Welcome to Former St John Ambulance Member

Waikato Independent, Volume XLV, Issue 6252, 17 June 1949, Page 5

Welcome to Former St John Ambulance Member

OF PERSONAL INTEREST

A VERY enjoyable evening was] A held at the St. John Ambulance Depot last evening to welcome Mr R. B. Croke, of Opunake, a former member of the Brigade, who was returning home from a holiday in the north. The Divisional Superintendent, Mr F. T. Glanville, welcomed Mr Croke, who is Divisional Superintendent at Opunake, and congratulated him on the strength of the branch he had established there since leaving Cambridge 11 years ago. In an interesting talk, Mr Croke said he referred to the Opunake Division. as Cambridge No. 2, owing to the fact that he learnt all he knew about St. John work in Cambridge. A strong division had been built up at Opunake, and the activities covered an area of 250 square miles. Many of the-members came 15 miles or more to the fortnightly parades. On two occasions the members had been called out to assist with plane crashes, and in each case it was due to St. John members that the planes were located.

Mr Croke concluded by urging members to carry on their good work and the evening concluded with supper.

•«* ' * AT the Rotorua Kennel Club’s annual show tomorrow the judge will be Mr J. F. Thurston, of Cambridge. • * 9 * REGRET at the serious illness of Mr F. 5 G. Wooller, an insurance underwriters’ representative, was expressed at a meeting of the Cambridge Fire Board last evening. It was decided to forward a letter to Mr Wooller expressing the hope that he will make a speedy recovery.

IVIR. C. H. Priestley, of Tor Bay, a 1 former Mayor and well-known resident was a visitor to Cambridge this week. * # # # •JI/TR. A. E. Scarrow, of Raetihi, has been selected as National ParLy candidate for the Waimarino electorate at the forthcoming election. * # # # /'CAMBRIDGE residents at present inmates of the Waikato Hospital include Mesdames Mears, Miers, A. E. Callaway, L. Tunnicliffe, Walcroft, H. Hall, Miss Wilkinson, Messrs H. Ferguson, J. Davidson, J. Walter, J. Henderson and N. Murphy.

8 * * 9 ■jtyTß. A. R. Batchelor was elected a life-member of the Cambridge Picnic Racing Club at the annual meeting last evening in appreciation of his services as honorary secretary to the club since its inception. Mr. M. F. Keyte was re-elected president and Messrs W. R. Garrard, R. C. Hannon, J. R. Ranstead and F. H. Baker, who retired by rotation, vere re-appointed to the committee.

IyTR Alan Smith, of Waharoa, was the guest speaker at the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club last evening, his subject being Ethiopia and Somaliland, of which countries ( he spoke most informatively. During the Ethiopian-Italian Avar Mr Smith, as a Sudan United Missionary, was attached to the Red Cross, and his experiences during that period were very interesting. Before returning to N.Z. Mr Smith was attached to the British Administration in Italian Somaliland. During the present year he intends to further his studies of medicine and later will return to Somaliland