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Timaru Herald, Volume CIII, Issue 15741, 27 August 1915, Page 2

BY THE 6T. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIA* TION AND BRIGADE IN AID OF BRITISH EMPIRE'S WORK. RED CROSS AND ST. JOHN. LORD RANFURLY'S REPORT. LONDON, July 14.. Replying to inquiries from Nevr Zealand Lord Ranfurly, on behalf or the Red Cross Society and St. John Ambulance Association, states t" a " they are working unitedly and have sent to the Mediterranean Commissioner £20,400 in cash and £93,200 worth of stores. For helping the wounded many ambulances had been sent, also one hundred nurses,; twenty voluntary aid detachments, fourteen doctors and nineteen orderlies, beside* other officers. Each Men's Voluntary Aid Det - ment consists of 51 members. E Women's Voluntary Aid Detachnn. consists of 23 members. ■'■■-.'J::. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE is urgently required for Military Hospitals and for general Red Cross purposes, and the Timimi Committee confidently appeals to the Public of South Canterbury for generous financial assistance! - There must be no thought of economy when human lives are at stake, and the Red Cross. Organisations are giving the very best 'in men and women and goods. Much has been accomplished, but th« work is not vet half done, indeed tha need for voluntary effort is greater than ever, and so.long as the war lasts it will be the duty of every loyal British Subject to do his utmost to ensure that adequate provision is mads for this noble and colossal work. THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES ARE ALSO WANTED : Flannel, wool, linen sheets, woollen pyjamas, woollen underclothing, blankets, bedsoeks, woollen caps, socks, etc. MONFY WTLL BE DEALT WITH AS FOLLOWS : Part will be applied to Red Cross purposes in New Zealand in connection with training camps and returning sick and wounded, part will go to the hospitals in the Mediterranean, and the balance will be forwarded to the Central Committee of the Association in London to be distributed to tha various hospitals for Sick and Wounded in the Mediterranean, Great Britain, France, and Belgium. Jffl&SS* BE DE4LT WITH A portion will be used for Red Cross purposes in New Zealand, and the balance will be sent to the Mediterranean and London. SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BE SENT to the "Timaru ''Timaru I ost, or to the hon. secretary, Mr £.. O. do Lambert, Stafford Street, limaru, and will be duly acknowledged through the Press. CONTRIBUTIONS OF GOODS mav be sent to Messrs Priest and Holdgate s store, Timaru. For the Association. WILLIAM LITTLE, M.D. Chairman of Timaru Sub-centr* For the Brieade, J. P. HUGHSON, District Superintendent* For the Nursing Division, M. RAYMOND. Nursing Division. X COLD IN THE HgAD OE l NASAL CATARRH ! CUBED BY FLUENZOL _ slight!? diluted with water and gargled, as follows:—The patient # should be seated, or, better still, 0 lying, prone on the back, with the head slightly below the level of the I body. While gargling (or swallowing slowly) the head should be i thrown backwards, so that the medicine, coming In contact v . the uvula and tha roof of the - palate, may-enter the passages lead-. Ing to tha nostrils. A forward and downward movement of the head will then cause _ 1 the fluid to pass through the nasal 9 passages, and thereby rapidly dissipate mucous accumulations. A soothing effect is immediately produced; and a repetition of the fargling et Intervals will effect a nal cure. Insist upon having "FLUENZOL'" id Stores 2/6 Housewives--CET BICCEST VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY. Baking Powder. BEST QUALITY ON THE MARKET. .Economical in use, Unequalled for Purity and Strength. Gives Perfect Results. Makes Cakes wonderfully Light, Delicious, .and .Digestible. K" BAKING POWDER has been on the market 15 yeans, is now more popular thsiu ■ ever I- - • '-"• "■' THE "K" BRAND IS YOUR GUARANTEE. Sold by All Grocers. Kirlcpatrick & Co.,