HUMAN SYMPATHY

Hokitika Guardian, 30 August 1932, Page 8

HUMAN SYMPATHY

assisting the afflicted,

1 His EXCELLENCY’S COMMENT: X’

WELLINGTON, August Human sympathy,' its nobleness, e> pccial'y when trans’rited into actual iiuhran 'helpfulness, .is relieving tl% sick and the suffering, was 1 mentioned , .by h»3 Llxcellejicy the Governor-General, .Lord Bled.slob, when sp'eaki'rig at the O&ivmoriy of the laying of ' the foundation ■stone of; th£ New Wellington ‘ Amrhustance brii’.dihg' ' last wriek’. The service -of tlhe Free' 'Atilbukjihd' could hot be too highly applauded.'or' approved, . ; his Excellency- said-:; '" , ' i - ■ ilis ' EJiellency' iSaid that 'h e «ould with perfect confidence; arid', with p'eYr .feet sincerity, say • that. very red! • tfr* lay 'that - Jaoo'a the' foundation . stonfe of the Centra! Fre e ' AmbUliaiice..'buHding-, Ojiitfe institution with its equipment had been designed to, iSeiwhthe-wdidl'e of the. Wellington Hospital district, extending, he undenstciod, .as Vfar as Otaki in- one direbtlbiv and ’as far as the 'The Summit 'rin'''the other'. •• While there could’ be rio’ 1 more xnspii-. ing human enterprise, arid ” ho. more rorfset' source of human happiness that the . relief of human suffering,'' if the! ueisure of ''relief, or tire system : dt ,! ief, wars accompanied, 'as .it’was in the -present case, with efficiency, c - ■ in.itiou', \^rtd''!‘ifidd.d?pf&aa i '-s4 , ’f-den : al - on (the 'part of all ’classes ’of the com- | uriunity,'! it* uvas .indeed an "tenterpji.te 1 hrf Was WOufhy of* the tftmbkt ’Com 1 J mendation arid'’support/'"'- ,lf Thdre was;''' he crrider.stodd, a great contrast v between' the ’ bl'di'ambulattc-e service as rendered in this city add .-•l-.trict, .and the new service . which, 'had- come into 'feststett'ce " driririg the last five; year?, 'as' a : result, AahjgSly, of th e enterprise, public-spirit, beneficence and generosity of the chairman and ex--31 ay or, Mr C, J. Hr Norwood. He understood that in the old days there: was no" cettiairity of : obtaining amfime hnre service for those who stiffened .from street ; and other'/<|c'c|dentß 'with : promptiitud 6 and efficiency, and'.'; that J the task?’ 1 of attending td their'require-’ [merits"was ’spread oyer 'several different 1 ' ’ districts "alnd ‘ organisations:’''" ’ ’ if.V.i;

'■ ■ CONTRAST 'WITH PAST. , '

“Yqu are'now r able to..claim for . this"; city, hh’d-take; 1 1 hope,''civic'’ pride ib:'| thO’ fact; 'that' there 'is-reatfy' •riff 1 night' A fyee Service 1 veihitleis, thoroughly well • furbished jriii<ri| equipped, with'efficient'bffieera,' Toj?,.«lly] those,."Whatever b£ ’the-iV • m’eank ityp&vjj who teq uire- prompt attention •'dn ?? event of ’ sickness;.' jgfeat ’contrast to what used ,to 'obtfein j in ' miftter ; 1. His Excel’.enfcy; said th4f. there' vyas I /mother element in .' the; fr-Wk that, had ’appealed 0 lihffli. ririd frhat'"';wab. : i‘th'at'' ihe;-working: 1 people of" the’;’d-wtrict had . Such 1 aft- e&teftt •'that ibejh buie«P Ibd-.'-a montlr'crut■ of'the'r'.pages" for'- tfip‘j imaintertfthtce!' -Of the 'i i n.<d,ifcutibri,;i;wi,tjr .frrliT : iippro\al df. hrilcms. ,11 ‘T '‘should like .td.’,'cqn|ratukte f h.e’!uhfops:' on •• thi's : add to; -bxr jpfe*i .the thanks Of the‘ : - vcpmrhuiiity'. dm the workiiig '' : rieople

aid V t ' ' ' {§* In regard' ’to the hey ' bhildin:;,-- Vliiy JEsPeMency- '■ tsaid '.that -he •'s&,-{ "i'fi‘d c v ’with . the •ments 'of 'the Earthquake - Commission,ithat ‘there shonlS • be ‘no pro'eyting'.l Jedces or •cornices 1 . -He .'-wonld'% nOtii ■look to se©/ if' : any exctcscnees' 1 ' 'Verb), lidorhirig the buildings, bibb: he ‘was yore l; ihat anyone'’ who 1 •visited Napier After Ctjn'e; great• earthV yihajtb wpiild/' realise; .-■ the • danger’ 'to; human 'l.ife'f of • .projection',; ■espociajfy in’ a. country like New ; ' Zealand that Jwas subject to earthquakes. 1 ’ ■ j"

WORTHY OF SUPPORT.

In appealing for the community orally to .support•'’the* Organisation'; K' s ; Jjycellbncy Said'that Hays of economic igtress hwhenV' 'nnfortuftat&y:'' there Wiite’' special tlWitns Made l ; s upon the services- of I '-all Charitable di'ganWn tions, 'including th e 'Ffe& Ambulahce; 1 In effect, the cdst-bf niajntaitfihgilUhe' •ambulance was in inverse ratio to the capacity‘ of the ;! phb!ic to-afford its-sup-: port. But it was a characteristic of the. I ‘British face/>and hb ' thbhgh't he, Could : Wy : tso ! «fr the gSnerous Maoid r’oo,’' if"titn'Vt of sti't-.sMiikii tlie pi*®“ s-ntf to ‘ show ■ .their - ‘public vpirit and generosity and 1 mdko’ that--extra"effort, 1 which the condition-of °f&; quire tin order to maintain what necessary to th© public weal. ; ■ Just as th© • .smwico of • God r %a'sf ;■ renter htid Ibore noble than ; any .structure devoted --to It', -so also the -service: of ma'ijj particularly in .the field, of prnchidalsympathy -and r.-urative-effort "Exceeded' ’in dignity and in imy portanoo any accommodation that might bp Provided for-. its' efficient concMcd Tlve '%rvice represented 'by the F;ree 'mhhlanro work, .and .the- new r ©dificg. could ' Jiot be: too highly applauded vpr approved. It was evoked by human 1 c.v.ibpff,h«i huttresSed by onertrv.. and .in, the prhftent ,'cftse/ organisation. Tlfere • was no- quality ’more 'ih'-piryir than human-'sympathy, but it became most noble when translated into actual human -aßd"that eHArafeteriscd iff .V'dbttiiViant degree ' wPrk of the Free' Ambulance Board; pnd those l 'whd ? "worked 'under • it.' ' r : Vd'; ;