RED CROSS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 70, 24 March 1941, Page 3

RED CROSS.

TRANSPORT PRAISED

V.A.D. DIRECTOR'S INSPECTION,

Dominion director of the Ucd Cro'r. voluntary aid detachments. MU-- K. I'. Tennent. paid a vi>it of ion at si parade of members of the Kcd t'ro;<-Trari-port Corps in tho Spddon Memorial Technical College "rounds on Saturday afternoon. The nvmliors. who were in uniform, did ~<|tia<l drill, and later parried out a short route march. MiesTonnent takin" the salute.

Tho commandant. Mr. F. V. Horne. and the axsUtant eonimandant. Mrs. John Paterson. were presented tr. Mis„ Tennent. who was acconipanied by Canon K. <i. Coats, president of the society. Mr. C. Thacker Paterson, chaiimari of the executive, and Mr. A. A. Ilarkcr, secretary. Miss Tennent paid a tribute to the eorps, the members of which have been daily ensajied. in rotation, for some months past, in conveying patients from their homers to the Auckland Hospital for treatment.

Miss Tennent met members of tho executive of the Auckland Ped Cross centre at morning tea on Saturday, and yesterday afternoon she met the commandants, assistant. - commandants. quartermasters and head section leaders of the 20 voluntary aid detachment* in the area. During the afternoon Miss Tennent presented medallions to two V.A.D. commandants, Mrs. Kltngender and Miss E. Phipps. This evening Miss Tennent is to visit and inspect one of the voluntary aid detachments. Miss Tennent will be in Auckland until Thursday next and will be kept busy with consulting and inspecting with the officers of the voluntary aid detachments.

Members of the Red Cross voluntary aid detachments and the transport corps attended church parade yesterday morning at St. Matthew's, Church.