St. John Ambulance

Hutt News, Volume 15, Issue 12, 20 August 1941, Page 5

St. John Ambulance

... y a 4 ■ HDTT VALLEY CORPB HUTT NURSING DIVISION Th«re if) no doubt altfgti id|al In all movements In life, but nursing' la not ah ideal —It la a natural instinct in . allwomen, . Mr. Hall, Calne, who waii one jot greatest;' writers and? thinkers ots" modem times, expresses this Idea Jfeautifully in the folloWlng extract from his poem—"Woman"; "He ordained that by that impulse, still the purest and the best, She Bhould gather all that suffer in her pity to her breast. "Hers the conflict, hers the conquest, hers the flag of life unfurled,

Hers the sorrow, hers the suffering, hers the that rules the world." „'

This spirit of the true woman has existed since the world began, and iB still with! us; and the nursing section pt the Order of St. John giveß the training that develops that in? stinct of love to a high standard of efficiency. They give a true translation of that motto of the Order— "For the service of mankind."

It would be Unfair to close without mentioning Lady Cadet Supervisor Mrs. G. A. Bonifant (Lady Corps Officer). Mrs. Bonifant wa3 lady superintendent of the Hutt cadets. Under her. command it

grew to such a wonderful strength that from It three Hutt district cadet divisions were formed, and now from the same source has cpme the Petone Cadet Nursing /Division. Congratulations, Mrs. Bonifant. Well done!

And now to air members of the Hutt Valley Corpß, but particularly the two new divisions—cultivate the whole art of both "first aid" and "nursing," for . . .

the two new divisions—cultivate the whole art of both "first aid" and "nursing," for . . . '"Friendships blind service in the hour of need, Wipes the pale face but lets the victim bleed. Science must stop to reason and explain While art claps, a finger on the bleeding vein."