RED CROSS “OUR DAY” APPEAL.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11614, 13 August 1918, Page 4

RED CROSS “OUR DAY” APPEAL.

APPEAL FROM LORD y*. POOL.

In a communication xvhich I >. ■ received from Field-Marshal Royal Highness the Duke 0 { fH naught, Grand Prior of the OtdcH St. John,(and the. Marquess of P® downe, the BritieR 5 * Cross Society, it is pointed omuß the disbursements of the joint ■ ganisation now amount to' 000,000 yearly and that the Cos ‘.'« increasing daily. They thet«Ljß appeal to all parts of the Enm|.Gß rally to the call ami maka.it *9 sible for the organisation to cowhS its efforts in doing all that is anly possible to lessen thesuffJlJJ of those who are stricken i a ing our battles. His Mayes ty the King has al so 1 pressed"'a hope “that the Joint(vl mittee will be enabled until viqTl is won andjdie peace of the wall assured to maintain without gwl ment its sacred mission to nl wounded, the sick and the prison!! whose welfare has our solicitude [and our heartfelt pa thy. ” ’’l In New Zealand it has been jj cided that not only the moaof S „J scribed on the actual dale, rannbj October 2-lth, but also all sums donated during the year J the parent organisation, shall hi eousidered as New Zealand’s contriJ oution to the “Our Day” Appall This arrangement has sheen decM upon because owing to the mJ difficulties arising from local coijj, tions it is!recogniseri that collect, ing cannot be arranged to tab,! place simultaneously the Dominion.

I am sure I can confidently anticipate that New Zealand will forward a substantial contribution to thj parent orguisation. It has, however,[been decided that all Red Cross funds collected during the year in this Dominion shall bj allocated in proportion to requirtmeuts under the following hetj.

lugs:— I.—The needs ,of the sick an} wounded in New Zealand, including the establishment and maiuten. ance of functional treatment, is sag. gested by the parent organisation (This obligation increases as thi men return, )

3. Zealand Committee iu Great Britain, which it is anticipated will amoral to some £BO,OOO per annum. B.—The annual ; contribution to the parent organisation in Londoa (New Zealand contributed about £09,000 last year, but, in view oi the special appeal it is looped tow. crease that amount this year.) Such a system of''allocation should ensure a satisfactory basis for meeting all the obligations of the Sew Zealand bianch of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St John. LIVERPOOL, Governor-General. President of the New Zealand Branch of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John. !)th August, 1918.