BLOOD TRANSFUSION

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 February 1941, Page 3

BLOOD TRANSFUSION

MANY DONORS WANTED IN BRITAIN. ADDRESS BY PRINCESS ROYAL. iRy Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright RUGBY. February 2. In a broadcast today the Princess Royal initiated a new campaign for blood donors throughout the country to supplement the scheme that is already operating in London. In its inception the appeal calls for 100.000 donors from the east and west ridings of Yorkshire. Her Highness revealed that during recent heavy raids on London 11 per cent, of the casualties admitted to hospital required transfusions. In some cases the figure was as high at 35 per cent. She mentioned a new advance which is revolutionising the treatment of shock caused by wounds—-the use of plasma, which is the liquid part of the blood remaining after the red and white corpuscles have been removed. A transfusion for a single patient might require plasma from 10 more donors, she said. It was. vitally necessary, therefore, to enrol as rnan}.’ more donors as were now available on the exist:ing panels. His proposals are: —Meetings to be conducted by a committee, the personnel to be approved by the chief secretary No salaries or wages tn be paid to officials. Al! profits over and above prize money. £lOOO a meeting, to be used to purchase War Savings Certificates for the dependents of trotting men serving abroad, these to include drivers trainers. owners and breeders. Tito scheme to operate for the duration of the war. after which the position of night trotting to be reviewed by the Government. Augment Doing Well. Augment graduated io open company with his success in the Melrose Hack Handicap at Trentham. but lie wa- able to run out his hack engagements at Pahintua where lie won the Kmiim Hack Handicap without trouble Though he started Ins racing career as a three-year-old las; m. Augment did nut succeed in winning a race, his one dash of form being . third in his last of a dozen starts It has been a different tale ’.hi- ■■ casein as .Augment has a total of £7tki in winning stakes m his credit, a sum tha‘ is swelled to £ WSii with minor glue mgs »Augment is a !..ur-ye;.t—>ld L-.-.vr gelding by Intkdion from Eelspcar. an Arrowsmith marc being trained by hi owner B Burge-■ a: Opaki RACING FIXTURES Feb. (I fl —Egmont Feb. 8. 10— Retonia Feb. 8 1U IMverty Bay. Feb. 8 10- Gore. Feb. 14 15.- W.fi’mi Feb, 15. —Te.l.iga Bay Feb 15.—Opun.ikc. Feb. 15. 17 —Waikato. Feb. 20. 22 - Duncd.u Feb. 22. WMapu. Feb. 22, l’L-Te Arolia. F< b. 22, 24 Woodville Feb. 22 21 We ’land. March 1 Franklin March ’ ■ Purngitiltei. March. 1 - Bank •; Peim uLt March 7, 8 -Cromwell, March B—Clifden. March 8 - Carterton. March B. 10 Taranaki. March 13. 15 ■ Welling: n. March 17. Ohhwmurl. March 2(1, 22 Mannwahi, March. 2: - Bay < f Piet,tv. March 22. 2-1 Oamaru March ’-‘7 29 Oamaru March 27 ?'< Hawk’ . I‘ March 29 W:m-::i'c March 29 7i -■ -rhu- -d H- ■•*