FIRST-AID SERVICE
Sir,—l feel it a duty to comment on an article by Mr. W. Martin appearing in Friday's Hkraj.d, with reference to donations of Id per week by footballers and sportsmen generally who are receiving attention from the St. John Ambulance Brigade. Mr. Martin s suggestion is in every way an excellent one, and should be followed up by all Auckland sports bodies. Mr. Langstone, manager-secretary of the St. John Ambulance, points out that first aid equipment is expensive, and this will be readily understood when the number of grounds attended is taken into consideration. As Mr. Martin mentions, brigade members, often coming from districts well outside the metropolitan area, pay their own fares each week for the privilege of rendering first aid to injured players, in the rain, mud or sunshine. It is high time the Transport Board came to realise the nature of the sacrifice these men make, and allow them every facility to carry on their humane work, by granting free passes for thc-ir transport in uniform, to and from playing fields. Well wisher.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22131, 10 June 1935, Page 12
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178FIRST-AID SERVICE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22131, 10 June 1935, Page 12
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