho di»* > ; " continuanco of advertising of clffiMs, said-* 1 - that they ought to keep thio classes going' though, it was war time. '. *41 The eocrctarv . aaid that if-tho .Medical 'A»fiocia tion could supply lecturers' tho rlitr** S could go' on. Th© reason lio had hot sp-' 1 proachcd the Association .was thftt" a pro> , jected class at the Technical College was not > . now going to start till September. It was decided that the oeoretary should approach tho Association in respect; of pro-'lv viding lecturers. /

Lieut.-Col. Croswoll 1 reported on his intwview with the secretary of tbo Anchor' Lodge of Druids, and said lie jiad been informed -S that thero wio 170 members of the lodfls. Some years ago the lodg».on making 1 a- *üb- v----scription to tbo Association's funds of -oßs guinea, received three tickets entitling menh, heirs to the nse of th* ambulanoo free en thro© occasions. The lodge was quite williitj • to make a similar subscription, - which the, secretory said would cmaplemjnt' bv another cruinea if six tickets for twelve month* %

■were is-TUod. _ • . : » ' On the motion of the chairman, it cided to aoeode to thi« request, and to riw. r» the eairiA f»rms to any other friendly which applied. J Th<» hon. treasurer (Mr C. J» Konald*>n) submitted th« financißl ehowinif , £975 2s, expenditure £338 4s 10d (in", olndin? £270 for clwsiii for To. 2 motor am* hnlcnoo). Tho ftrcd f t at tht Bank £l>®3 15s Id, nr.d nt T>.0.5.8. .C7o!> 12«, motor nwihnlcncrt account £195 16b 3d. choral fund £PC3 Is sd. pnd accrued £21 10? Sd. -v.; The p«cr"fnry reuoi+'d that he hop»d to, 1 haw the draft annual report and balancepheet rMdv in a ,w<*lc or ten days, H would _ i th»<n cull the ejpvnHve toe»»4lH»r. The work of fittinsr up the Tfn. 2 motor ambulance *H beimf gone on. with. .•