EMERGENCY WORK

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20906, 11 September 1939, Page 11

EMERGENCY WORK

NATIONAL CLUB EFFORTS APPEAL BY PRESIDENT The necessity of keeping the Hamilton National Club functioning in order that it might serve a useful purpose in the case of a national emergency was stressed by the president of the club, Mr Hallyburton Johnstone, when speaking at the social and dance held by the club on Saturday night. An attendance of about 400 was present at the function, which was held in the club’s rooms. Once again the independence and happiness of the small nations were being threatened and all the restraints which marked the difference between men and beasts were being swept aside, said Mr Johnstone. New Zealand had ranged itself alongside Great Britain, because the independence of the small States was as much the responsibility of the Dominion as of the Motherland. It was the duty of New Zealanders to make as great an effort for everlasting peace as was being made in Britain. The speaker appealed for members of the club to help in the work of flrst-aid and home nursing, and a large number of people volunteered to assist in the case of an emergency. Mr A. S. Sutherland, of Ngaruawahia, supported Mr Johnstone's remarks and endorsed his appeal.