ST. JOHN'S AMBULANCE

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14327, 18 October 1910, Page 2

ST. JOHN'S AMBULANCE

1 ■ ■ DEPUTATION TO THE PREMIER. A deputation consisting of Superintendent Poster and Messrs E. ~\Y. Wade, and P. J. Hughsoii, of the Timaru branch of St. John Ambulance Brigade, waited ou the Premier at Temuka yesterday to ask the Government to give some assistance in sec-ur-ine: a site iu Timaru 011 which to er*-t a ijui'din> suited to their requirements. What thev a>ked ior was a lease of a part ot the Post Office giounds. or of the ground adjoining ill" 1 Land Oifice, between Stafford Street and Beach Road. They pointed out tiie good work done "l.v the brigade, the fact thai it n | ts ihe scciM to iarge.-t brigade of i;.s kind ;u the Dfini-naai. ioat members could b.< ot -nii greater service to : 1:c----community ii ti 1;; v possessed a suitable building cent rally situated. lh'-s l'renuer said that naturally Irs sympathy wa~ w:tn such a deserving UOI ',K ''rigade carried on. but he coma not gvp an ofl-hand answer to i.lia ivr|iii-st. When it r-nnie to han'Jiniover Government property the Govern" mentit hail to be very < a refill. Thev must t'ajnk not only of the requireiiients or Ihe present, but must look ahcao and think of what- would lie hkely to be required within the next ■yi years. The trouble in must towns wa-i thai they had too little Government land, and they must- bo careful to conserve what they had. If they were to with/this request it W"ii!r! establish n precedent- for the whole of the Dominion. It would be en-icr to ib.e use of a portion of one ~f their buildings if there was any l.art of one that" could be pa red. However he would have fiili enquiries made as to the possibihtv o r eoniplying with the roouest in s'..me lorr.. and would forward ,l,e ,-eplv t-iroii.di tue ;non:br-r for Timaru Mr Th* dorun iH-n thanked Sir -Joseph, ?nd retired. 1 '