AMBULANCE CADETS.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19816, 21 February 1936, Page 9

AMBULANCE CADETS.

LETHARGY OF ADULTS. COLONEL SLEEMAN OUTSPOKEN. “ The cadet work sponsored by the brigade is considered vitally important,” declared Colonel J. L." Sleeman, Overseas Commissioner for the St. John Ambulance Brigade, speaking at a reception tendered him in Hamilton yesterday. We find we are passing through selllsh days when it is hard to get men and women to give up their sports and pleasures which they enjoy ad 11b and even ad nauseam and perform work which is so essential for the public well-being,” Colonel Sleeman said. In the face of these difficulties we tTnd that the only way to overcome lethargy' is to try and encourage the boy and the girl into the work and to show them that they owe a duty to someone other than themselves. “ None can tell who may be the next accident victim. Every year t tie brigade saves the lives of over 7UO people and attends to the Injuries of half a million. In this record New Zealand stands very high. As Chief Commissioner for tiie brigade overseas 1 know the Auckland centre sets a high example and is one of the outstanding headquarters, if not the liest, in the Empire,” be concluded.