ST. JOHN AMBULANCE

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 146, 17 December 1927, Page 15

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE

Various matters came up for consideration at a meeting of tho Standing Committee of St. John Ambulance, at which Sir R. Heaton Rhodes, X.C.V.0., presided.

The establishment of a New Zealand commandery was discussed. It was pointed out that this would co-ordinate several phases of social work, including the extension of district nursing, ancillary Red Cross peace-time operations, ambulance transport, voluntary aid detachments, brigade divisions, etc., under the Order of St. John. After some discussion it was resolved that inquiries be made from London for additional particulars.

It was agreed that the question of issuing certificates to miners should be submitted to the Mines Department. A communication regarding the procedure adopted in furnishing the reports of examiners was received from St. John's Gate, and was referred to the eight Dominion centres for action.

Tho honorary secretary was authorised to bring the recommendation made by the Dominion executive at its recent meeting, for the issue of a monthly report (with insets), before district committees for further consideration.

The question of equitable representation on the Joint War-time Committee of St. John Ambulance and other Red Cross workers was discussed, and it web resolved to ask tho different centres to nominate members for serving on the body incorporated as tho "New Zealand Branch of the British Red Cross and the Order of St. John" in accordance with the suggestion made by Major-General Sir Percival Wilkinson. K.C.M.G., Director-in-CMef of St. John Ambulance, and General H. B. .Champain, secretary of the British Red Cross Society. The honorary secretary reported that the New Plymouth Harbour Board and the municipal authorities had arranged for the instruction of their officers and employers in "first aid," and that the promotion of specific aims on behalf of the sick and needy under St. John throughout the Dominion is most encouraging.

Vegetarian weddings are being encouraged by the French Society of Vegetarians. The society has organised a series of functions where young lovers o£ vegetables can start their courtships.