Red Cross In Lae
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Prom Our Own Correspondent LAE, Mar. 1.
FOLLOWING an appeal from Mrs. J. K. Murray, wife of P-NG’s Administrator, a branch of the Australian Red Cross Society has been formed in Lae, NG, with Mrs. B. T. Webb as presi dent. Mrs. J. Birrell as treasurer, and Mrs. E. Pollard as secretary.
They are assisted by a committee of 12.
Blood-grouping tests for a blood bank are being conducted by the branch at the European hospital and the call for blood donors has met with good response.
A Red Cross library for patients has now been installed at the Lae European hospital. A ball for Red Cross funds is scheduled for May 9.