RED CROSS SOCIETY

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 301, 20 September 1928, Page 6

RED CROSS SOCIETY

APPRECIATION BY AIRMEN. Squadron-Leader Kingsford Smith ami Flight-Lieutenant Ulm, in conversation with the sec ret ary of the New Zealand Red Cross Society, expressed regret at: llieir inability, owing to tlie brevity of their stay in Wellington, to visit the disabled ex-service men at Hie K”d Gross Home, Hobson Street. They stated tlmt; if, on their return, they remained sutticiMitly long in Wellington, :t visit would lie made to the patients ai llie Hoiiu'. Tho aviators spolw appreciatively ot (be work of Ute Red Cross (luring ami since (he war, and hoped tlie good Work oil behalf of tlie soldiers would continue. . hey learned wit It satisfaction, ot the -wwau peace time Bed Cross programme. ■ had been embarked upon by every cniiised country. . , .. , Bv wav of iiolping the society Squad-ron-Leader Kingsford Smith ami his companions. prior to leaving Sydney <■ ' their flight, autographed a number , specialty printed cards bearing ( »’ Fed Cross emblem. These they brought mu from Australia in the Southern and Immled them to the Red Gios. .. cielv in New Zealand, to dispose of m whatever, direction seemed lit. ' honor! that the disposal <»l IhO would result in a siilistanttai contribution being made io llie society s lands.