RED CROSS ACTIVITIES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 297, 11 September 1919, Page 2

RED CROSS ACTIVITIES

VARIOUS GRANTS AUTHORISED. . A meeting; of the Wellington Red Cross" Committee was held iu the Mercer Street Depot yesterday afternoon, Mr. T. Young (chairman) presiding. Thero/wcro also present Mesdames Adams, J. P. Firth, Moorhouse. L.Blundell, M. Myers, J. P. Luke (Mayoress), Miss Sybil Nathan (lion, secretary). Messrs. Holmes, M'unt, Seville. V'eiteh, Bickl'ord (Auckland), and Tripp. '> A letter was received from Mrs. T. H. Lowiy (Napier) asking for a grant of .£SOO to meet expenses in connection with the Napier Soldiers' Hospital, where a fowlhousc had been built and an asphalt tennis court and a garden laid.put. The expenses Üb'lli) hud up to tho present bs.cn met by the winnings of Desert Gold. Tho grant of .£'s(lo was made. A u'rant of £1000 was made to the Fentherston Red Cross Committee for hospital requirements, otc., and a grant nf ,£IOO to the Mastcrton Committee pending further details. A letter from Colonel Wylie, asking if the committee would continue. to send to Trenthani Hospital poultry and fish for tho very delicate men (twelve chickens and 80lb. of fish) twice a week until the Government arrangements wero in workinsr order, was read, and tho couimitt.eo airreed to continue the supplies. A further request for eight Axminster russ for the ollicer-palicnts' ward ,was also agreed to. A letter was read from the matron of the Miramar Hospital (now closed) contuinina* a statement of expenses up to Aiurust 31 of this year, and enclosing a moliev order for .£35 and some odd shil- • lines (the cash in hand) for the Red • Cross Fund. The matron at the-same time exuressed her thanks for tho generous way in which the' committco had ..! granted everything she had asked for in the wav of comforts for the men and had supplied all their wants in every direction. Tho men had greatly np- ' predated all the committee had done. In discussing what was to he • done with somo hundreds of sets of pyjamas which the committco had had word were i storied in "K" shed, having been discarded from returning troopships, a sub-com-mittee was appointed to make arrangements for sorting out all thn,t were worth savins,', as there were many useful ways in which they could be. disposed The resignation of Mrs. Elder (Waikanae) as a member of tho committee was accepted with regret. Mrs. Elder is ' leaving tuo district. A grant of JiiUi was made to the . Hawera committee to bo expended upon requirements for soldiers in hospital. A letter was rend from the Red Cross Commissioner for Now Zealand (tho Hon. Hoaton Rhodes), written from London, in which ho stated that he was subscribing , on behalf cf tho New Zealand Red Cross to the articles of association of the League of Red Cross Societies of Genova. In subscribing to tho articles of association tho executive was not committed to anv liability and was free to sever its connection at any time. ■ Colonel Rhodes stated that the League or Red Cross Suuioties was to meet at Genova once in every two years. The action oi the Red Cross Commissioner was approved of by tho committee. Colonel Rhodes also wrote of the sale of .£15,000 worth of New Zealand Red Cross goods at- Home, the money to be handed over to tho Red Cross in New Zealand. A traveller entered a village inn, with a oV and an Irishman present asked what breed it was. "It is a cross between an ape and an Irishman," drawled the dog's owuor, regarding his questioner insolently. "Faith, thin, we're both related to the beast," was the quick retort. Various general diseases affect .the scalp In most 'cases, as the health improves, the falling ceases, but treatment is necessary to preserve the roots. Massage is most essential. Special courses of treatment, one guinea, at. Airs. Rollesi ton 256 Lambton Quay, Wellington — Advt. Well dressed lads! Parents-See our ' stock of Tweed and Navy Sports Suite for boys -1 to 18 years, ranging in price from 29a. Od. to 555. Geo. Fowtds, Ltd., ; Manners Street.-Advt. Give to tiie wedding that added touch i of beauty imparted by floral decorations. Choicest flowers always at Miss Jlur- > ray's, Vice-Regal Florist, Willis Street, . Wellington.—Advt. The eagerness with which many a housewife commences her day's baking is j ' pVte'n marred by a doubt as to whether i her efforts will produce Ihe light And ! tusly cakes and, scones which she so de- ■ sires. . , ! ' But the cook who uses h Baking ' . Powder never has a doubt. She knows ; ' that the cakes, scones, and pastry will : " come out of the oven light, wholesome, and d'diciouslv appetising every time. I "K" is the emblem of purity and qua!- , 1 ity in baking powder, and it is a sav- , J ins brand to buy, being moderate in '. price and economical in use. < ; When yon'ro baking, do not leave room | \ for anv doubt. You can always depend . 1 upon "K" Baking Powder to giro ideal 1 results. Sold by all grocers. Include a |