BRITISH RED CROSS

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 148, 19 December 1935, Page 26

BRITISH RED CROSS

ExIbUtlVE MEETING

'■ A meeting of the..Dominion'- e'xe'cu-! tiye of the.New Zealand branch of jthie British .Red Cross- Society^ and jOrderof St. John was held recently jat. the headquarters ~ office,! 61 Dixon", Street. Those present were Mr. L. O. |;H.;Tripp, 0.8.E1, chairman" of the Dotaniniori executive; Lady Myers, New Council; Mr, H. Rose, New j^Zealarid Council; Mr. A. H. Bath, Weliington; Mrs. H...H. Smith and Mr. Cyrus Williams, Canterbury; Sir Alexander .^Roberts, K.8.E., vice-president, Representing Otago; and, Mr. C. G. IW»ite, '■ legal' adviser.: An iap^lofflr.for absence was received from fthif Dominiprt-president, Sir -A r Heaton '3lhodes, vIC-C'V.O., owing to' iridisposiJt«m:^r'' [■■:',. -.. ,» .'.,,- ---;.; was received from fthfe joint war. finance committee in Engiland,ir^emitting ■":a-, further-: amount or ;ex-Imp<srial 'soldier's;"j Thisf^ had .been ialKicatedVas follows:< Auckland centrej •£;ioo'^Wellington centre, £110 3s' Id;! jPahterbury centre, £100. The secretary. |pf|the committee in England;had been ivjfeitten to urging that a grant be made ;>fpr 'ex-Imperial men and their depend,]attts ih; distress through economic diffijctiltieisi and a; reply received; that ow-' ?pg tejhe very heavy-calls'ton available; jhijids;;'this:, could notes be done,, such 'grants jas were-, made for ex-Imperial TnMn^.fwbe disbursed on behalf ofthose Suffering war disability as distinct from ieppnomic; -causes. ;..,.1.x.~~...^': if During the' year 'the sum of" £1054 is Bdhad been allocated to the joint council of the Order of St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society lor the relief of N.Z.E.F. men and their dependants. The arrangement entered into with the council was working most harmoniously and effectively..

Eefefence was made to the resignajtion of Matron MacMillan, who;for 'many! years had been' matron ; 6f the Mpntecillo Home, Dunediri::: Most loyal and .■efficient service had been given fey! Matron MacMillan, and the secretarjr was instructed to convey a special lettertof thanks. ,'' ■ , ' "A return was submitted by the secre-' tirjr tbf the Auckland centre, showing 'ij&t'.ttie" centre,, according to its -lastieport and balance-sheet,- disbursed the sym of i£ 1.515.11s 9don comforts to exif.Z.i!.r. men in and out.of hospital..