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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 139, 13 May 1940, Page 10

wwwj m m* ■W>> r • -v i «SK <' '' \ mm They have offered. (ill .. . the ‘proud heritage’ of youth . . . their future . . . even LIFE ITSELF . . . they did not wait and now they look to you to save them from pain and distress as far as it is humanly possible, by providing those wonderful organisations, The Order of St. John arid The N.Z. Red Cross with the means to save them from pain . Only hard cash can adequately provide these means. It takes money to purchase equipment, additional medical supplies, stores, and all the hundred and one extra comforts that any sick person needs. The ‘Joint; Council of The N.Z. Red Cross and The Order of St. John is even better organised than in the 1914-18 war. Not a penny will be wasted. This Joint Council is the authorised channel through which public generosity can flow to the sich and wounded , and the distressed of this ivar. This body alone collected more than £1,348,000 in the last war. To-day the need grows daily greater .... and a minimum of £250,000 is asked for and needed urgently. Give NOW, give generously .. . for those who have not waited . . . but have offered all. WHERE THE MONEY OOESNothing will be wasted or mis-used. Every penny you give will be devoted to Red Cross-St. John’s work and expended entirely for the relief of the sick, wounded and distressed of the war. -• 'VviT' : i MONEY IS NEEDED FOR- < t GRANTS TO HOSPITALS FOR MOBILISATION CAMPS- ; ; FORTRESS TROOPS, AND AIR FORCE STATIONS - TROOPSHIPS AMBULANCE TRANSPORT-HOSPITAL SHIPS - HOSPITAL AND CONVALESCENT STORES - AFTER-CARE OF SICK AND DISABLED, ETC.r-GRANTS OVERSEAS TO BRITISH AND ALLIED RED CROSS. if r Fill in this Coupon -TO-DAY j | Send all you can , and inf ore, preferably to the Joint Committee of The N.Z. Red I Cross and The Order of St. John in your Province, or to “St. John-Red Cross j | Appear’’ Headquarters, Vivian Street, Wellington. j I Cheques should be made payable to i Sick and Wounded Fund \ and crossed. All | I sums sent to headquarters will be credited to your local Appeal j I Committee as a donation from your Province. .. j j Fill in and Post this Coupon TO-DAY. j | Here is my Gift of £ s. d. for the “Sick, Wounded, Distressed Appeal.” J Name Address..