LADY DUFF SPEAKS TO RED CROSS

Chronicle (Levin), 18 September 1946, Page 4

LADY DUFF SPEAKS TO RED CROSS

WAR WORK OF V.A.D.'s IN BRITAIN While the United Kingdom High Commissioner, Sir Patrick\Duff, was a guest of the Levin Rotary Club on Monday, Lady Duff was entertained by the Levin branch of the Red Cross Society, and members filled the Women's Division rooms for the . occasion. Lady Duff, accompanied by the Mayoress (Mrs. H. B. Burdekin) arrived at the rooms at 1.30 p.m. and was introduced to members of the branch and ladies of other organisations present by the branch president (Miss H. E. Bowen) . Miss Bowen then warmly welcomed Lady. Duff and presented her with a box of flowers and a bunch of stocks. Lady Duff thanked the branch for the flowers, and said that she had intended to take some flowers with her when she left Levin. She then gave a most interesting talk on V.A.D. work -during the war; how from Monday to Friday she lived underground, commencing work at 7.30 a.m. and continuing until 6 p.m. She told a story of a man who had had an encounter with a bomb, burning his foot and coming daily to have it dressed. He told Lady Duff that she was not like other nurses. She never said, "How are you to-day?" but, "What is it like outside?" Rationing was accepted by everyone at Home, said Lady Duff, because it was fair and reasonable. The King and Queen were rationed the same as everyone else. She was especially interested in the work of the Junior Red Cross. She spoke in growing terms of the work of the Red Cross and expressed her admiration of the achievements of the Levin Sewing Circle. During the afternoon, Mrs. Wilson, president of the Sewing Circle, presented Lady Duff with a food parcel for Britain. Lady Duff assured the meeting that parcels sent to Britain would certainly be delivered if the reguiations were adhered to. Miss Bowen then thanked Lady Duff for her visit, and said that she hoped there would be another and longer one.