AMBULANCE PROPOSAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 950, 18 October 1910, Page 5

AMBULANCE PROPOSAL.

:;i;\;^ ;^TJM^ ;.:,.•'.' Thei .Tramways'..Committee -of: the City ; /.Council,yesterday-,referred: to.' Us .parent; ..'Y.'.bbdy'^ :■'.:-.-;;lopar"cehtre7:qf : l t)ie..St. .John Ambulance .v.-:- • a''smnll-. : fet-nid- .kit ■'.. installed bri all- cars;running.an . : :.oity routes. ! . ; : r The. ; train ways manager; and ' ':.:' : engineer,' .Mr,'; Stiiart. Eich'ardsdhj in- a re-. ,'.'■ ;por.ttbthe.con?mittee,,coin]nented.: : .favQnr-. 'Si '■"■■■ Tably on the'proposal.;:: It iß:hoped.by.the \-.; ambiilanoe:.; authori^esUthat! 1 if (effect: can: • '■•. ;;; be given-,.: to. suggestion,-:.tie. result would 'bßXtoimakeyfirsti.aidiniueh more .■V-----'',-''wadUy.;aYaiJa^la-over-'the:city-areas'.'tlian ;.. .: it is -;at present.';.Bepoteat: fixed, points ::• ..are 'corisidqred'impracticable.'i.Avhen ;ii-is, ■" a question;of .equipping. the whole: city,-. , ,'■•: but y the.;, tramway ; ; car. .is -as; a '. '.v.: moving- .ambulance;,station of:: great ■ pos-' ,:-.';isibilitie3. which. L .; ; .',-a;sa"rap'e^being- ; prepared,.i«rcapable pf : -.-■'-■ being-contained in a'^strong,canvas holder, ■V'iof;moderate'fsize, and:will-include;splints,. ,-, bandages,:; J and .-.-v other-, first-aid;:■.''i'eqais^tes<': , : , .;..The.:idea-..is ..;.■, .:that'this.'travelling kit(should ..be;.avail- \. able for. use,in .case; of an: accident; occur- .;..; ring ! .f by .."any Authorised. - person wearing . the. association's.badge.:: ■. 1n,." advancing .iXthis-'propo^aiyrteVa'ssocia '.'.. by: a; desire: to Csd- dispose 1 of'its'material' ■■-_.-■..: ..that :.this,j:and' the: sarvioes'-'bf.its iii'em-. ~, the;.utmbst---r>ossible:-uso; .:.■ to "We'^reccgnise,";;Mr,"- J.' "' '■''$'$yefti&-&QVQfciy? i to"thV :n'ssociationV '•,'. ;.\told a-DomN^ >:.;:..it,: is :,not>: : much?.goQd shaving'•■• qualified ; V-: ; students 'unless .-.they'-, can * be -enabled ■ to V> ..when ft-is .required. >. :■■', This utilisation: of : the tramway cars.; the -:; - ,; : assooiatlon".';.considere,;the;'best. : .plan: that -..\" ; ,/'.»n.:be-..adflp.ted,'Vi-':;? i '->/'■':'■'■'• : v::^