ST. JOHN AMBULANCE NOTES

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 47, 25 February 1937, Page 22

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE NOTES

Appreciation. At a meeting of officers and superintendents held on' Tuesday evening the following letter was received from the secretary of the New Zealand Surf Life-saving Association: —"On behalf of our association and the visiting teams, including the Australians, I desire to express to your members our sincerest thanks and appreciation for their attention to duty under such wretched climatic conditions experienced during the two days of the championships. It would be most difficult to imagine such championships being held under worse conditions, and the fact that your members remained on duty till the very last speaks volumes for their loyalty and devotion to their organisation. Will you please convey to those members our deep appreciation and sincerest thanks?" • It was reported by Mr. Whitely, superintendent of the Wellington East division, that the members.concerned dealt with six'cases on the Saturday and one case on the Sunday. Nine members were in attendance for the two days. Wellington Division. The first meeting for the year 1037 was held in the brigade hall on Monday evening /last, there being a large attendance of three officers and 21 other ranks. The parade fell in under the command of the divisional superintendent; Mr. S. C. Smith,. and at the opening of the meeting Mr. Smith extended a hearty vote of thanks, to Sergeant C. E. G. Fuller and Private J. Gabriel for their donations to the division in connection with the recent brigade art union. The new year was started well by the introduction of two new members to the division, Mr. S. Borne, previously a probationer member, but recently qualified, and Mr. W. Weir, who already holds the first aid certificate of the association. Mr. Smith, in welcoming these members to the division, expressed the hope that their stay may" be a long oue, and wished them every success in their future work with the division. The annual, report was read by the divisional secretary, Mr. H. S. Glensor, who stated that during the year just ended

fairway and then using a long iron to the green. But Joe had no desire to waste strokes. ■■■ ':

After- studying the situation for several seconds, he took a No. 3 iron, and much to the consternation of the gallery played a full short directly across the fairway. The ball started to hook after it crossed the creek, and, to the amazement. of the onlookers, the wide arc taken by the pellet began to bring it in, towards the green. ;In its mad flight the ball recrossed the brook and landed on the carpet less than three feet from the pin. Joe sank the putt for a birdie 3. The arc, described by the ball was a complete half-circle. ~ A HOPPING PUTT. . On the sixteenth hole of the same round, Kirkwood again had occasion to call trick ' shots into play. This ■time, his tee shot had a decided slice and it landed deep into the rough. Another formidable wall of trees loomed in his path to the green.' There was a;: open space about five feet wide between two of the trees, but it was about twenty feet distant from Joe's ball and at a peculiar angle. The green is a built-up affair, with a small creek guarding the entrance. ■..■.■. , '■' Kirkwood took his . putter, judged the distance to a fraction, and played the shot'for a slice. Theball made the clearing between the' two -big trees before it hit the ground, and then, an amazing thing occurred; the spot where the ball -was;played and ,the!.-.."greeri,';the pellet:.bounced, about six . times. Each time it: bounded it developed more of afslice,* until.finally it hopped over the creek and landed upon the green.

thirteen members rendered honorary service to' the Wellington Free Ambulance transport service, and during the period 880 cases were assisted with, and a total of 352 attendances put in, or 1734 hours. The total cases treated on public duties and sports grounds was 637, and cases attended not on public duty were 188. Mr. Glensor also stated that 33 members of the division were efficient for the year. During the evening the syllabus for the forthcoming year was drawn up. Wellington East Division. The Wellington East division held its first meeting last Wednesday night. The divisional superintendent, Mr. W. Whitely, explained that the competition for the challenge cup started that night, the points being allotted for attendance, ambulance work, care pi uniform, and drill. Mr. W. Goodwin gained full points, with Messrs. Mander and Reeves runners-up. At the conclusion of squad drill, general business was discussed. The superintendent thanked the members who had done public duties at Lyall Bay during the visit of the Australian swimmers. Members were posted for duty on the Hataitai sports ground for the athletic sports on Saturday. As the divisional meetings are to be held on Wednesdays in future, it is hoped that there will be a gam in membership and ;a better attendance of members. . Railway Division. The annual general meeting of the railway division was,held in the ambulance room, Lambton Station, on Tuesday last, when the first annual balance-sheet was presented, and proved very satisfactory. It was decided that the division, which is sponsored by the Railway Department, should hold lectures, commencing on March 2 with two lectures by members of the division on bandaging, and the divisional surgeon, Dr. D. 'Brown, would commence his seven weekly lectures on Tuesday, March 16. In view of the transfer from Wellington of several members of the division, arrangements were made to obtain a photograph of the foundation members of the division and also of the team that, took part in the Wellington competitions.