THE AMBULANCE BRIGADE.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20168, 21 February 1931, Page 11

THE AMBULANCE BRIGADE.

: WORK! OF THE WEEK. Mf.tJJp. to> & p.nv;jspaterday "the St.''John I*j«e 'Amftrulanoe Servicehad responded . ajo c«lla, The greater number -of .« i : * Sty. pkent* „wer9 giyen. first ' aid- attention'. Twenty refugees from | '%e eartl#U}lw area received' free modi- | ;j 1 frfA and Wilt- i *' lying district! calls. „ The newly-painted is sow ready for service, and wfllybe ou'tlle road to-day. Division.met at the . SffciaF Bait in the railway -station. ■ ;. - be^;.j»f,'wol^ationa!ry ? atof the'largest"in the dlsJV W. <&[& '< Surgeon, #ls .in, attend- ' drops* ojiffactures, at the, conclusion of yretf. invited. -.' A §<%£ of '57 .accidents'" were treated , l»y< this- division througlic]it 1 and' ,fonr*t cases I : #*3 hospital. ; *9. Bonaington> de-;< . -public doty for the f - .f 8 - f,- - > - meeting iii the Tuesday evening. Mrs I Suwriijteiwlent,' presided, . ovjir, and several new «, i were enrolled. - - Mrs Angus and *■ and Biggs gave a seriesiof*; Tnembejrs acquitted .theptfelyes" m a'very '. nwwmer. ]pbiie. duties,.weye arranged; * for the'free imbulanee 'service and the to-day. r At the conclusion of tfte meeting several certificates were 1ty.,3 Nursing 'Division K fcejcttlieir meeting 00 evening,att&e Brigade rooms," under ;^4ias l Harbor r sLady Superintendent. Five; ; .members offered*' their] services to give Ms?ntipi}' to' earthquake refugees pass* " ing througkvtH? St; John First Aid ; Depot. on tte railway station; ■ 'At the close or tfye ; meeting Dr; L. 0. Ij.'AyerUFp resignation ar divisional 'gtygeofr'was''accepted with "regret, and? Dr. W- Piebtfore Was appointed inhis stead. v : ? >* < ■ —- As the' Girl" Guide Nursing Division is respongi&le for to item *op the programme as~the" Scout and Guide Bally ;on; '7tly-special training, is now, being panned out ui)der the supervision Dawson and the Xrsdy Superintendent. The ~ Christchuroh Men's Ambulance Division iqemftrs met on Wednesday jevenjijg.at. the Brigade roomg. There was' a good- muster on - parade, under SuperintendentW.. Wootton. ' FirstOfficer Palmer gave' instruction in atrqtcher drill; and later bandaging and splinting was carried o.ut under. Super? intendent Wootton, The following inetnbprs were appointed ;for public duty ' at Monica Park to-night V Privates }3enofft' and Stevens, x Beakenham Nursing Division members met at: the ' Brigade rooms,' . under, Mrs ,M. Gay/ the, newly-ap-ppinted Ifody Superintendent, Members reported 011 their services on the St, John XQmbttlqpce, various pionics/y&jul, theijJ wprfe 'with.' refugees, at the railway staliozi .ambulance, depot,,, gevelal probationers who Jiavjß passed in &est k}d and Ifquje nursing were as full ' . ' / ;, M?mbei;B ,of are, kept' very busy seeing' for earthquake rc.fugees; ' •*