ST. JOHN AMBULATE RED CROSS DEPOT.
GRATIFYING LETTERS FROM LONDON HEADQUARTERS.
The secretary of the St. John Ambulance Red Cross Depot is in receipt of letters from Lord Raniurly, ColoneJ Sir Herbert Perrott and Mr. W. R. Edwards, the secretary of the Order of St. John in London.
In order that the public may know how much the gifts of hospital equipment and comforts for our New Zealand sick and wounded are appreciated we publish extracts from the letters to hand.
Lord Ranf urly says : " New Zealand has sent us large sums of money, and any call that has ever been made upon us on behalf of New Zealand hospitals has never been either delayed or refused^. Only yesterday I had an application for a large number of sheets for a New Zealand hospital, costing, I fancy, some £600; and it was at once agreed to."
This must give those who cannot realise the extent of the numerous military hospitals an idea of the quantity of equipment required, and must surely encourage one and all to make an effort to keep up a good supply from Wanganui.
The letter from Colonel Sir Herbert Perott says: " You will have received an official receipt from the acfcountant for the very kind donation from the Wanganui Nursing Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. Will you do us the favour to convey to the generous donors our very grateful thanks? You will be pleased to hear that the Brigade Hospital in France is spoken of in the highest terms by the military authorities, and gave the utmost satisfaction to Lady Perrott and myself when we paid it a visit last year." The secretary for the Order of St. John, Mr. W. R. Edwards, in sending a receipt for £20 sent from the Wangamui depot, makes the following remarks: "Sir Herbert Perrott has forwarded me your very kind letter of the 30th March enclosing draft value £20, which I feel sure cannot be better employed than by the St. John Ambulance Brigade Hospital at Etaples (in France.) . . •. The home-made bread and cake handcart seems a very excellent plan, and the steady inflow of £8 a week amounts to a considerable sum by the end of the year. I trust you will let the members of the Wanganui Nursing Division know how very much their efforts on behalf of the Red Cross Depot are appreciated by the Order and how grateful it is for the remittance received."
Since this £20 was forwarded, similar amounts have gone each month, and will continue to go as long as cash donations and the shop proceeds will permit. At present the Red Cross Shop brings in about £11 a week. It. will thus be seen that it has increased since the days when the handcart was used.
These letters Avill give people a better idea of what is required in military hospitals, and encourage the young girls who run the shop to try even harder to bring their takings up to about £15 or £20 per week. This could be done if ,a few more cakes were sent in.
A letter was also received from the Under-Secretary for Internal Affairs, congratulating the members and committee on their very fine balance sheet. Donations for Saturday last :— Mesdames Baddeley, G. W. Campbell, R. Mitchell, W. Parnell, senr., H. Wilson, G. James, Snowden, Taylor, Mitchell, Imlay Saunders, Armstrong, Pattle Izett, Goodey, W. Ashwell, S. Powell, C. Ross, W. Ashton, F. H. Allen, Crawford, J. Carver, A. Smith, T. Walsh, Russell Grace, G. F. Day, Bretherton, J. Fail-burn, R. Mathieson, H. M, Payne, Cross, W. Morgan, Wood, D. Kendrick, Harrison, Field, R. Hughes, A. E. King, A. Hatrick, Mouatt, 1\ Wootton, Baldwin- Misses Willis, Elaine Hair, L. Gichard D. Nicholls, M. and J. Moore, Nena Jones, F. Urquhart, N. Wright, C. W. Ruesell, Marchant, Bayley M. Gilford Moore, McDermott, O. Garner, M. Gilbertson (flowers), Messrs Gif Ford' W. Ashton, Gibson (50 flour), a friend another friend, "no name," Mrs A ' Miss C—. . '
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