RED CROSS GARDEN FETE

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 58, 9 March 1928, Page 11

RED CROSS GARDEN FETE

;. . • —__ «. —— _. To-morrow; by'permission of-the Prime Minister and Mrs; Coates, a garden fete will be held at tho'Ministerial residence, Tinnkbri road, the proceeds being devoted to the local branch o£' the Red Cross' Society for its peacetime...'activity. For some time an energetic, committeo of "Red :Cross workers and helpers,haß: been busy preparing for the fete! There will be all s6rts of novelties and side shows, nnd the Caledonian' Pipe Baud and tho Wellington Municipal Tramway "Band will bo in attendance. Miss Kathleen O'Bricn and her pupils havo undertaken ,to stage a number :b£ ballets and solo dances. ... Tho work of'the Red Cross ;Society is widely known, being' an international organisation comprising 54! distinct 'nations which have combined, to further humanitarian ideals in peace as well as in war; for peacetime activity'in this.community a separate, committee is operating. Tho object. of tile committed /is to co-oporilte j with the health services by instructing the i populace in the importance of hygiene, and rendering aid in mitigating distress among families■ in 'sickness and in: indigent circumstances, also by being ready at all times to function efficiently and cxpeditiously', in the event of national emcrgenc3'. Instruction in first aid and nursing is .given, an average of. 1500 being trained.annually by tho Wellington organisation;. • The Wellington Society bas or- j ganised a voluntary nursing ■ detachment of women prepared, to render service in.; epidemic .or disaster. At short notice the personnel of this detachment could be put in'the field, uniformed and ready to operate.' .For its resources the"Red Cros3 is dependent upon membership subscriptions, donations, and proceeds'from various entertainments,' etc. The : society hopes that the public ,will-accord to-mor-row's garden fete -^whole-hearted Buppoft. ■ ' ■ ■■'■•■■■ \ _ Though the members of'tho Wellingtou Fire Police do not, .except in emergency, get tho full enjoyment out of fire fighting—that is,: they';,are not oxppcted to get",their; hands burnt and their heads broken' whon walls fall down or floors fall in—their work is of real use to tho brigade in londing a hand in the control of crowds, attending to salvage, and so on. Tho corps now numbers 45. Tho annual swearing in is to take place shortly. "" Messrs. Ramßey Wilson and Co. hold v sale of a children's outfitters' stock, also furniture, on the premises, 89, Adelaide road, on Monday, nejtj afc J,.p.iiu '_ ._