ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10628, 6 May 1912, Page 5

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE

AMBULANCE SATURDAY. For somef years l past the Jtocal Divisaon. of 'the St. Jldhri Ambulance Bri■gade have devoted the first Saturday in. May fox a special, appeal to the pulblic on' IbcJha'/f r.<f funds, and th:e result of Saturday's collection was .again (most gratifying to all ean'cerned, the total of £49 3s Bj-d toeing collected. ,Asi is oistial, the ihtKes are generally an' -tihe ifore in respect i!o any clhariitable ifuncition, and the [tillranks of tin? Divisions atrcl droe to the 'following ladies \vht> worked hard during the day, iwitfh't'he follbwing .re&ullts:— Miss iWallis, £ll 8s 8d; Ufa® M. Jarre#,, £7 Os 2d; Miss B. Joy, £5 Os 6d; 1 Miss McHattie, £4 8® lid; Miss Dorothy' Vale £2, 18s 3d'; Miss Enid Wil- 'I iiannson £2 Os SJ-d. Three weei mites, • May atad Owen Crosbie and' M'ollie ■' CbElier, dressed in nurses' e'estvrmes, colifodted £l6 6 s 4s ' .as follows "Nuise" May £6 2s 2d, "Xmrse" Mollie £5 5 s lOcl, and "Nurse" G-w-en £4 18s 4d. Much of dilio (success of : itilie day's isplendid result® lis due to Miss N. G.ilßefeipie, the enterprising and energetic lady isupermtenxlent of •the Brigade, h'er isplemdld organising ' powers" assisting rmate>r:a'l'ly in malting Ambutaoe Saturday an unqualified success. 'During ftho evening the Caledonian Society's Pipe Band, played several selections!, aind drew a. large crowd of people, who gneatly appreciated the imusici. Altogether 1469 coins were collected as follows 7 halfpennies', 34; 263 pennies, £1 Is Hd; 262 Itihreeipeinny pieces, £3 5s fid; .'330 'sixpences, £8 'ss; '503 shillings, £25 3&; 64 florin-si, £6 8s; 40 lialf-cfrowms, £5; total, £49 3s B'd. Lair-t year's total •was £37 3s. 1