FREE AMBULANCE

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 173, 18 April 1942, Page 3

FREE AMBULANCE

Donations For March

At this week’s meeting of the Free Ambulance Board, the .superintendent (Mr. F. Roffe) reported that the Ambulance had not been granted a street day in Wellington tills year. However, street days in aid of the funds of the Ambulance had been held in other places with gratifying results, as follows: —Lower Hutt City, £ 66/42/5; I’etur.e, £33/3/7; Upper Hutt, £3:>/J/4; Eastbourne, £lB 15/3; Johnsonville, £’l3/6/2. It was also reported that the Lower Hutt City Council had increased its annual grant by £5l), making it £250, and the Makara County Council had forwarded its grant of £B6. In addition the Director-General of the Post and Telegraph Department had forwarded £3d/12/-, being Hie result of the annual collection among the staff: the Hutt Valley Electric Power Board had given a grant of £25: and the Upper Hutt Women's Institute bad forwarded £B, the proceeds of a benefit occasion. Donations received in the usual way were as follows; —•

Mr. 11. S. McLaren, £2/2/-; Miss E. ■Woodman. £2: J. 11. Whittaker, F. W. Young. .Miss Margaret Freeman. 0. Gundersen and Dr. C. E. Adams, £l/l/- each: Mrs. A. Cole and Mrs. E. Bristow, £1 each; Mrs. C. Fugle. 12/6: Port Line Ltd., 15/-; R. Mason, 10/6: -Mrs. 11. E. Whyte, H. IVilliams, O. C. McGee, N. Russell. J. W. Wallace and Co.. Miss E. Burke. Mrs. L. McPherson, Mrs. V. Guy and L. Collins. 10/- each: It. Lunn. 1/6: Mrs. E. Dalton and Mrs. N. Wiekham. 5/- each. Wellington Racing Club. £2O; Aspro Ltd., £l4: Arthur Law, £lO/10/-; Fletcher Construction Co.. Ltd., £10; J. R. McKenzie Ltd, £7/7/-: Wellington Bricklayers’ Union, £6/16/-; David McCrae Ltd. £5/5/-: W. IL Long and Co., £3 3/--: Platers and polishers, Whitelaw Bros.. £3; Victoria Bowiing Clul), R. L. Button and' Co., Wellington Railway Shunters’ Council. J. IL Whittaker and Sons. N.Z. Institute, M. and P. Engineers, Lyall Bay Croquet Club. Crippled Children Society and Court Sir George Grey A. 0.1)., £2/2/eaeh: Empire Mfg. Co.. Ltd., £’l/10/-; Arthur Young. .Mrs. A. L. Warburton, J. McParland. J. Rod and Co.. Colonial Carrying Co.. Ltd.. Bing. Harris and Co., A. Levy Ltd.. Golden Bay Cement Co.. Herbert Toagle Lodge. J. Mellraith and Co.. Barton Ginger and Co., F. Cooper, Ltd.. Hutt Rugby Football Club, 'Wellington Basketball Association. W. I. Clark. Atlantic Union Oil Co., William Massey Ferguson -Lodge. Abeleo Ltd.. Mrs. K. O'Reilly, J. W. Jack. R. C. Addison, E. 11. Picot, Waiwetn Home and School Association, Boots Tlie Chemists Ltd.. W. G. Shearer, Wliiteomlie and Tombs, ColgatePalmolive Ltd.. Prudential Assurance Co., £l/1/- each: C. M. Banks Ltd.. L. Alexander, A. G. Neo. L. G. Reid. F. Marshall Ltd.. Geo. Barker, C. F. Drew, W. B. Mcllveney, Chas. Athya, £1 each: Court Sir Win. Jervois A.0.F., Retreads Ltd.. C. H. Chapman M.P., Lodge Tawern-o-Kapiti. Mayer and Kean. Upper Hutt Rugby Football Club, and O. T. Evans and Co.. 10/6 each: F. S. Marchant. Miss A Owen. Miss 11. -M. Moginie. A. E. Bright. H. Bowyer. Len J. Watkln. and Cool Store Workers' Union, 10/- each: Miss E. Parkes, Miss C. Diiigan. and Janies Long. 5/- each: Mrs. E. A. Jackson. 2/6. and Lodge Ulster, £2/2/-. The superintendent reported that tlie calls received during Marell numbered 1541. compared with 1349 for the corresponding month of last year. The cases included Il',(i accidents and 1371 transports. The honorary staff rendered 142 hours of. duty during the month.