RED CROSS SOCIETY
MONTHLY MEETING. The monthly meeting of the Invercargill Red Cross Society was held on Friday, the 9th inst., there being present: Mrs W. P. Smith (president, in the chair), Mesdames A. Hanan, H. Acton, H. Ritchie and Miss M. A. Hunter. Headquarters advised that they had written to the Comptroller of Customs asking for exemption from the sales tax on all good purchased on behalf of the society, A reply was received stating that it was regretted that this could not be granted, but that the Minister of Customs had decided that the tax is not payable in respect of chemicals, drugs and similar preparations, approved by the Minister, for use in the Rannerdale Home, Christchurch, the Evelyn Firth Home, Auckland, the Mowai Home, Wellington, or the Montecillo Home, Dunedin, when such preparations are purchased exclusively for use in such homes and are not for resole. The ladies reported having visited the Southland Hospital weekly, there being at present nine soldier patients. Miss A. E. McNaughton reported having visited the Wallace Hospital, Riverton, weekly, there being at present one soldier patient. Sixteen applications for underclothing etc. were received and dealt with.
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Southland Times, Issue 22040, 13 June 1933, Page 7
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194RED CROSS SOCIETY Southland Times, Issue 22040, 13 June 1933, Page 7
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