RED CROSS-MINDED DOMINION

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 29, 18 February 1937, Page 7

RED CROSS-MINDED DOMINION

N.Z. Society YPlans For The Future DRIVE FOR MEMBERSHIP That ihe New Zeaiand branch of the Red Cross Society was determiaed to make the Domxnion "Red Cioss-mmd-ed" and that the organisatiuh'fl metobershxp would . be increased subBtau.tially in th^, hear futUre wer© statements maue to a Napier audieu.ee last nigh't by IViSw T. H. JboWiy, oi Okawa, ilew prosideat of .tb© society m jMew Zeaiand. The New Zeaiand ITarmers1 tlxnon and the Women' s in&iitute had pledged their supportj she said, and She 'dei'seii was determined that the movemeilt should go ftom strength to: sitrengtli • Mrs Lowry was congi-atulated upon,. iier appoiiitment as' .Dominion pi-esident : liy the Mayor oi Napier, Mr O. 0. iiorse, last eVening.; Aiter thankmg nim . ior- his . cougiatuiationSj she maue ' lnteresting' reiei-en^os to iiel' recent trip { dver^e'as,' When she attqnde.d as New Zeaiand I'epresentatiye the world con-. iv I'ace in Raria oi the Jjeague oi Red oiuss fciocietieSi, Ixi the couise oi her , reiliarks Biie gave ' many sldeilghts of ber •.trip, . in its relation to the Red Oioss. moveiheht. : ' . On ' her trip to* Rrance, Mrs Lowry spent a' siiort whil© at the island oi fago Lago. Much to her deiight, .she rotmd'evidence oi Red Oross teachings in tne native sciiool iherej ior on tne wall of a ciassroom she sdw a Red Urosa iesson. Mrs i^owry Was giYen the opportunity oi studying the work oi tne Rcd Ci'oss in America. In one piave she j read a notice in a puolio piace saying • "lion't gSve money to the beggars. Give it to the Red Oross and We wib look aiter the poor children-.^' While- in New 1'ork, viBiting the Amenoan Chapter of the Red Oross, Mrs Lowry noticed that on one iloor people wei'e engaged m packing parvels ( of magazines to be sent to tiie hoSpi- | tals. iuiowittg that in New Zeaiand second-kand itnglish inagazines Were aoiled dowii ior pulp, she asked the Eiiglish Red Cross to do sometliing towards indueing New Zeaiand to send its u&ed magaames to ' the hospitals. She was told to have a lettet sent fiom the New Zeaiaiid Red Oross (this Was beiore she Was appointed presideiit), which she did, and she was hopeiul that something wouid be dorie towarcts sendingj more used magazinea to the hospitals. "Raris is a WOnderfiil place on a SunJay," said hira Rowfy. "Tori go to cnurch in the momiiig, to the i'aces in the aiternoon and to the opeia in the evening." - Not enough New Zealanders iealised che assistanee given to Hawke's Bay after the 1931 earthquake by tbe League oi Red Cross, wmeh sent LSobO out to tne iJOmmion. Mis Lowry tooK che opportumty wrhiie in Raris of voicing lNeW Zeaiaxid's appieciation oi shis. "Raris has been benind-hnnd With ner hospitals. 1 don't thmk they are even yet up to the standard of tne New Zeaianu ones,''' Mrs Lowry said, Next beptember, New Zeaiand is to visited by a iepresentative oi the tfench Red Oross. When he comes to Hawke's day, Mrs Lowry hopea the people will show their appieciation oi. the interest tanen in the lotai moveInent by t'rance 0y showermg 111m with liospit'ality. '•'There are 20,000,000 people who haVe joined the junior Red Cross in vaiiot^s parts of the world Tell them that the Red Cross is the wiuuow through which We look ior peace." This was the message given to Mrs Lowry to take back to the l)01Mini0n from the vvoi'ld conference oi the League of Red Cross.