RED CROSS MART.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 February 1918, Page 2

RED CROSS MART.

OPERATIONS RESUMED. NEW PLYMOUTH NURSES IN CONTROL. After a recess extending over the mouths of December and January the Red Cross Mart was re-opened on Saturday. The rest has been beneficial to organisers and suppliers, and the ladies, upon whom the bulk of the work In connection with the mart has fallen, have come back with fresh zeal and enthusiasm for their task. On Saturday the nurses of New Plymouth, of both the private and the public hospitals, conducted the Mart, and the results at the conclusion of the day's business were exceedingly gratifying, the sum of approximately £BO having been raised. When the Mart opened at 8 a.m. it was heavily stocked with a splendid assortment of the class of goods usually to he had there. Little canvassing had been done, except by the nurses amongst their personal friends. The amount raised shows that generous patronage was accorded. The nurses worked in relays throughout the day, for periods of two hours, three or four being relieved at each such . interval. . Miss Campbell (for the : hospital nurses) and Miss Baker (for the nurses of the private hospitals! had control of the Mart. Mrs. E. A. Walker having charge 'of the flower section. The nurses desire to express their-thanks to the patients and ox-patients, and to all others who nent donations or in any way. assisted towards the success of Saturday's Mart. They also desire to acknowledge the following Am'bury Bros. £3 3s, Walter Ambisry (for hay-making at Mr. Brennan's) £l, o'a.kura Parish Church harvest thanksgiving (per C Mace) £4 4s, Misses M. and K. Humphries (sale of books) £1 15s,

It has been resolved that for the future, instead of the Mart being under the joint control of the Women's Patriotic Committee and the Red Cross Society, the latter organisation shall assume full control, and all proceeds from the .Mart will therefore go through the. funds of that society.