ST. JOHN'S AMBULANCE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1163, 26 June 1911, Page 3

ST. JOHN'S AMBULANCE.

ANNUAL KEPOKTS. During the past soasiu (says the annual report of the General Committee oi the Wellington branch of the St. John Ambulance Association) a satisfactory number of students took the coarse oi instruction in first aid and home nursing, the total number being 467, of whica 218 were men and 219 were women. Ot tho*e 181 men and 120 women passed the subsequent examination. In audition to Wellington, classes were held at Hastings, llawcra, .Unit, Levin, Jlasterton, Otanc, I'almerstoii North, and Napier. Ilic tollowing were the surgeon instructors and examiners:— , _ T Instructors.—Doctors C. M. Begs, E. •>■ I) Deck, Elizabeth Gunn, A. G. Harvey, C. M. Hector, C. D. Henry, A. YV. Hogg, A W Izard, J. V. Kennedy, D. .d'Gavin, 'i'. C. Moore, V. T. Putnam, If. W. Stowc, W. M. Thomson. J. C Tosswill. Examiners.—Doctors !•'. T. Bowerban.;, M. Campbell, J. A. Cowie, J. J. Engar, E W Gic«en, A. W. Hogg, W. 11. J. Hutliwaito, J. A. Mncdotiell, G. H. Jlivams, P. T. Putnaw, J. I!oss, E. \\. Stowe. ' „" ~ , . . The good work of the district nurses still continues. Two ambulance Saturdays came within the period covered by. this report. The first, held on December •l! 1900, rcalisd .£227 os. 6d., and the second, held on October 29, 1910, £129 lis. lOd. For tie futu-j Ambulance Day will bo the first Saturday in November each 3 Through removal from Wellington two valued members of the committee, Messrs:. \. Crow and A. E. Pollock, have been lost. The services of Mrs. S. A. Rhodes, one of the vice-presidents, has r.lso been tei'iooiv.rily lost owing to her aosenco from New Zealand. Tue commit tec conveyed to her its appreciation ot her past services. , Tl-.o necessity for pioper permanent quarters for tlio association,, to ensure the more 'elfective carrying out of its ambulance and mirsi.ig responsibilities, is becoming more evident, and the time has arrived for efforts to be made to substantially nugme.it the "quarters fund. This should now be the main object, of the association. For this purpose there is a sum of «Cl5O in hand. The chief secretary of the- association has intimated Ins desire that this centre should have a headquarters buildi.ig as early as possible. Its rcalisiiim 'fill be of lasting benefit to the general public The past year has been very successful in mr.-av respects (says the annual report of" the Wellington Brigade). The membership shows an increase of five, and three membe.-s have been added to the reserve. The attendance of the members during the year has been highly satisfactory, seve'-al of them attending football matches throughout the season, also raco meetings at Miramar. Sixty cases were attended to by members, besides thirty by tiio members of the late Y.M.C.A. division, the greater part ot these taking place on tlvs football and hockey fields. A competition among the local 'divisions was hell in June, and a pound comprisiiiK Privates Miller, Dixon, Hislop and Sehulenburg proved be the 'winrors. Six squads competed. Thoro is a credit balance of W. 19s. Gd. It is satisfactory to record the formation of a corns in Wellington, comprising the city and suburban divisions

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