RED CROSS WORK

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 30, 19 February 1937, Page 10

RED CROSS WORK

Activities in New Zealand And Abroad MRS LOWRY HONOURED CongraLuiatious to Mrs T. H. T:owry on her electiou to the position oi . :Dominiou president of the Red Cross ' Society were extendgd by the deputyMaypr of Hastings, Mr A. L BainDow, at a py.b|ic meeting field in tho (JounciJ Ghambers last nignt. Mr Rainbow apologised for, the abaence pf the Maypr, Mr G. A, Maddison, 4ind said that it was a source of congratulation that Mra Lowry had been . ijtected tp this position. ' ' Mrs Lowry 's wprb, is weU hupwn," said Mr, Rainbow. '"We feei that the honour could not bave failen more httmgly. ^or years th,ore has been no object oi I social welfare tliaifc has not had hex , syppprf, and her family has piayed SueS bm. impar'tant part in the history of thp disfrict, A eignal honour has hg'fen |aid" to Mrs 'Lowry and Hawkp'a i Bay apd we congratulate her strongly en *thp position she now holds.,> ' Mrs Lowry spoke on her recent visit tp the United 'Statest, Great Britain' and the Gontinent, her Speeclx being on similar lines to the address she de livered in Napier pn Wednesday nighv as reported ° in y&sterday 's Herald' Tribune, . Mrs Lowry told of her esperiences in cpnnection with the International Red Cross, and ptregaed the impprtance pf the worfe Qf the society in peace and in war, "It'a a very good insuraneo against earthquakes, fire, fiood and wari" eaid Mrs Lowry, in nrgiug that much great er puhlie snpport should be forthcoming for the society in New Zealand, "it isn't so mnch money as interest that "we want, ' ' the speake? conclu'ded. Sister Stringer gave an account ot the work of the Junior Red Gross movement througliont the world. Xn many couutries the children automati, cally became meiubers of the Junior Red (Ross, and the prinoiplss pf social service were thus inculcated. In New Zealand the Junior Red Gross movo ment was only now being given the opportunity pf working . in with the Health ahd Education Departments, and was recognised as an adjunct to these departments. The aim was to keep the children well and encourage world friendghip. Sister Stringer appealed for the suppprt of the women and fchv women 's organisations." They asked ny financial aid from the children but only their ihterest- ' Dr, H. M, Wilson, in proposing a vote of thanks to Mrs Lowry and Sister Stringer, expreescd his pleasure at Mrs Lowry 's appointment, He was quite snre that Mrs Lowry 's pergonality would be an asset to' tho society, The Red Cross Society could dq mnch in stimnlating research int,o .nutrition, in determining the reaspns for the bad teeth and deiiciencies in the children of New Zealand. . The inition was carried by acclamatiog.