NOTABLE SAVINGS
CHEAP AMBULANCE SERVICE
Ail excellent example o£ the; advantage the ;Free, Ambulance-service has over ;the old system, .was 'given by Mr. A.J. M'Curdy-; at ;the./annual general' meeting d£ the- subscribers to the service.^ last night." Mr. M'Curdy said that'in 1929-30 Wellington"-City contributed £1800 to the Erse Ambulance, including a. grant..of; £300 from the Harbour Board. y-The value of the transport in this area at the tariffs' charged -prior;to the inception of the Free Ambulance'would have been £2800, :.Simi-; larly, Potone contributed £30,' the 'value; of the transport being £973 ■• .' :>' Mr. M'Curdy then quoted the following figures foiv the other contributing districts, the estimated value, of the transport being, given in parentheses: — Lower H'utt, ■ £50 (£900); Upper Hutt, £ 100 (£ 134); Makara County, ' £36 (£l30); Hutt County, £150 (£250); East-! bourne, £50 (£102); .Johnsonville, £27 (£105). ■'■.■.■•:''■ The total contributions, Ihe concluded, amounted to £2293, as compared with £5394 which would have been charged under the old system.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 124, 28 May 1930, Page 4
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157NOTABLE SAVINGS Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 124, 28 May 1930, Page 4
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