China Mail 1930-10-03
His Excellency, Sir William Peel, K.B.E., C.M.G., Patron of St. John Ambulance Brigade, has very kindly consented to present Long Service Medals, medallions, and labels to entitled Brigade members on Monday at 5 p.m. at King's College.
A prize drawing has been inaugurated to supplement the funds of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. The object is to extend the motor ambulance service, a service of which the Colony is greatly in need and which has been advocated in the Press recently.
The first prize is a motor car valued at $3,000; the second prize consists of articles valued at $1,000; the third prize, articles valued at $500; and there are seven other prizes, each valued at $100. Tickets, priced at $2 each, may be obtained from Brigade members, the Finance Committee, the Hon. Treasurer, or the Corps Secretary.
At present, the Brigade possesses one motor ambulance, which has been recently loaned to the Government, while one of its other ambulances is out of commission. The following particulars detail the service of the St. John Ambulance Brigade motor ambulance while in the charge of the Fire Brigade as a Government ambulance: From July 2, 1930, to August 23, 1930, the ambulance travelled 1,327.4 miles, carried 156 patients, and attended 156 cases. Thus, in less than two months, this work was accomplished by one ambulance alone. The ambulance is still doing duty at the Fire Brigade Station.
It is due to the crying needs of the public, made known through the medium of the Press, that the Ambulance Brigade has taken the matter in hand and is endeavouring to the utmost to supplement its existing ambulance service and to provide the Colony with an efficient motor ambulance service, ready for any emergency which might arise. For this purpose, funds are needed. This is the first occasion on which the Brigade has appealed for public support, and it is earnestly hoped that the same will be forthcoming. The Brigade's motto is "For the Good of Humanity and the Relief of Suffering," and this alone should enlist sympathy and support.
The Hon. Treasurer acknowledges with thanks the receipt of a cheque for $100 from Lady Margaret Ho Tung, Dame of Grace, Order of St. John of Jerusalem. This donation is for the purchase of material for the Nursing Division, which has been formed into a Sewing Guild with the object of making articles required by the St. John Hospital, Jerusalem, in response to an appeal from that organisation.
Mrs. Philip Snowden, wife of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has recovered sufficiently from her slight attack of ptomaine poisoning to leave Badgastein, Austria, for Salzburg.
The Rev. H. J. Carpenter, vicar of Wrangthorn, Leeds, is teaching New Testament Greek to 42 men and women who wish to study the Testament in its original languages.