FREE AMBULANCE

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 198, 17 May 1940, Page 7

FREE AMBULANCE

Donations And Cases During April In Ids niontldy report to the board yesterday the superintendent of the Wellington Free Anibulanee, Mr. F. Hoile, submitted llie following list of donations ami subscript inns lor April: St'aioun Croquet Club. £B/10/-: Etiginenieii. Firemen ami Cleaners’ Acsoeialion, £lO/-l/-l; Wellington Bricklayers' Union, .Cl/l.y-; Gear -Meal Co., I’elone, £2/2/6; Wellington Employers’ Association. Pacific Lodge I'.A.D.IJ. and Kelbnriie and Kn,rori Tramway Co.. £2/2/- each ; Shell Co., Ltd., IL W. Botlninilcy, Wellington College Hid Boys' Footliail Club, Wellington Curetakers ami Cleaners' Inion. F. Pearce, National Electric and Engineering _Co.. Ltd., Dr. Sylvia Chapman, C. C. Wakefield and Co., Ltd., C. and A. Odlin, Ltd., Wellington Hockey Association and Matron L. C. Kohn, £l/1/- each; Amalgamated Pa inters, and Decorators' Union and Plumbers mid Gns'litlei's’ Union, £1 each; G. A. Sleep. 16/6; Mrs. McMurray, lii, / -: 1,. .1. Waikin. .1. S. Smith. £!’>: W. St,-iff and G. Stronach Paterson, t'2 2/- each ; I’. ('. Jordan and .Mrs. A. M. Nicolaus, £l/1/- each; New Zealand Shipping Co., and Mrs. S. A. Cowies, £1 each; (’. McAllister, 10/6; F. S. Shell, Mrs. S. W.'ik-em, Mrs. E. P. Best, Fedei'-d Steam Navigation Co.. E. A. Wallace, A. Warwick and W. W. Gibson. 10/- eaeii : J. Chitty. 7/6; Mrs. L. Player, Mis. 1). Morrison. Mrs. O. .1. Bail. Miss G. Corrigan, Mrs. E. Tomlin, Mrs, J. Mills and Mrs, liousscll, 5/- each; J. Kilfoy and Miss Brvatw. -I/- each: and D. Adams. 2/6.

The hoard has forwarded a letter io tiie Minister of Public Works. Mr. Semple, expressing appreciation of die ndvanl.iigc conferred on tjie motoring community and tiie Free Ambulance by the completion of Hie coastal road between Pliinmerlon and Paekakariki.

'file report of the superintendent also stated that, during April (lie total numtier of eases dealt witli by the ambiilanec s'ervjee was 1120. of which 1)2.” were Iransports, 70 were accidents, I I were slight: olliee cases and four were serious ollico eases. Office cases are those cases

which are treated in the ambulance depot in Cable Street. Of the total number of eases attended '.152 were from the city and nearby suburbs and tin* rest from suburbs outside Wellington city. Lower Hull heajled the list, of tile outside cases witli .'2. and I’etoue .'out ributeri :>•”>. During the month the honorary staff did 220 hours of duly. 11l the absence of .Sir Charles Norwood, Mr. A. J. McCurdy presided.