The Times. PUBLISHED ON TUESDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS. "We nothing extenuate, nor set dowm aught in malice." TUESDAY, JUNE 11. 1918 A DESERVING CAUSE.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 7, Issue 382, 11 June 1918, Page 2

The Times. PUBLISHED ON TUESDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS. "We nothing extenuate, nor set dowm aught in malice." TUESDAY, JUNE 11. 1918 A DESERVING CAUSE.

The allocation ot £IO,OOO as the sum " wanted " ,from Franklin Couuty in connection with the Red Cross campaign for funds now in progress should be followed by one and all doing their best to attain the desired object. The work carried on by the Red Cross Society cannot be overestimated and even more than any other patriotic organisation the Red Cross deserves support. In all the phases of the war the Red Cross is prominent but possibly its activities are overlooked by, as Mr Bickford (the Honorary Financial Organiser) explained at Pukekohe last Friday, its workers at the front being mistaken for members of the Army Medical Corps since all wear the Red Cross badge. The activities of the Red Cross are essentially of a humantarian and noble nature. Practically all the hospital trains in France have been placed under the control and management of the Red Cross, whose skilled staff zealously and tenderly guard over the wounded soldier and alleviate his sufferings on his way to the coast or to the various hospitals. Then again in England he is similarly cared for. Again in Egypt and Palestine it is the Red Cross that transports the wounded and invalids and everywhere hospital outfits, bandages, etc., are provided by the Society. The area of the war is so vast and extensive and so numerous are the casualties that it is utterly impossible for the Imperial or allied countries' authorities to have a staff in any way adequate to meet the circumstances but the Red Cross steps into the breach and so nothing is lacking. Removed as \'ew Zealand is some many thousands of miles from the scene of hostilities one is apt to pay little or no attention to the hundred and one hospital duties that are so readily and faithfully performed by the Red Cross officials. The man or woman in the Dominion should, however, not hesitate to respond to the call that is now made to him or her. Here we are privi-j ledged to live in safety and even , in luxury and it is our bounden

duty to help on in every way possible a Society like the Red Cross that comforts and succours the wounded. Will the appeal be made in vain to the residents of Franklin County ? We- think not.