FUNDS RUNNING OUT

Evening Post, Issue 36, 12 February 1935, Page 11

FUNDS RUNNING OUT

RED CROSS SOCIETY

WELLINGTON DISTRICT

The funds of'the Wellington Centre of the New Zealand branch of the Bri-, tish Red Cross Society' are being steadily reduced, according to a statement made by the chairman (Mr. H. Rose) this morning at a meeting of the centre. The an^-jant at present in, hand will provide for only three more . .years, be said, and' another member remarked, that the centre had.-■ been faced with extinction for the last six years,. .. _ . ,'. G ,. . .The meeting was attended by Messrs. H. Rose (chairman), A. H.. •Bath, W. Waddel, A. E. Boyes, F. S. Pope, Colonel R. S. McDonald, ( Lady Myers, and Miss M. Low. , ■ A request for sports'equipment' atthe Pukeora Sanatorium was placed before the centre by the secretary] (Mr. M. S. Galloway), who visited the • institution during December. • Six or eight billiard cues,' golf balls, and a! bagatelle set were asked .for; The chairman said that he considered the request was excessive. ■ Other members said that it might be ■] possible to get donations of the, material required. i The secretary said the billiard tables ' had been re-covered, but the cues were . old and would probably be out of the true. • Mr. Bath suggested writing to the' Miramar Golf Club requesting a supply of used golf balls. There was not a great deal of money involved, the chairman said, but the centre's funds were . always being drained, and they would have to be ■ careful. ■ ■ i Mr. Boyes said he considered the , matter was outside the province of the • centre, and that the sanatorium should | make an appeal in the-Waipukurau dis- j trict. It was decided that.the request for cues and golf balls should be referred back to the Waipukurau committee. Lady Myers said that the Mowai Home had a bagatelle set, and as baga: telle was a game that the patients became very, tired of it;might be possible to send it to Pukeora on loan. The matter was.left in her hands. BALANCE OF £39X5. ■ The treasurer's „ statement showed that the funds had been reduced by £181 5s since-December. The chairman said that the reduction was not great, but the balance remaining at the end of January, £3915,.was only sufficient for about three years. Mr. Bath: We'have been faced with extinction for the last; six years. The' chairman:' Yes; ,- It is no use crossing our bridges before we come to them. Tuesday, March 12, was fixed tentatively as the date, for .the annual meeting, 'the chairman remarking ( that the books would have to be audited before the meeting could be held. The chairman and secretary were instructed to prepare a draft of the annual report for submission to members. '