RED CROSS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 881, 6 December 1916, Page 4

RED CROSS.

MEETING OF EXECUTIVE. The Red Cross Executive met yester- j day, Mr A. E. G. Rhodes presiding. The financial statement showed that j the receipts for November had amounted to £8063 7/1, and the expenditure to! £14,221 17/11. Mr W. W. McKinney wrote, tender-1 ing his resignation from the committee.: The resignation was accepted with regret. The chairman referred to the large: amount which was being spent in in- j suring Red Cross goods, and moved that | the society should cease to insure. Mem- ! b'ers did not think the committee was. justified in running the risk, and the ; motion was lost. Regarding the purchase of motor ambulances by the centre, the chairman stated that the Red Cross Shop Committee would give £950. Timaru had promised £SOO, while some of the sub-cen-tres had written inquiring what their quotas would be. A vote of thanks was passed to the Shop Committee for its handsome offer. It was suggested that Mr T. M. Wilford, M.P., should be invited to Christchurch to give a lecture in aid of the fund. It was stated that entertain- j ments, particularly lectures, were not, ] as a rule, very successful in raising funds. It was decided to refer the mat-' ter to the Entertainment Committee to see whether it was possible to arrange for a guarantee of expenses. In view of the announced intention of the Belgian Fund Repartriation Com- , mittce to arrange for a Harvest Festival in April, it was decided to set up a subcommittee to confer with the Belgian I Committee on the matter. SUMMER. The monthly meeting of the Sumner Red Cross Committee lias held on Mon-1 day, the Mayor presiding. It was do-j cided to close the garment room from r December 12 to the iirst Tuesday in February. Ten shillings a month was! voted towards providing hospital com- : forts for wounded men returning and ; for those abroad. The secretary report- j ed that the concert organised by Missi Johnson had resulted in a profit of £6 ; 15/-. A vote of thanks was accorded j Miss Johuson for her assistance. The' sum of £.'! had also been received from j Sumner boys, as the result of Guyj Fawkes collections. Messrs Gibbs, Law- j son, and Hines were thanked for free. ' carriage of goods. The offer of Mrs Isaac Wilson of the use of her grounds for a garden party was accepted with' thanks. A meeting will be held in j January to complete arrangements. The balance at the bank was declared' to bo £3O 1/1. The following goods have j been sent to the Christchurch Depot:—o pairs socks, 1 pair bed socks, 2 bed jac-1

kets, 3 vests, 5 day shirts, and 44 pyjama suits. Monthly subscriptions amounting to £ls 5/- were received from the following:—Misses Campbell, Lidjdiard (3), Rena Bacon, Middleton, and j K. Teape, Mesdanies Allen Bates, Bas- • set, Hill, Miller, Beattie, Brown, Bailev, ; j Beckett, Best, Benson, Boulton, Crawj ford. Fryer, Halligan, Hanham, Hamilj ton, Heslop, Jamieson, Bacon, Parnham, Lawrence, Leithead, Lindroos, Frame, j Maclean, Marriner. Madditon, Mills, ''■ Parrott, Pullan, C. Parnham, Shand, I Sherrard, Tait, A. C. Wilson, I. Wilson, 'C. Wood, Thorpe, Spiller, Simmonds, i Martin, Carpenter, Liddiard, Chambers, ! Buttle, Galwey, T. W. Johnson, J. 8. j Williams, E. A. Johnson, Raphael, Ini wood, E. G. Wood, Van Asch, J. B. Laui renson, Sorensen, and Smithson, E. B. j Taylor. Allen, Bacon, and Anonymous (2). Mrs Seymour also handed" in a ] donation , the rroceeds of basket makj in g- "