GROUNDS INSPECTED.
ST. JOHN OFFICERS' VISIT.
The annual inspection of sports grounds ■by officers of the St. John Ambulance Brigade took place on Saturday, when six parties of officers inspected 29 grounds. Those taking part were Mr. C. J. Tmnks, Commissioner for the district; Mr. F. J. Hutchinson, assistant Commissioner; Mrs. G. S. Caimimell, lady district officer; and officers of the district and corps staff. Mr. Tunks inspected the hodkey grounds at Remuera, the recreation ground, Ellerslie, and Eden Park. At Ellerslie an interesting function took place, a special football match (Mount Albert seniors versus Papakura seniors), being played to raise funds for the completion of a casualty room on the grounds.
The Ellerslie ambulance and nursing divisions marched through the township to the grounds where they were joined by the players. The parade was led by the Railway Workshops Band. The officers present were Mr. Tunks. Commissioner; District Officer C. W. Gooder-ham; and Corps Officers W. R. Dawson and F. Davidson. The Mayor of Ellerslie, Mr. H. White, and the member for the district, Mr. A. G. Osborne, M.P., were aleo present. ,
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19400701.2.25
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 154, 1 July 1940, Page 3
Word Count
183GROUNDS INSPECTED. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 154, 1 July 1940, Page 3
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in