RED CROSS SOCIETY.
AND ORDER OF ST. JOHN. RECENT ESTRANGEMENT. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday. A statement on recent differences between the Red Cross Society and tlie Order of St. John was made by Mr M. J. A- Flesher (Christchurch) at the annual meeting of the New Zealand branch of tlie. British Red Cross Society to-day. The estrangement among certain sections was followed by the withdrawal by Sir Charles Fergusson and Lady Alice Fergusson of their patronage. The following resolution was carried on the recommendation of the executive: —"That the New Zealand branch of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John cannot agree to a full acceptance of the resolution passed by the conference between representatives of the society and the order presided over 'by Mr A. Gray, K.C-, but will support the appointment of a joint committee to administer the fund of £30,000 remitted by the joint finance committee of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John in England, and subject to the terms of the trust.imposed at the time the money wag handed over to this society.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17980, 27 March 1930, Page 6
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186RED CROSS SOCIETY. Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17980, 27 March 1930, Page 6
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