RED CROSS FLAG DRIVE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 310, 19 September 1918, Page 2

RED CROSS FLAG DRIVE

WORKING FOB THE OUR DAY APPEAL. A meeting of those interested in the sur Day Appeal Red Cross Flag Drive was held in tlio Council.Chambers last evening. The Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke, C.M.G., M.1 , .) opened the meeting by remarking- that in spite of other patriotic activities they must not loso sight of the need for cordial co-operation in working -for the Red Cross in the various theatres or war. He was very' pleased to do'till that he could in his ollioial capacity to further such work, and so. was Mrs. Luke, who greatly regretted that she. was not able to bo present at the meeting. Mr. Luke thereupon asked Mr. Shirtcliffe to take thft chair. Mr. Shirtcliffe, after explaining that hn was. merely .temporarily fulfilling tho position of chaimiaiv that evening, called upon the 'secretary to o.utlinc what had been done since- they had last met., The report stated that several subcommittees had been set un, and to each ono had been apportioned some particular form of activity in connection, with the flag drive.- So far mattors were progressing very satisfactorily.

'Mr. M. Carr reported that the Flag Drive Committee had also accomplished a considerable amount of work. Tho city had been subdivided iiuo areas ready for canvassing, a design for the. Hag around which the whole campaign centred finally chosen, and various busi-. j:css matters in connection with the organisation o; the scheme dealt with. Owing to illness, Mr. Wilson had had to retire, from taking an active part in the work, and Mr. Marryntt had taken Ids place. Air. Carr announced himself as being confident that tho drive wlien once it was started would rouse a great deal of enthusiasm, as it had dons in Australia wherever it liiul been organised. H was possible that the committeo might at times feel a little weary, and that a brief rest would bo a very grateful thing. No doubt some of the boys, in the trenches felt the same, and it was of them that they all had to think. Mr. Carr further suggested that in. regard to the canvassing of the areas into which the city had been divided for the. purposes of the Red Cross Drive, the various sub-com-mittees' who worked their districts for their days at the Wellington Red Cross Shop might perhaps be induced to take over the same districts for the drive-

Mr. T. Vdiing and representatives of the Red Cross Shop Committen who were present, expressed approval of the suggestion made by Mr. Carr.' Tho different, areas of tho city and suburbs were allotted as far as wns possible last evening. Tt was emphasised that only accredited rnnvnssers would take part in the operations, nnd thp. arrangements which Hero being made tvouid eliminate all overlapping.

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Entertainment in Aid of the Red Cross, On behalf of the Italian Bed Cross an entertainment, arranged by Colonel J. G. Hughes, was held last night in tlio Island Day Hall, which was comfort ably filled. Colonel Jluglios gave an interesting sketch of the Gallipoli campaign, introducing a number of Gailipoli songs, which were effectively simp; by Corporal Tahiwi, a returned man from the Alaori 31iiiu Body. The second part of the entertainment took the form of a miscellaneous concert, Uio principal performers being Miss Tahiwi, Corporal Tahiwi, and We.no Tiilnwi, a Maori maid about nine years of age, who captivated the audience with her singing of "God Send You Back to Me." The solos nnd concerted items of these Otaki artists were great-, l,v appreciated by the audience. Other contributors to an excellent programme were Messrs. Wiseman, D: Brown, and Andrews, The accompanist was Mrs. A. Allen. During the interval Mr. D. Bowie auctioned two tons of coal presented by G. H. Scales, Ltd., a handpainted Italian flag, the work <.f Mrs. Hughes; a valuable stone brought back froiii the Antarctic by Lieutenant Shaclcletoii, and handed in by Mi 1 . L. O. H. Tiipp; and an invalid chair. Some of those articles were sold, wid then given back to be put up agniu. Their sale, together with' the receipts from sweets, flowers, and tickets, will produce a substantial amount, as the hall was given free by Mv. 11. Keene. and the other expenses were bprue privately. Mr. L. O. H. Tripp, Kalian Consul, presided, and thanked all who liaU assisted.

Mrs. A. Geange, of Pn-hiatua, is spending a week or two in Wellington, and is staying at tbo Empire Hotel.

Tlic president of the Thorndon Croquet Club (Mrs. Georgo Johnson) has received very appreciative letters 'from the matron of the- Military Hospital and the secretary of the- Hospital Hoard, thanking the members of the club for their latest gift of two patent beds and equipment. There are r.aw six beds with etceteras that the members have donated to the institution, and tlio matron says that besides givitig greater comfort and rest to the putients than the ordinary heds, they also tend to ligfitcji the work of the nurses.

In tho Town Hall. Foatherston, on Tuesday the local Red Cross Committee held a bazaar in aid of Our Day Appeal, the function proving a great success, although the weather was very unfavourable. Over £310 was the result recorded at the close of the day, but additional sundry amounts are forthcoming.

A. meeting of those interested in Iho matter of securing a. hostel for the benefit of girls and women who have left their homes in order to take up positions of employment in Wellington was held nt the Pioneer Club last evening. It was reported that a suitable offer of a building had been made to the committee, and after some discussion it was decided that, that body bo empowered to make arrangements in regard to financing tho venture. It was felt that the, need for accommodation for women in Wellington away from their homes was so urgent that no time should 1)9 wasted in securing a suitable building for hostel purposes.

•The first woman .to be n member of Parliament in Holland is Miss Suze (•rftoneweg, a member of tlio Socialist Labour Party. , who was elected early Julv.

Home papers announce the. wedding cii Captain AVilliam David Bathgate. M.C., Now Zealand Medical Corps, and Miss Helen Mary Scott Duncan. Captain Bathgate is the fourth son of tho late Mr. J. flathgato, of Outram. lln completed his medical course at Kdinburgh University nbout . three years ago, and lias since been serving at the front. When the war is over, Dr. Ualhgate hopes to-undertake medical mission work in China in connection with the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. The hrido is the youngest daughter of Mr. A. Duncan, of Calderwood College, Lasswadc, and as a child belonged to the Frc-e Chnrrli of Scot-land in Burnt 'Island. the eongregation of the. Rev. A. W. Kirnmont, liitn wnistw of East Taieri. The weddinc was celebrated in the Magdalen- Chape], Edinburgh, or< July 10. '