TRAMWAYS AMBULANCE WORK.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 668, 19 November 1909, Page 8

TRAMWAYS AMBULANCE WORK.

iThe;- '•:■ annual^.' report •• of •■''■ the; * ;W..elHiig>' m : ":; ton« .'jCorporatipn, ; .Tramway.: : :.Diyisjon'j, St '■."' ' 'i'.-.-. John . .Ambulaice? Brigade was • -■ at; last., ■nighfe ■ meeting .-of-.- the;vCMy;' : ■''•""'' Council. The; ion.: eco: (Mr. ■P. IL Cooper),\in; : .' '.: his i report, \ stated ■ that \during ■' the.' past ,jijif ;■;''.',■.■ thirty-nye meetings for.arill'andpractice.weM ■'.;'" .•;; held,/and ; fiye_ lectures .were' deliyered..'by.-prj,' ;. ;' 'Pell: •■.'!.■, Considerable: progress ' hae. ; , ~'Been! -; y , .'ln^,i.;.■■ , by^■.U■^lnemb^.■.\' i 'in.^^■'thβu;,;.\vβ^iotia•'^■■• ! .•.' ; ■v' kinas .■'■'. of-.'. bandaging . ■ and.' stretcher;.-drill, i-'. : " r nnder. 'instrpction,, v pf';•-' the- ■finperin-■•' -■'- ■ tendent and;-the i first -ofiicer, ;assi6ted'by ; ]tfr.>: i.; ; Sandojv- of; -the .-Wellington'■-.Dimioni < -''Vli[ilM v '.'..'::.'. small!first-aid.hampers have' been, placed at i.' V: jurictions. and-other-points' on thesyetera,'..andi> j ajlarge;hamper!at'the:carshedß.' f - in' addition, ■-'■ ;. ■ two;'stre(;chers; 1 for 'practice arid aquan'tityVof- ~; ■.'.'■; bandages';'and! splints : and : charts,'-hayej■"• oeenV;-v procured. ."■;• ■~.- ■-'■. .■."•'. ; : '.';.■■ : ' "..".- '\ >.'V:.;,>.; :;, .- ; ': •: .Twenty" cases were atttndM'to'by'.member*-. '': V during 'the' year,.according : to the official'book'': '■.. •:.■■'■■■ but'thia was , only a portiotf of the' workdonv! 'J"-''-by, thoi'^divisipn;- 1 The balance-shuet' shows 1 ' <' ■ '■'•.'. credit".of;'je3-il9B. ( ; Stir"?'■:""'•■'■. . : •'• ''"••.■.:•'.•■- : I ' ".''■. ; . : ! ; : Thoisuperintondetit (Mr'.'B. Ei "Chtirch) r^ '"'■■■. ported; that" the I 'enrbllcd, strength ,l of' the. divi. ' ■=' ' sion fii'^arfd.'ffiat the bn iThp.lp'!W the eqttipi 'v". '-.. .' moht'was' , iri : : first-class'order.';.iV' :■• v.'..,•;■■;. "A^- : " ■'■ ' in a "covering report, ' pointed; out the great value of th« ■servfcee' 1 . .this organisatjpnils,rendering-'to-the'tramways.- ■■'■■ In view.,of the valuable'; rendered, trained ,■, , . men oh; the roaJis,; theJ'engfneer "regrets. , that a '■'■'•■ .'• . larger, number; pf traffio eimjloyees" have'-,riot N realised thi!desirability of obtaining a knoVr- :. ; 'ledge" of first-aid Vrirk'.-' , """■' : ; '■.•"■ , : : ,;-.. .-:!, : ■:■ - . •.-.• ■:■■.■■.■ .•.-:i'nf-.-j J -..'.'.-- ; v ■'■■? "-•:■■'■■. ■-.