Transactions of RHASS Volume 1940 - Page 087
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162 SCOTTISH RED CROSS AGRICULTURE FUND. By JOHN STIRTON, Hon. Secretary and Treasurer. IN January 1940 the Society received an invitation to send a representative to a Meeting in London of the Red Cross Agriculture Fund Committee. The invitation was signed by the Lord Mayor and by Sir Charles J. H. Thomas, Chairman of the Committee. A similar invitation was received by the National Farmers’ Union and Chamber of Agriculture of Scotland, the Scottish Branch of the Chartered Surveyors’ Institution, the Scottish Farm Servants’ Union, and the Institute of Scottish Auctioneers. Representatives of the first three bodies mentioned attended the Meeting, which was held at the Mansion House, London, on 12th January. THE LORD MAYOR’S FUND. It was explained that it had been arranged that, during the present war, there should be one appeal throughout the whole of Great Britain on behalf of the British Red Cross, the Scottish eifort being united with the appeal for funds being organised from the Mansion House under the designa- tion of the Lord Mayor’s Red Cross and St John Fund. The Executive Committee of that fund had invited a Committee to assume responsibility for activities undertaken on behalf of the fund by the agricultural community and allied industries. A Committee with that object had been formed in England under the name of the Red Cross Agriculture Fund Coni- niittee. At the Meeting of that Committee in London on 12th January a Resolution was passed to the effect that the Scottish Branch of the British Red Cross Society be invited to form an Agriculture Committee in Scotland. INVITATION To FORM SCOTTISH COMMITTEE. On 5th February a letter was received from the Scottish Branch, British Red Cross Society, inviting the Highland and Agricultural Society to take the initiative in forming an Agriculture Committee and organising the scheme for Scot- land. The Directors agreed to accept the invitation, and to do their utmost to make the scheme a success. In the meantime, they received an application from the St Andrew’s Ambulance Association to be allowed to partici— pate in the fund. It was pointed out that this would place the St Andrew’s Association in the same position in relation to the fund in Scotland as that occupied by the St John SCOTTISH RED CRoss AGRICULTURE FUND. 163 Ambulance Association in England. This request was readily acceded to, both by the Directors and by the Scottish Branch of the British Red Cross Society. - Careful consideration was given to the best methodbf starting the movement, and it was decided to call a Meeting of representatives of bodies in Scotland connected _WIth agriculture and allied industries. The invitation was restricted, ii: the first instance, to national bodies, in order to hmit the size of the Committee. While the invitations were restricted to national bodies, it was felt that, in the matter of raismg money, the Committee would be largely dependent on the goodwill and cordial co-Operation of Local Agricultural Societies throughout the country. The bodies invited to send representatives included the Department of Agriculture for Scotland, the National Farmers’ Union and Chamber of Agriculture of Scotland, the Scottish Farm Servants’ Union, the Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland, the Chartered Surveyors’ Institution, the Scottish Land and Property Federation, the various Live Stock Breed Societies, the Corn, Meat, Potato, and Wool Trade Associations, Forestry and Horticultural Societies, the Scottish Association of Young Farmers’ Clubs, the Scottish Beekeepers’ Association, the International Sheep Dog Trials Society, the Scottish Agricultural Machinery Association, and the various Agricultural and Veterinary Colleges. MEETING OF REPREsENTATIVEs OF AGRICULTURAL BODIEs. The Meeting was held in the Society’s Chambers, Edin- burgh, On Wednesday, 17th April, and was largely attended, practically every body mentioned being represented. In addition, there were present, representing the Scottish Branch, British Red Cross Society, Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell— Scott, Bt., C.B., D.S.O., Vice-Chairman, Mr B. J. Smith, O.B.E., and Major J. M. Mitchell, O.B.E., Deputy Secretary, and representing the St Andrew’s Ambulance Ass001ation, the Duke of Buccleueh, G.C.V.O., President, Colonel D. J. Mackintosh, C.B., M.V.O., D.L., and Mr James H. H. Hender- son, Secretary. The Chair was taken by Major R. F. Brebner, The Leuehold, Dalmeny, Chairman of Directors of the Highland and Agri- cultural Society. In extending a welcome to those present, the Chairman expressed the thanks of the Directors of the Society for the very representative reSponse to their invita- tion to attend the meeting. They had a very good representation of the interests of agriculture at that meeting, and he felt sure that they would be able to organise matters so as to raise a Very satisfactory sum for the Red Cross and the St Andrew’s Ambulance Association. ‘ The meeting had been called, he said, at an opportune |
| Title | Transactions of RHASS Volume 1940 - Page 087 |
