St. John Ambulance Work
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In Fiji
Prom Our Own Correspondent T tt „ , SUVA, Dec. 22. he St. John Ambulance Association in Fiji will start 1948 with 552 first aid certificate-holders. Of these 174 are school teachers and 38 are members of the Fiji Police.
These figures were given by the As sistant Commissioner (Dr. J. C. R. Buch anan) at the association’s annual general meeting recently.
Dr. Buchanan said that the associa tion has not found headquarters accom modatiqn in Suva (this is a familiar complaint in most Suva organisations these days) and hinted of the possibility of prying a rent-free building out of the Government.
When the Acting Governor (Mr. J. P.
Nicoll) addressed the meeting, he rose to the occasion. He said that he was sure that an application for a grant would get a sympathetic hearing from the Legislative Council’s Finance Committee . . . “But when the Assistant Commis sioner asks for a building from the Gov ernment, all I can say is that he is wel come to any Government building which he can take away from any department, by persuasion or force. I have tried both methods for various purposes, but with little effect.”
A few days previously the Acting Gov ernor had inspected an impressive parade of the Nursing, First Suva Ambulance and Fiji Police Divisions.