ORDER OF ST. JOHN
CENTENNIAL APPEAL FOR FUNDS. AT LEAST £20,000 WANTED. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. A meeting of the Commandery Council of the St John Ambulance Brigade decided that a national centennial appeal should be made for at least £20,000, to be used for consolidating the Order’s extensive work throughout the Dominion. The work was begun fifty-four years ago. Each district will retain moneys collected, and not more than five per cent of the net proceeds will be donated to the Dominion general, purposes of the Order.
' The Auckland district begins its local appeal, for £5,000, next week. Besides its general work, the St John Brigade provides reserves for medical services in peace or war.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 May 1939, Page 6
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118ORDER OF ST. JOHN Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 May 1939, Page 6
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