THE RED CROSS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 March 1916, Page 3

THE RED CROSS

■■ ■ V AN APPEAL FOR i' UMJia. 'Iho war sufl drags 011 ana the worii of the fled Cross Society is increasing continually, «IS7o the cxpeusuj;, £>oino time ago an appeal was mtide > _t'nroiigiiout the count'iy for i'uiuis and now a further appeal is being uiade. 'the meeting o:l the Levin ladies L'airiotic Committee ua Saturdiay will discuss tile question and arrange the uctails for collecting hero. Last uuio the ladies' cllorts were a~ grows success and tiiore is no reason to lear Unit they will uu *..a* .sueccjfclul tins time. It is hoped to lie able to raise sufficient lo enable them to guarantee a certain amount every month lor t'uP fund. Following is tlio appeal. — At tlio request in your society 1 have mid the honour of representing vou /ait tlio Governors Council lor I'ed t_/ross work. The Council met oil tno -«lrd i'C'bruaiy, at I'jlinwo.jd, Chi isteliurch. .business: (1) To receive three delegatus from each ol tlie tour military areas (AuckiMiuli, Wellington, Canterbury and Otago/. ('!) To confirm the appointment of the ollicer in charge. (>}) To appoint a secretary. The delegates representing Wellington were Messrs I'. i J . Powlc-s, W. Allan and Mrs J. I'. Luke. The gentleman His Excellency was pleaded to appoint as oflicer in charge, and conhi nied by the council is V\ . .Seiton JVLoorhouse, Jisq., Wellington. A. MacSh.'uie, accountant, featherst oil-,street. Wellington, was unanimously elected secretary. The salary, office, .storage, cables, etc., are not to cxceed .fc;iou per annum. The executive is to be called together before any TJXti a expenditure is authorised. The amount votcdi will be ovenlv subscribed by the lniVif'a.ry,areas. Not knowing the cu'cnnis'tances or number ol subscribers to your society we. cannot ask for a levy on such, but would kiutlily accept liuanciul assistance as you preler, monthly or quarterly. We earnestly hope not many calls will be required. AJit goods will leave (is New Zealand's quota, to the Hritish Rod Cross. as required. From cables received His j*jXcollency the Governor stated nothing pressing was required for our troops on the UUi'd .February. Article 01 clothing audi conuorts were always acceptable ill I'higland. A cable received by His Excellency was read, enumerating certain goods the Viceroy oi India woui.l be pleased to receive tor the troops in Mesopotamia and India. After a slWl't discussion, shirts and pyjamas were taken off this list ami only such goods readily procured ill New Zealand to bo sent on. The thin material and Inborn* is so cheap 111 JiiTgkuid and quickly procured that 11 wouldl he wiser to let them procure there. It was decided to send bandages, six month's supply, for oUU beds, body beits, preserved meat, extracts and Glaxo. Canterbury has notified the oflicer in charge that they will undertake a quarter of the whole order. We hope to be able to do our

share with the assistance of the societies in our area. Any of the goods mentioned you can .send to Wellington to the l.ted Cross Headquarters, u. W.alcefield street. Jvindly let me know as soon as possible. ' It wilit be 4 necessary to pack in ca.ses here. Cases leaving here must, con tain oiie kind 01 goods only, to save confusion at the* ■base. Example: ca.ses 01 pyjamas audi cases of shirts. If you prefer to go oil making such articles as we Know are needed, a receipt L'oi* the list ..implied in the top of each caSfi will t>.' forwarded to yon. 1 know how difficult it is to say just the number ol articles you can send each ifloutli. nut when we hove the caitl we will let you know, and you can, in reply, let us know what, if any number, you can supply, If the nmiiboj* is greater in proportion than other districts are sending and we can make up with less we will inform you by wire. The cables are 1 think not too satisfactory. For instance, the Viceroy' of. India would ask those as near as possible, and probably may have received tlie goods, as we are so far" from" that section of war. His Kxcelleney „lie Governor has calA'd tne proportion 'New Zealand will be responsible for I received a cable from ]>r Agnes liennott, on Tuesday last, the officer in charge. Mr Moorhnu.se, has the matter in hand. .1 am sure it will oe a call for pyjamas, so we are getting 500 yards cut into suits of pyjamas, ready lor shipment to Egypt. That will mean deputing our store and we hope , to make good again with yourtceueroiis support. Goods should be mnrkedi on each article society's name and 'town. .4 any difficulty arises over material let us know if we can assist. We can got our suits cut by machiirery and could get yours if you wish. We have had evidence of the good work done for our troops and the response lor the Red Cross depot is splendid. We hoipe that this method of distribution will save waste of money, labour ami time. A meeting of gentlemen has been called" and we hope in a short time to announce a strong committee for Bed Cross work. So far we have only hud the women's wonderful help. Hoping for a satisfactory result oi all wo have done.—lours in Red Cross Work, JACOI!I .\ A M l\ Is. President of the 'Wellington Branch, British Ked CroBS. F.S.—To what extent pan you assist ill the call for 500 suits pyjamas.