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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

NEED OF MOTOR AMBULANCES.

BROADCAST- APPEAL LAST NIGHT.

With the object of raising fur- ther funds for the purchase of motor ambulances, the St. John Ambulance Brigade held a flag day to-day.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 193L.

Ambulance Assschition, and the 8t. John Ambulanco, Brigade, have." svalved, drič ɛnover, surely had a good cause such inspiring memories to draw upon.

“TANTRUMS.”.

"I don't know whero, sonny gets his temper from," says many mother. Sometimes she will add, with a meaning looking at hubby: | "not from, my alde of the family, I'm sure."

A glance at the-ambulance work of the Order to day might serve a useful purpose in this brief survey of the history of the Order of St. John. Classes of instruction are now held by the Association in all parts of the British Empire, in cluding such places a Bermuda, Fiji Islands, Ho

Hongkong, and Bri tish Gulana. Over 30,000 certi against

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And if the truth were known, not from either side of the family. "Tantrums" are merely a more than ordinarily vigorous protest

things in general, manifested by a high-spirited

for

Broadcast Appeal, Last evening an address was ficates are Issued annually, to suc- broadcast by the Hon. Mr. W. E. L. cessful candidates, in addition to child. Shenton, who is a District Officer about 30,000 awards to candidates There are several enusos of the Hongkong Branch. Mr. who have maintained their am" | "tantrums." The child may feel Shenton said I have the pleasure Lulance efficiency. Classes of In. of addressing you to-night, in my struction are also held under the bored for want of a new game or capacity of a District Officer, of the auspices of the Association inplaymate. Another frequent cause Hongkong Branch of St. John connexion with the military and 18 Insufficient liquid, for children Ambulance Brigade, in connexion police authorities, the railway com- do not always ask for a drink when with our Flag Day which takes papien, the mercantile marine and they need it, and bubles, par- place to-morrow, and has as its the fishing floots. Divisions of the ticularly, very often do not realise object the raising of further funds, St. John Ambulance Belgado have when they are thirsty and be- for the purchase of motor arquickly followed the formation of come peevish without knowing bulances for our local Brigade. We Association classes,

the and have chosen to-morrow, because it strength of the Brigade in the Bri- why.

tish Empire new nearly 50,000.

is the centenary of the reformation of this venerable order which is being celebrated all over the British Enipire.

Although most people are aware

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By far the most frequent causes It can therefore be seen that the however, are stomach disorder and St. John Ambulance movement is constipation but with Baby's Own not an isolated soctoty existing for

teaching First Aid, but that each Tablets at hand there is nothing of the great work which the St.member of the organisation belongs easier to set right. These plea- John Ambulance Association and to the noble Order, stretching from sant-to-take little tablets should be Brigade are performing, in the the Middle Ages to the present day, in every nursery for use as both relief of human suffering, very few united in their determination to re-preventative and cure. A tablet people realise, that these organisu-lieve the suffering of mankind tions have their origin, in the Order of St John-the most an- cient Order of chivalry-which- was in existence at the time of the Crusaders.

An Island Fortress."

Local Association.

"Our true acquisitions fic only in our charities. We gain only as we give. There is no beggar ao destitute, as he who can afford nothing, to his neighbour".

given occasionally keeps the child well, tones up the internal organs, stimulates the intentinen Slightly The Hongkong and Chine Din-

larger doses speedily correct acute trict Association was formed some stomach and bowel troubles, expel sixteen years ago by Mr. Edwin Early in the eleventh century. a Ralphs, and ita members and officers worms, cheek diarrhoea, while the hospital existed in Jerusalem, to now number 400. None of the carefully balanced prescription of minister to the needs of the pil-members receive salaries, all join the tablets also allays fever. grims, who came from all parts of the Brigade with the unselfish nim, celds and croup. Especially valu Europe, to visit the Holy City.of serving the public and their able during teething Baby's Own When in 1087 the Crusaders be- fellow-mez.

Tablets quickly banish pain and sieged Jerusalem, the hospice was The members render assistance in charge of a body of men, calling when local fires, storms, and other thue induce sound, natural sleep. themselves "The Poor Brethren of disasters occur, in which medical Guaranteed to contain no narcotics have or other harmful drugs they are the Hospital of St. John," and those services are required; they men devoted their lives to the relief also taken a very substantial part the ideal health-safeguard for of suffering, and the administrn-in the Colony's vaccination cam- babies and young children. Keep tion of hospitality to the pilgrima. paign, and from the beginning of

a bottle handy. All chemists can It was around this hospital that the the year 1927 to the present time supply you. Order of St. John developed, and al- have vaccinated no less than 500,- though in later years the Knights 000 members of the community. became one of the greatest military They attend Race Meetings, Athle of raising further funds for these organisation, they still maintained tic Sports Meetings, Football Meet- very laudable objects. лnd I and developed the humanitarianings. Bathing Beaches, and Proces- sincerely hope that the whole side of their work, as their name slons, for the purpose of rendering Colony will ratly to this call and

Knight Hospitaller---denoten.

assistance, in case of need.

give generously, Brigade

according to For several years, the was financed entirely by Mr. Ho their means, in support of this In 1187, Saludin drove The Kom-tong, but it has now grown great humanitarian cause. Knights from Jerusalem, and after to such an extent, that it has be

Snancial rea- sojourning in Acre and Cyprus, the come too large a

one man to order of St. John became establish pousibility for any ed in Rhodes. For over two hund-shoulder. red years, the Knights in their is- land fortress held their own, and. by their stubborn defence, helped 1 stem the tide which threatened to overwhelm Europe. In 1480, the Turks determined to subjugate this bulwark, but after a long and fere couliet, they were defeated by the Knights. In 1522, however, the Knights wore compelled to leave Rhodes, after a siege lasting six months, and after some years of wandering, they settled in Balin.

Notwithstanding, a fierce Tur- kish attack on this island in 1565, the Knights remained in Malta, for more than two hundred years. During this period they became a powerfai naval force, their large frut being engaged in attacking the pirates of the Mediterranean, al- though during the whole of their The Brigade has already loaned existence the Knights gave special to the Government their one motor attention to the maintenance of a ambulance, the gift of a Chinese: large hospital in the convent of the lady, Miss Chan Cho King (now Order. However prominent the deceased); it has a second almost military duties of the Hospitallers ready for the road, and hopes to might be, they never allowed the provide a third for Kewloon, as original duty of relieving human well as two or three additional suffering to lapse, nor the spirit of light ambulances for use in the the New charity to be forgotten by them. outlying districts of Towards the end of their stay in Territories. Malta, the Knights of St. John It is also the ambition of the gradually lost their influence in Brigade to catablish dressing the Mediterranean, and they were stations with qualified dressers, dispersed by Napulcon in 1798. in the more thickly populated dis-

tricts.

"An effort made for the han

lifts us above

ourselves."

During the course of the local Association's existence. it has been the subject of favourable mention Plness of ethers, on several occasions, and, in parti- cular, in connexion with assistance It the Race Course given

and ealamity,

Gresson Street tragedy,

ing Fong disaster, in 1923, and recent Railway' disaster, and Staunton Street fire.

the

in 1918. the Pu

His Majesty the King has confer- red the honour of a Knight of Grace on no less than five of our members and a number of other distinctions, and marks of recogni- tion have, from time to time, been given in appreciation of faithful and worthy work.

More Ambulances,

The English Branch.

The Brigade also hopes, in the Early in the nineteenth century, not distant future, to be able to the English branch of the order, provide an adequate headquarters (which came into existence in 1130 suitable to the needs and require- but had been dormunt since the Re-ments of the Association. formation), was revived, and in Hitherto, the general public bas 1888 the status of the Order was lent but little Anancial assistance, confirmed by Queen Victoria, who the responsibility and burden granted a new Charter which to-having rested upon the shoulders day controls the work of the Eng-of the Brigade Vico-Patrons the lish Grand Priory and its depart-Finance Committee два their ments.

friends,

Such is the great background of To-morrow we are holding a history from which the St. John' Flag Day for the express purpose

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