GREAT BARRIER'S ISOLATION.
May I have space to express thanks to the Hospital Board, members of its medical staff, officials of the naval base and " anv who assisted in the prompt response made to a recent appeal from Great Barrier for medical aid by air? Four times in recent years similar need has arisen in this settlement, and on each occasion the same efficient service has been rendered and the saving of life has resulted. Under ordinary circumstances the Great Barrier is a spot favoured bv the smiles of kindly Nature, bvt. apart from aid bv air. helplessness and isolation can become terribly real to the sufferer—faced bv (SO miles of stormy sea and the call of the vreeklv steame" several days off! For the r?lief in this mission of mercy, again accept gratitude, heartfelt and sincere. OXK OF IT-IE I LAX. FThe chairman of the Au.-kland Hospital Board, tne Be\-. W. ('. Wood. recer.tlv stated that provision for a seaplane service for urgent cases from the gulf inlands, and the f;re-,it jßarrier in particular, w.i- t.> he considered bv a. committee, with a view to making a reoort it > the board.'—Ed.]
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 127, 1 June 1938, Page 6
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