DISTRICT NURSING GUILD

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 29, 4 February 1914, Page 9

DISTRICT NURSING GUILD

THE LATE PRESIDENT. The committee of the District Nursing Guild of St. John met for the first time yesterday afternoon after the holiday recess, when the following members were present :— Mrs. E. Balcombe-Brown, Mrs. W. H. S. Moorhouse. Mrs. S. D. Tripe, Mrs. A. A. Corrigan. Miss M. E. Robieson, Nurse Macandrew, and Mrs. W. B Fisher (lion, secretary). -Apologies were received from Mrs. R. Pearson and Mrs. S. R. Gyles for unavoidable ab : sence. Mis. Balcombe-Brown (viccpresident) presided. Before the routine business wa3 dealt with, Mrs. Balcombe-Brown feelingly referred to the loss sustained by the guild through the death of Mrs. S. A. Rhodes, and said it was her privilege to move the following motion: — "That the members of the District Nursing Guild of St. John desil'6 to place on record their appreciation of the services rendered to the guild by, its late dearly-loved president, Mrs. S. A. Rhodes, Lady of Grace of the j Order of St. John of Jerusalem, and to tender to Mrs. Moorhouse and other re* j latives their deepest sympathy." Mrs. S. D. Tripe seconded the motion with some appropriate remarks, mentioning that she had known Mrs. Rhodes for 50 years, that her services on behalf of suffering humanity would never be forgotten locally, and that her name would be .jerpetuated by the Chapter of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in its Homage Roll as long as ever the Order existed. The resolution was carried the committee silently standing up as it was put. The senior nurse submitted the reports on the district nursing work which had been carried on since last meeting, and from this it was gleaned that thirty-four additional patients had been registered, sixty-seven had received nursing treatment, and 909 visits had been paid by Nurses Macandrew and Walton. The following contributions were acknowledged : — T. G. Macarthy Trust Board, £50; Dresden Company, £1 Is ; Te Aro House, £1 Is ; Briscoe and Company, £1 Is (per Mrs. A. A. Corrigan) ; Mrs. D. Anderson, £1 Is ; T. K. Napier, £1, and "Anonymous" (per Miss Robieson), Bs. The following sent various articles to the nurses for the district patients : — Lady Stout, Mesdames Kent, Denniston, Moorhouse, Lankshear, Giliner, Moebeck, Thompson (Patea), Kibblethwaite, Brieti, Misses Davidson, Evans, and Downhard, '"A Friend," "Anonymous," and the Gear Company. The question of appointing a president having been raised, Mrs. Moorhouse proposed Mrs. Balcombe-Brown be appoiliti ed to fill the position, but that lady, after expressing thanks for the honour proposed to be conferred on her, said she could not see her way to accept the presidential office, and that it gave her great pleasure to propose Mrs. Moorhoiise in her stead. The motion was seconded by Mrs. Tripe, and Mrs. Moorhouse was duly elected president, subject to the , approval of the Council of the Order of St. John in London. On the motion of Mrs. Moorhouse, seconded by Mrs. Tripe, a vote of sympathy was unanimously accorded Mr. J. G. W. Aitken (a trustee of the" guild) in his illness, and hopes were expressed by members for his speedy recovery.