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Taranaki Daily News, 17 September 1918, Page 6

ONE YEAR'S EXPENDITURE (1917) £3,672,356 ft* ifsi 'A RED CROSS WORK COSTS OVER £30,000 PER WEEK -OR £3 PER MINUTE.OUR DAY APPEAL The New Plymouth Sub-centre has been supplied with the following statements by the JOINT WAR COMMITTEE of The British Red Cross Society and The Order of St John. SOME FACTS ABOUT OUR WORK. ABROAD: 2600 Motor Ambulartces, Cars, Cycles, Wagons and Soup Kitchens sent abroad. £1,460,000 for purchase and upkeep of motors. 4 Hospital Trains running in France, each carrying 450 wounded, have cost over £60,000 to build and run. £1,150,000 on general work in France and Belgium. £IOO,OOO voted or paid to French Red Cross Society. £1,400,000 on work in Mesopotamia, India, Egypt, Salonika, Malta and Near East. Hospital Ship "Nabha" sent to Mesopotamia. 114 Motor Launches sent to Mesopotamia, Egypt, East Africa and Malta. 24 Hospitals and Convalescent Homes in France, Egypt, Malta, Italy and Salonika. £45,000 on building and equipping St. John Brigade Hospital, France (520 beds) and £77,000 on equipment and maintenance. £20,000 to erect, equip and maintain recreation and refreshment rooms in France. 18 Store Depots for Hospital necessaries. 7 Rest Stations in France for wounded men en route, as well as 6 hostels for rel- "yes visiting wounded, and rest homes for nurses. 16 Branch Offices for Enquiries for wounded and missing. £55,000 spent on work in Italy. £68,000 on work in Siberia and Montenegro. £40,000 on work in East Africa. £90,000 on work in Roumania. £20,000 on work in Russia. f £2,4(30,000 worth of Surgical Dressings, Hospita Equipment, Necessaries and Comforts despatch - ed, mainly abroad. £1,150,000 on relief for British Prisoners of War. 1,250,000 Parcels of Food and Clothing sent from London to British Prisoners of War in enemy countries. 40 Invalid Kitchens attached to Hospitals in Malta, Salonika and Egyrt. Rest Stations, buffets, sun shelters, bathing sheds, recreation and t»a rooms for wounded and convalescent men, established in Egypt, Malta and Salonika. 7000 Surgeons, Nurses, V.A.D.'s, Stretcher Bearers, Hospital Orderlies and Ambulance Drivers sent abroad. 324 Wpmen Ambulance Drivers serving abroad AT HOME: 83,000 Hospital Beds found in the United Kingdom. 56,000 of these with Nursing Staff. 2250 Trained Nurses at Home and abroad. 7850 V.A.D.'s in Navy and Army Hospitals. £44,000 on equipment of King George Hospital (1850 beds) and £26,000 a year contributed to its maintenance. £46,000 on building and equipping Netley Red Cross Hospital (1000 beds) and £160,000 on maintenance. £35,000 for Orthopaedic Curative Workshops and Training Fund. £7? ' n o for Facial hjury Hospitals. £75,000 for initial outlay in providing and equipping after-care institutions for totally disabled men. £50,000 for materials for Red Cross working parties. 60,000 Books and Magazines supplied weekly for sick and wounded. 697 Motor Ambulances, Cars, etc., for Home Service. 34 Command Depots and Convalescent Camps visited regularly and supplied with comforts and games. Wellington Headquarters has asked the NEW PLYMODTH SUB-CENTRE to raise £3OOO for the "OUR DAY APPEAL" Contributions will now be received at the Queen Street Depot, by Mr. H. A. Stratford, Central School, New Plymouth, or at the Office of this Paper.

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