FREE AMBULANCE

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 70, 15 December 1939, Page 7

FREE AMBULANCE

Donations During November TOTAL OF 1186 CASES In his monthly report to the board of the Wellington Free Ambulance yesterday, the superintendent, Mr. Roffe, said the following donations and subscriptions were received during November: — ' Wellington Racing Club, £2O; Wellington Wres’t ling Association, £10; Wellington Trotting Club and Gear Meat Co., £5/5/- each; St. Patrick’s College, Silverstrcam, £-1/4/-; New Zealand Motor Bodies, Ltd.. £3/3/-; Mrs. A. Wardell. Sir George Shirtcliffe, Federated Cooks and Stewards’ Union, Avery Motors, Ltd., James Smith, Ltd., and Home ot Compassion, £2/2/- each; Bakers and Pastrycooks’ Union, Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd.,'Roberts (N.Z.), Ltd., Woolworths (N.Z.). Ltd.. Murray, Roberts and Co., Ltd., South British Insurance Co., New Zealand Breweries, Ltd., Victoria League and .1. L. Leonard, Ltd., £l/1/- each; Maraenui Lodge, 1.0.0.1’’., M ildey Lodge. J.0.0.F.. Christian ITiyscbology Healing Group. Court Lady Glasgow, A.0.E., and Hutt Croquet Club, 10/6 each; V.I.C. Garage 12/-; Spear and Murray. Ltd., 7/6; Miss M.A. Palmer, 10/-; T. Lynneberg, £1 ; Mrs. 11. Freeman. 5/-. R, McDougall, £3/5/6; Mrs. R. Freer, £3; J. IL A. Sanders and Edward Jenkins. £2/2/- each ; 11. Patience. £1; supt. C A Woolley, Mrs. C. J. Elliott, Miss a! Owen, M. Daly, Mrs. M. Palmer. Anonymous. Mrs. A. Malpas, ami A. Webster, 10/- each; Mrs. E. Boguuda, A. Ironside. L. Coleman, Mrs. W. Allen, and Mrs. M. Palmer, 5/- each; S. Wnkern, ]O/-. Upper Hutt Benefit Committee, pro. coeds of benefit, £47/10/9; Union Steam Ship Co., collection from ship's passengers £l2; Navy Department, annual grant, £10; Ncwlands and I’aparnngi Progress Association, proceeds of benefit £6/11./-: master, officers and crew,- of South Sea. £2/9/-; employees of Mf. A. Lemmon. Oriental Bay, £l/8/-, and Chaffer Street, £l/10/-. During November 1186 eases were attended to bv the Free Ambulance, compared with 975 for the same month last year. Of last month’s total, 144 were accident cases, 1029 were transports, and 13 were slight office eases (minor accidents attended to at the station). The cases came from the following districts: Belmont, 21; city and suburbs, 861; Eastbourne, 7; Glenside, 1; Heretaunga, 2; Johnsonville, 11; Koro Koro, 1; Lower Hutt, 89; Lowry Bay, 1; Martin borough, 1 ; Mailing 1; Ngahauranga, 1;

Otaki, 2; Pctone, 53; to Porirua, 9; from Porirua, 3; Paremata, 3; Plimmerton, 4; Pukcrua Bay, 1; Paekakariki. 3; Silveretream, 4; Stokes Valley, 1; Tawa I’lat, I; Trentham, SO; Titahi Bay, 1; Upper Hutt, .10; Wallaceville, 2; and Wainui-o-Mata, 7.