RED CROSS AID

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23966, 16 May 1941, Page 10

RED CROSS AID

CLOTHING WORTH £1,250,000 » SHIPMENT'S' FROM "AMERICA ' ' ' -LONDON, May 14 Shipment of £1,250,000 worth of clothing for British civilian war victims will be . started immediately by the American fted Cross, according to an announcement by the American Ambassaddfj Mr. J. G. Win ant, a iifitish official-wireless message states. This .amount will fill the estimated needs during the coming sis months TM provide reserves for the winter on the basis of requests made by ■women's voluntary services. fHucii. .of. this clothing will be, proed by 500,000 volunteer women workers in the United States. Mr. NorDailisy; chairman of the AmeriRed Cross, recently asked these volunteers .to .cut,, sew and. knit 6,000,000. garments during the coming wmter. ■ jlh addition to its own relief supples, the America a Red Cross has agreed to provide shipping facilities for £250,000 worth of.clotjiing.to.be fnrnisMed by the British War Relief Organisation, These goods will be consigned icfe women's voluntary services for disfifpiitiQii to children of from three niiSfrtHs to 16'years'old. There will bo 2.50,000' pairs of shoes for these children. ■ ti \ i .r .. ; ;

'jr^rrypers,; skirts, (Stockings, pyjamas iup nightdresses'are among the'items fqs; women and,'.there will bo 100,000 wotiSfSfrii" "shoes. "■ Men victims irjll •' be provided with garments and siioesi' " ■' - - / ■■ ■ i&h-ketas and, • other necessities will also be sent. In addition shipments of motorised equipment, such as ambulances and .mobile canteens, drugs and medical equipment will continue.

AUSTRALIAN WAR LOAN dimtioa' 6v ER -subscribed (Reed. 12.10 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 15 —The Commonwealth's £35,000,000 ■war loan will close over-subscribed, declared a Government spokesman to-day. tj, ppyited. out that the liquidity of pt'/ftynds had 'been an important jSihbt fh the loan's success. expansion "of; defence spending was reacting upon bank funds, enabling the trading banks to assist materially in providing loan's for the war.

DINGHIES FOR PILOTS r . FIGHTER. EQUIPMENT (%«!. 5.35 p.m.) LOXDOX, May M Royal Air Force fighter pilots are now b?fng provided with collapsible rubber dinghies, -safys a British official wireless message. Bomber crews have long carried rubber boats, and many lives have bf^q-saved through their use. but hitherto fighter pilots have had to rely oft life jackets. Now that Fighter Command pilots are constantly flying across the Channel <i«, offensive, patrols into northern France, they are to be equipped with tfta new type, of dinghy, which is packed •when deflated with the parachute as a cushion, on which the pilot sits in the cockpit. The pilot, on descending in the parachute, pulls another cord on reaching the water releasing the dinghy with a bottle of carbon dioxide for inflating.

GREEK NAVAL VESSELS (Rcrd. p.m.) LONDON. May I t Asked in the House of Commons what Greek naval vessels were available to assist the Buitish Navy, and whether any toll into enemy hands, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, Sir Victor Warrendcr, replied: "As was to ho expected in view of the very active arid gallant part played by the Royal Hellenic Navy during the recent operations in Greece, some losses were suffered, but, I am glad to say that a number of extremely useful modern vpssels have arrived safely at Alexandria. I do not think it advisable to pltblish further details." m

CANADIAN VICTORY LOAN OTTAWA, May 14 Minister of Finance, Mr. James - to-day that Canada's victory loan of 600;000.000 <wH%rs't~the tbikd 'ami,- largest• loan June 2 WUr e£an ' ' JO opened on