NURSES FOR SPAIN
FINANCIAL SUPPORT PALMERSTON NORTH FAREWELL [from our own correspondent] PALMEESTON NORTH, Sunday A civic farewell was tendered to-day to two nurses who leave shortly for ambulance service on the Spanish front. They are Nurse 31. Sharpies, of Levin, and Nurse I. Dodds, of Wellington, who, with Sister Shadbolt, of Auckland, have been selected to sail Avith the New Zealand medical aid corps on May 16. The nurses were congratulated on their courage and on their ideal of service. A motion was carried pledging financial support to the unit "in its heroic and humanitarian efforts to support world democracy against Fascism on the battlefields of Spain." It was announced that already £SO had been raised. Nurse Sharpies, in her reply, stated they were not afraid of what might happen. A bouquet sent by children as an act of appreciation was presented to each nurse, and the gathering concluded with cheers.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22724, 10 May 1937, Page 8
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