TO MEET THE NEEDS OF WAR

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 92, 15 October 1914, Page 5

TO MEET THE NEEDS OF WAR

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE *FUNDS. The secretary of the Wellington Centre of the St. John Ambulance Association has received a letter from Lord Ranfurly, asking for its co-operation in an endeavour to increase the association's funds to meet the requirements of the war. As the result of this appeal, when it was made in England, a movement was instituted to add £200 a month to the funds. The "machinery" is in the shape of a collection postcard, and the association is in need of workers to undertake the distribution of the cards throughout the centre. Tho secretary of the league instances, as an example of what can be done, the case of Clnlton House School, Wellington. The proprietress, Mr*. Henry Smith, received twenty cards, and a day or two later asked for sixteen more, as thirty-six girls had piomised to collect Is 6d monthly ; and subsequently the numbci wa« increased to thirty-eight. Offers by schools and organisations to co-operate in this way would greatly lighten the task of collecting. Independently of the cards, there have been unexpected contributions, including one from the Kclburn Tioop of Boy Scouts, who sent 51 19s 6d, the proceeds of their patriotic concert held on the Bth September, and the Loyal Pattitahi Lodge. M.U., 1.0.0. F., which eeiit £2 to the War Fund. An anonymous donor enclosed £1. By slow degrees tho fund has rotiohcd abdut £15. Lor.l Ilanfurly's letter is as followe :—: — "I wish to ask your earnest cooperation in the difficult task laid beforo our Order. The Ambulance Department of the Order oi St John, has 4000 men with tho Forces and 100 nurses at the front. It is essential that we make a great effort immediately to increase our funds that we may be able to continue ever ready to meet any requirements on behalf of the wounded. I feel sure that youi centre and friends in your district will give us valuable support in this effort to alleviate suffering and save the lives of our fellow-creatures. No one knows what we may be required to do; we wish to be prepared for every emergency, and be able immediately to 1 answer any call made upon us by the Government. I hope you will bring my letter without delay before your committee, as the matter is very 1 urgent."