ST. JOHN AMBULANCE SOCIETY

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 18, 21 January 1905, Page 3

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE SOCIETY

GOVERNOR PRESENTS CERTIFICATES. His Excellency the Governor this afternoon presented the certificates won by students of the St. John Ambulance Society. The ceremony took place at government House in the presence of a arge number of invited guests, and both His Excellency (who is president of the S.Z. Society) and the Mayor of Auckland, the Hon. E. Miteheison (who is presarient of the Auckland Societvl, gave interesting: addresses. The Mayor, in his opening remarks, said that the thanks of the local Society were due to His Excellency for his kindness in permitting the presentation of certificate;, at Cpvenmient House. Referring to the results of the past season, the Hon. Mr. Miteheison said that the work done by members had been mo«t satisfactory, and lectures had been numerous and well attended, especially hi Auckland. The thanks of the Society were heartily extended to the medical men who had so generously s j T en time and trouble to the tuition of the students. Mr. Mitchelson said the special features of the ye«r had been the large number of elates held and the high standard ot efficiency obtained as shown by the general success of (he students at the examination. In regard to the future Mr MHvchelsoii considered it would be advisable that those ladies who had passed the nrst aid and nursing- exajmnatios should from themselves into a Nurses" Division v,here they could meet together for practice aud so keep up the high state of efficiency to which they had attained. Such division could be formed at once in the city, at Onehunga- and at Thames. In that lust place such a. division could be of the orea-test service and would always l>e varaafble iv ;i district where accident's were so fre irue.nt. It was also extremely desirable that something sliould be done in the direction of providing for the more efficient nan-sing of the sick poor- This was being done in some of the southern cities, and to sonw extent by the different, chfliritaiblc organisations, but there p.xisrxjrl n great field for useful -work by the members of the Society in this direction. (Applause.)

His Excellency the Governor, in presenting the certificates, briefly addressed the visitors. He expressed his entire admiration for and sympathy with the splendid humanitarian work being done by the St. John Ambulance Society, and he fell pleased that he was president of the Xew Zen laud Society. (Applause.) There were constantly arising incidents in which the knowledge gained by students, of the Society could bo turned to account in relieving human suffering, and ho was pleased to see so many bad applied themselves bo keenly to the work that they had qualified for the certificates of the Society. (Applause.)

His Excellency urged the formation of more country branches than there were at present. There were good classes being carried on at Thames, Paeroa and Hamiltou. but in many of the mining and sawmilling centres there were. His Excellency understood, no classes. The society should use every effort to extend its operations in that direction, for it could fulfil a useful function. Accidents were sure to arise from lime to time in such places, and immediate attention to them would do much to ease suffering and minimise subsequent danger. (Applause.) His Excellency then presented the certificates and medallions, the successful candidates being as follows: —

First Aid Certificates. —Bessie Alloway. Gladys Boscawen, Martha Bltimliardt. Lydia Blumhardt. Margaret R. Beeohe. Rosa Capper, Elizabeth Cardno. Ella Carson. Mrs F. M. Dee, Gertrude Foreman, Ethel Goldaworthy. Ethel liawken, Sarah Hall. Isabella Hay. Bertha Je.pluson. Jessie Lamb, Ada MatthewF, Etta McPeake, Mrs Laura A. Mason. Elinor Mellsop, Isabella C. McIlwraith. Winnie. McGee, Elsie Muir, Mary Mrs Sarah Tugh, Kate Phipps, Mrs Annie Robins, Fanny Roberts, May Robertson. France* A. Somerville. Jcannie Scorgic. Mary Sproule, Mildred Spragg, Lizzie Seed, Cora Vealc. Eugenic <T. C. Wingate. First Re-examination Voucher.— Florence M. Wingate. First Aid and Nursing Certificates. — Hilda Allen, Muriel Allen. Maud Penncr. Kate. Dunn. Annie F. Filleul. Eileen Fanan, Ella M. Harvey. Fanny Hutton, Ada Jackson, Ethel Jackson, Eva Leßoy, Ellen A. I_mh, Mrs Annie Maokay. Jeanie McPherson, May McPeake, Mary F. i'aton, Jessie Scott. Ruth White, Maria Worth, Harriett Wright. Nursing Cert ificat.es. —Mrs Dorothy Adams. Ada Baldock, Laura Brown, Mrs Alicei Collier, Mrs Arabella Clow, Mrs Emily R. Carpenter, Mrs Isabel Ensoll, Nellie Lucas. Emma Renshaw. Sylvia G. Smith, Elizabeth Stone. Mrs Maggie Wil-

Medallions. —Gertrude Burden, Matilda. A. Cooke, Charlotte Cunningham, Fliza Cunningham, Ethel Dawson. Mrs Flora Davie*. Ethel Fleming. Lizzie Fleming. Augusta. Gillman, Lillian Gillman. Esther Homer. Mary Hicks. Elsie Kirk, Marion MacLeod, Violet Plummer. Olive Page, Jane Smith, Hetty Spragg, Mrs M. S. .Sheppard. Home Hygiene. Certificates. —Esther Homer, Ada, Kirk. Emily Thome, Martha Webster. First Aid Certificates.—Gordon R. Booker, Win. Burgess, Bbenezer Bishop, Archibald Burns, Martin G. Brown, Thomas E. Corkili, John (.lough, Henry Carter. Francis Corcoran. David H. Dalton. R. Stanley Hanna. John 1.. Hanna, John Hubbard, Dugald T. Inglis. Wni. H. [nglis. Courtney Kenny. Hamilton B. Lindesay, T. Alfred Maxwell, Robert McFarlanc, Joseph Nathan, Alfred Orchard, Edmund W." Porritt, Alex. S. Rose, Thos. Rogers, Chas. J. Stokes. Lionel Sanderson, James Silcock. George Shanks, Henry Stone, Win. Sheppard, Alfred Tetley, Wm. Takle. Christian Thnuin. Robert B. Todd, Adam Wilson, Alfred E. Wilcox. Wm. Willetts, Herbert Waddell, Archibald Waddell, Cyrus B. YVhitmore. First Re-examination Voucher.—Stanley Thompson. First Aid and Nursing Certificates. — William .1. Harvey, Lionel Titcbner. Nursing Certificates. —Henry G. Atkinson. W. Wesley Avery. James 11. Braithwaite, James F. Derick, Richmond J. S. Gray. Walter Iff. Stoddard. Medallions. —Henry G. Atkinson, Charles R. Spragg. The guests were theu entertained at tea by Lady Plunket. Mr J. J. Holland (chairman of the local committee) moved a hearty vote of thanks to His Excellency for his kindness before the gatherint "dispersed, and it was carried by acclamation.