The Western Call
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2012-09-14
issued: 1916-06-02
description: Published in the Interests of Mount Pleasant and Vicinity.
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note: Subscribe to the Western Call $1$(> Per Year 6 Mos. 50 cents Published in the Interests of Mount Pleasant and Vicinity T. J. Kearney J. M. Mclntjrce Funeral Director T. J. Mearoty ft Co. Ftuural DliMtoa snd HnbAlmsm At your service day and night. Moderate cbai-gwa. 802 Broadway Wert .Pbone: Pair. 1068 VOLUME VIII. VANCOUVER, BRITISH GOjiUMBU, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1916. 5 Cents Per Copy. No. 4. IADLY MADE SUPPLIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED The Canadian Red Cross Society in its monthly bulletin calls the attention of Red Cross workers to the necessity for careful attention to details in all their Red Cross work and explains that owing to the lack of space on ships they are approaching the time when they will be obliged to refuse supplies that are hot properly made or packed. Following are the instructions issued by the supply department: "We have received from England some complaints as to the quality of the goods which are being shipped, especially of the quality of the socks. We. therefore, ask all our workers throughout the Dominion to remember that socks which are badly knitted are really useless. We would also ask all heads of committees and societies to watch carefully the socks sent in by members, and to refuse to send forward those which have hard seams in them, especially at the toe and heel, or which are hard and rough to the feet, or which are obviously too large or too small or too misshapen for any normal soldier to wear. "We would also draw the attention of. workers to the "fact that it is useless to send forward large quantities of supplies made of very poor materials. We have had some shirts, for instance, sent in to. the society of such wretched material that 4hey~ are really useless. "We are afraid that in some places there is more anxiety to send forward large quantities for the sake of appearing well in reports than to consider what would be the feeling of a patient if he were asked to wear the garments sent. We call upon all workers to remember that the obj…
note: Print Run: 1910-1916 Frequency: Weekly Published by Dean and Goard from 1910-01-07 to 1910-04-01, Terminal City Press from 1910-04-08 to 1915-12-24, and then McConnells from 1915-12-31 to 1916-06-30.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0188762
language: English
lat: 49.2500000
long: -123.1167000
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : McConnells
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text