RED CROSS

Hokitika Guardian, 21 September 1937, Page 7

RED CROSS

INTERNATIONAL MEMBER’S VISIT (Ber Press Association—Copyright). AUCKLAND, September 20, In the presence of a large representative gathering at the Town hall, this morning, a Mayoral welcome was extended by Sir E. Davis to Mr E. L. Cuilgud Under-Secretary of the International League of the Red Cross Society, after his arrival by the Mariposa from Sydney. Mrs Gielgud was presented by the Mayor with a bouquet of flowers from the city reserves. Sir Ernest said the organisation had the respect and admiration of all people and j he trusted that Mr Gielgud s mission to New Zealand would meet with success. The president of the New Zealand Red Cross, Mrs T, M. Lowry, in extending a welcome, said at the time of the Napier earthquake they had received £4OOO from the International Refief Society. In America they had a marvellous system and she hoped New Zealand would develop much on the same lines. They particularly wanted the young people to come into the movement. Mr Gielgud said New Zealand was probably unequalled for its general social setup v probably there were some gaps that j could be filled. The International Red J Cross was now busy on both side# of the I lino in Spain and a delegate-was oji his I way to China, it was a world move- | ment of a perfectly simple and human kind, divorced from everything hut the thought of giving relief to human suffering. Mr Gielgud who spends a month in New Zealand is a brother of John Gielgud, the English actor. Mrs Giel- j gud was the former Hungarian actress, . Zita Gordon.