RED CROSS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11482, 2 September 1915, Page 5

RED CROSS.

WOMEN'S SECTION ; A meeting of the women's section o£ Red Cross branch of the Sj. John Ambuljuica Association was held this morning, Mr Ji. G. Rhodes presiding " ..,;v 1 , The chairman stated that » large amount of work wa-a still being' done by ike laaifts, ■, Goods to the value oi £2494 had been bousyi *| and distributed since the last meeting, but this wa a small in proportion to the amount * • of work that had com© in. During the rnonlb. £SOO worth of goodi had been sent to Losdbu and £4OG to Egypt. The 1 itai number of sacks, casss »nd bales dispafeaed to England and the East lt> dito was 236. The chairman stated that he had visited the Sou'h Canterbury branches, and both U«e men's and .women's committees were working energetically. u The Patriotic and Red Cross Committee* • - had agreed to work in unison as regarded returned soldiers, so that there, could be no overlapping 1 . The Rod Cross '"'j would help in cases' of sickness at Trenthsjii •and Colonel li. 11. Rhodes, while oa his mieaion for the New Zealand Government, would inquire into the lot of sick «md wounded in ' Egyp l - _ - / ■ Miss L. Tsbart detailed' the articles* sent .J away during the month, and stated that thepe amounted to 75.102 pieces. It was reported that £IOOO had been* remilted to London during .the month, and " that £SOO of this amount had como' front * t Wnimate. Another £-100 had come to liandL ■ from the St John Ambulance Association ami Brigade, at Hokitika fcr the East. The chairman stated that there would be a . r>!"e!im>; of men at the Chamber of Commerce on Friday at 4 p.m., at which the Mayor • wouid preside. ,Tlie object of the meeting I would be to augment the Citizens' Red i Cross Funda. j There seems to ho an impression abroad ; in the city that too much Red Croes bluff j un a being rent to London, and that the- Da r- „ diinelles and' Egypt should get more. In July • 56 packages had been sent to Egypt and 1(1 ; to London. In August 63 packages hadvjjeeu ; sent to Egypt and 27 to St John'* Gate. : There had a]so been a -special line of goods j sent to 'he Nev,- Zealand Hospital at Walton- if I on-Thames. In consideration of the fact that ' | there were so man.- of our wounded in Bngv j ?.imi he thought that we were not secdino ' - | enoucrh .-tuff U> England'.