“ OUR DAY ” FUND

Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 5002, 17 October 1918, Page 5

“ OUR DAY ” FUND

MESSAGE FROM THE KING. TRIBUTE TO THE WORK OF 'THE RED CROSS SOCIETY. His majesty~~donat.es £io,ooo. Press Association Telegram. . WELLINGTON, Oct. 16. Tlie King has sent tlie following message through the Governor-Gen-eral : On the occasion of Our Day, I have much ' pleasure in congratulating the British Red Cross Society and tlie Order of St. John on the magnificent work which they in conjunction have achieved during more than four years of warfare, and in expressing the confident hope that tlieir efforts may continue to receive from my people the financial support which they require. By personal observation in the United Kingdom and on the Western Front, I am convinced that the appeal of the joint committee for funds is more than justified' by the manner in which they are carrying on their widespread and responsible labors in co-operation with the medical services of the forces in Flanders, France, Italy, and Malta, in Palestine, Macedonia, and Egypt, in Mesopotamia and East Africa, and in Russia, Roumania .and Siberia. The joint societies have relieved suffering, healed the sick, and saved valuable lives for the service of the Empire in war, and they have also 1 been able to give welcome assistance to our Allies and in making provision for sick and wounded have not forgotten tlie prisoners of war, whose privations they have done much to alleviate. It must be remembered that peace, when declared, will not bring a cessation of the work of the hospitals, and indeed the demand on the resources of the j Red Cross must inevitably continue for some time after hostilities have ended. “Impressed as I am by the obligations which must still fall on the joint societies, I have much pleasure in contributing the sum of ten thousand pounds.