RAETIHI FIRE RELIEF

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 211, 25 May 1918, Page 2

RAETIHI FIRE RELIEF

WORK. Ob' Till', b'AIA'ATION AIUIL Tlio following interesting Idler has been soul in unsolicited Ij,v Uio Uactilii Executive Jicliei CoimniltiiO to Coiiuninttiuiicr Jlodder us an appreciation of I lie Salvation. .Army'rt tsplemiid organisation mill timely assjstanw in counecrion with tlio recent disaster in the ltiietihi district :-

"Aly executive desires mo to express to you Uio duep graliludo of the people of Kaetihi, and especially of Iho suu'orers in tlii! recent fire, for tho prompt; and eliicieni; liclp rendered by tiio Salvation Army in our linio of need. Your execulivo olKcors, Colonel liray and Brigadier Carmicluiol, with thoir strong personality, their consummate skill ni organising, and their never-failing courtesy, reudered us invaluable, uftsistanco in forululating a scheme for receiving and distributing tliu jieecssiiry relief, and by their niigo counsels.aided us iu all matters of difficulty or of importance. The detail work lione by your ollicers for us was beyond all praise; and in this connection I should especiuiiy mention th* clerical assistance given us. by Brigadier C'armichaal and his corresponding: clerk, Lieutenant Thompson, who between them reduced our correspondence from chaos to order, tho Magnificent work done by Staff-Captain Dixou as director of transport and receiving ollicer, tho skill displayed by Staff-Captain Elder and his band of carpenters, ihe untiring energy and patience of Cununandant Gordon, Adjutant Treviirtlmn, and their assistants in attending lo the wants of thu sufferers as they came for relief, and last, but not least, Captain Griffin, who from Ihi! time tho five was actually ruging to tho present time has worthily upheld tho best traditions of the Salvation Array, and it would bo impossible, lo oiiumeruto the services ho has rendered iu his (|uiet and unassuming manner. Wo woro nil deeply impressed by tho splendid spirit shown by your officers, and the .hearty manner in which they co-operated with my cmnuiittee aud the helpers from other organisations, each and all being apparently possessed with the single desire to do whatever was possible for suffering humanity. I'inally, sir, my executive desire me to thank you personally for so promptly taking steps to place nt our disposal the resources ot your noble organisation which was'so well ablo togivo just tho assistance needed in our hour of distress."