MARCHING NURSES IN FLAG DAY PARADE

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 283, 26 August 1944, Page 5

MARCHING NURSES IN FLAG DAY PARADE

Nurses as well as sick and wounded volunteers (who were stretched proneion improvized blood transfusion and operating tables for demonstration Proses) focussed attention yesterday when the Sick and Wounded Appeal P aia J le P‘ through Wellington at noon- “eraiding their recruiting campaign nurses, which will gam momentum in October, a detachment from the 'Vclim* ton Public Hospital looked cool and eflb cient in crisp white uniforms aud scarlet canes. New Zealand Army nursing siswore their duty uniforms, and were among the medical crews on the floats, and representative platoous ot W-A. A C.’s, W.A.A.F.’s and members of the W.W.S.A., St. John and Red Cross voluntary aid detachments also marcbed W *Her P Excellency Lady Newall took the salute, wearing a tailored grey hat and costume to which she bad pinned the W.A.A.C., St. John, Red Cross W.W S.A., and W.A.A.F. insignia badges she is privileged to wear as. commandant-in-chief. Immediately behind her Excelenev were Miss I. Willis, matron-in-chief of Se N ZA.N.S., Miss B. Clark lady superintendent of the Wellington P”hhc Hospital. Mrs. V. Jowctt. Chief Commander of the Vf.A.A.C. and Mrs. Car lyon, Dominion superintendent ol w x vir Also present were Mrs. A Pi’^ to “' mayoress of Wellington, Lady Ulliott. M-i'inr-fieiieral F. T- Bowerbank, Colonel Wallis, Mr. Vincent s Y ar( L a ?r n ?,mn Ward, and members of the \Yellin„ton Provincial Committee of the Joint Council of the Order of St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society Lady Newall, who was accompanied by Miss Nora Walton, was met b.v the committee chairman, Sir Janies Elliott, and the organizer for yesterdays flag day apneal Mr. C. Meachen. , , Thanks to school holidays thousands of small children pressed forward against the roped-off parade route and c^al ’ aTa ?‘ , every available vantage Pnjnt. J n ,i« dren’s flags added to the display !l^e a,ly flapping from city shops and office buildW Major Massingham was the chief marshal for the parade.