FOR DEFENCE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 529, 9 June 1909, Page 8

FOR DEFENCE.

KAROItr BOROUGH RESOLUTION. '. ' jAt 'vlast,, -night's' meeting of the Karori Borough Council, a letter was received from 'Mr. -R. M. Hacket, secretary of the National rLeagno pf New Zealand, soliciting''the council's /assistance in-keeping; the movement in favour;of.'the-universal training of, the youth of the Dominion prominently before tho public. Several city, and,borough! councils, the writer added,; had ,already/ . by' resolution, directed' the-.Goverument's to the strong public feeling; in favour, of universal .train_mg,-.7and. .others 'had' .'convened public 'meetings. Ho hoped the council would see its - way-to invito Mr. R. M'Nab to speak at Karori. In any .event,, it was believed that ;the coilnoil • would 'give public expression -to i its -views on i thei.question - of defence. ; ; . The Mayor (Mr. C. I. Dasent) expressed • himself,:m ; fav,our of;-;the scheme 1 , but he did 'not think there was. any necessity to hold ' a .; :^:;Karori,- . as' Karori had' been concerned in liieetings in the cit.v; A public. ; expression of/the council's attitude ,was asked; for.';.' Did the, councillors desire,'he asked, to givo this-oxpression? - Councillor Weddo ..moved"That ; the re- '• quest-be: complied: with, and that Mr. M'Nab be; invited; to- ICarori to give an address, and .that tho,, council 'express its appreciation\of the. league's :action regarding universal' trainK;->, ; '/Alluding, to a' reference , to .the: old . Karori ..V6lM^ra,vthi>^yor\said. lie '■ had . sorvod sixteen years, but he-never got any . thanks for it; , Ho met; the Karori Corps .years • ago,, when- they .'..were on the, march at tho last Maori, war.They wero at-Parihaka, when their-comniandcir njado a stirring speech' on the day of battle, and he told them that if anyone of .thorn turned'back he - would receive a revolver l bullet. ; ' - ; ;,,.,Th^m'otion 1j was-carried. unanimously/ ".

LECTURE BY DR. GUNN. 'v C~9 . " "/.' -V:, ';-'X ' ..-What to-do when iyori'catch fiie,:when yottr '.baby 'falls ; gainst a red-hot stovo, how' to ; the: fainting, tho hysterical,. and tie -wounded—thesoiveresomo offche useful hints that /Dr.'.iElizabbth ;.GUnn ■ gavo her audience She had ; ;- a .: v ? I 3tg° I HI 'a 'most apprecia-. .tiye" one,) and.iiito\her le<Hnire''Bhe packed a .i-great;. amount-,of -information that the,-first' aid 'student .'usually; acquires laboriously. It was a lectors , that. . have; been 'heard with profit by . a ,much .-larger, audience, , and the aunts as to ; whatslioiild not bo done were as 'the,directions of how tofact in 'em^rgonQics.X-'Everyone knows that, if ;V.;'womah -catches vfiro' (the floor ia tho best ■placelor her,;but she.forgets that it is iriso . not ;to throw, herself-down on tho burning ipart, .'that, to lie- on;-^Jie.flames; is ,to .let'thom' have every, opportunity,l of.' mounting up. Dr. : Gnnn . emphasised - the - fact tbat : a flame -on .the' upper part of .tho. prostra.te bo% is not' nearly.a's ; . dangerous; as;the flame that-may creep upwards from the floor. 'and;; all hor ; hearers no. doubt determined that if ever .they oanght fire andiflnrig" themselves on.the -in-the inter-jVals.-tofi .rollmg Liho.ifire ..outl..'. Among otheT prohibition'sI'were1'were -bettefi'known ones such as oil too mnch.when, ponring it into ft child, s - ear ,tp irbmove .any insect;' that! may ,havx>.crept.-innot-to coveT a wound ovor ;.wnth ;p aster so ' : thit"'nb,, air'may -penetrate: not-to let the. air. worry, a burn; not to touch .any wound wit-h; hands that have: not been ,ol«insed..with boraeic noid. : Dr. Gunn also rommded her audience that ■When.:My .person' soomed'likely' to faint hor ; Jiead should-at once be lowered. She should .mado it as far as tho knees to' let, tho.:blood flow;back-.to tho-head.-There ; was;.al_so ani interesting .domonstration of the way. ; ,totod cuts .and the way to'change bed:,ding -when.d patient was too ill to be moved. A/boy kindly, lent himself for .the purpose of these, demonstrations, and- two'nurses earned 'out Dr. _Gunn-s instructions.: ... ■ lcoture a heai+y vote ot:thanks,,to;pr. .Gunri: was carried. Mrs ' 3 ?. Lnko presided. .