ST. JOHN AMBULANCE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21263, 17 August 1932, Page 10

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE

AWARDS AND APPOINTMENTS

AID TO INJURED PLAYERS

The chief commissioner for 4 lie Dominion of the St. John Ambulance Brigade overseas,, Colonel G. Barclay, has approved of the following appointments in the Auckland district:—District staff: Mr. U. Hitchon to be a district officer. Auckland corps: Mr. C. W. Gooderham to he corps superintendent; Mrs, E. Cnmmel to be lady corps superintendent. Gisborno nursing division: Miss V. McCarthy to bo divisional secretary in place of Mrs. Bcrridge, resigned. , His Royal Highness, the Grand Prior, has approved of the issue of the service medal of the order as under: —Auckland nursing division: Lady* 1 Ambulance Officer M. Fletcher, Ambulance Sister A. Bowman.

Some interesting figures in connection with the work done by members of the brigade in New Zealand while attending sports and other gatherings on Saturday afternoons have just been published by the chief commissioner. Returns wcro obtained ,Jor a particular Saturday afternoon during July and tho information which has bein sent in shows that on the day referred to over 200 sports grounds were staffed by brigade members throughout the Dominion, 521 members of ambulance and nursing divisions were on duty and 1162 cases of first-aid were attended to. Each year additional demands uro made upon the" brigade for the supply of first-aid workers and the fact that thero has been an increase of 233 cases over the corresponding day of last year shows that the brigade is fully justifiying its existence. Although the great majority of the cases were of a minor nature, some of a more serious kind were dealt with.