SAMARITAN WORK.

NZ Truth, Issue 78, 15 December 1906, Page 6

SAMARITAN WORK.

Aiubuiauce Lassies Grab for the UUiICC. , Something of a new institution m Ghnstchurcn was a fcjacuiday seij apart ior an ambulance collection, ana a number of white-irocked women aid the business right 'manfully, it such a term can be used. Some people object to being stuck up every tew yards when . they have already given- their dole, and many an uu- \ generous, ung&nUemaniy reouft had to ,be borne by the fair workers m a, noble cause. Thy, dear creatures raced after bikes, rushed after mere malekind into banks, bearded tiktzta. m. pubs and oiiices aird wore out quite a lot pi leather before thsy knocked ;,• off at night. The crowd weren't • oil their feet all day, of course, and it is pleading to KnQ\vi.ha.t /they Worked m shifts. There are -various sorts of shifts, but the . main one pn/Satuji da~ was the eftorts"of masculinitjf;- to shift out ol the way. This'catuje u<ni aiestionablejVbut xhcre.'haVf been so many calls on Ciiristchurcji people ■.and the visitors there. laMy ..that they are" getting tuM continual oadge; and 'it^is va frond'Sr that as : much' as £?t£ j&s .p&ked m. Some person ga/e; a ialf-penny, and showed what, he i,:or of the possit)iiity' bf ; ever needing the ambulance. If.eyeEy Association, or Society, or Ofa Bjtn's Home, or other contrap/tjioii, js/going to ia, Saturday fQßmpJaey i reTievih.g( : ■pq^eg, ;Gh^^uiciiv wftl vbe' ; a/'viiioe ; TJfem<^¥&fßfc%^y^i romV '"Mßp wliite-' go-hoe as other ihllituti^i'SfM.:, It would be t-do much to aslf the^piSHS— pur&e 7 t6vihg par- 1 sons to set apar^ a Sunday fdr the ambulance Samaritans. How they I would kick ! The fun of the 'business is that whenever anyone is injured while at work, or is "knocked out by a wild and whirring mad motorist m the street, it is the police ambulance that is requisitioned; It costs nothing, and the work that the other one-horse shay does is small by comparison, Amljulance 'classes are all ripht m their way; 'but if people want to learn how to mend a smashed nose, or a broken jaw; they should pay for learning' Then there'd be more funds m the locker—if they keep a locker, that is. . .