OPENING OF N.Z. HOSPITAL IN ENGLAND.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 223, 18 September 1915, Page 11

OPENING OF N.Z. HOSPITAL IN ENGLAND.

AN IDEAL INSTITUTION. i;\ i:i;v ward a nkw Zealand NAMK. (From Our t-.erlal r.>rre»lM>_a«:it.) LONDON. Augu-l ... Tl:.. Ni". Zo.ilaul War I ontingrn:' 11.-j.ii.l ~».- formally ..polled ~n Satin day in-: 1.1 I,i.' Iligii i iiiii:iii»M.>iiei, 1...V.1 riunkVt ...ar c\ i;..\.-:ti..r.. an 1 l Ie .-.in.l'ili.lll ..I till' . UVIUM .' I'M I' !,-, ..< tn.' h.*.-;.■•... 1 ...' ho-|.inii it-.'.i ' Mount Mix." "i U a.toll .'ii 1 :...." <•■ ««- » ■"■•*•* »" ' 0.-;t 11: :":i. \ il.-.-i-lii' I ■ mult it. house ;..,,!, l,* i'l,.- K«.-.-l.aiii :n iiilv.'« rrpli.- . ; an ....I itahun til ~ an.l ill.- terraced garden. ..lid e\l.-i-it. paik. « it li l" Ihninos at il.- lot. lies! lull a --'"• •! dis ,!.,«- of noarh ...I- ttur.l. pr.-ut n» liie 111-*.!, exacting » .an.1.'.1 N. \t Zi .1 . |.ui:'..'i- .-.nil- imagine. I: ««" deigned !.» -ii i liar!.-- Itaiit. 1 ie ill.'! He 1 ol 1.'.,- lloii-.fi of l'arli.i ...ni Non.. of tl..' wat i- :-.<• '.in-"- aii ill.' di-icmpered white. ..n I n j...-tty .*..;. Mr -■h.:ii.- a.siiiiiu-:..-* ••_ . fi""'. tm. otiici. -on i- hating >: >.«*l ■' '■• :| - '"' I cJi.-rloi-. others pah- blue. .•'.. <Ui tw _<j-">_ji-* .>n! ,l,ni-, c,p*->i.ng 'ii t ■ I. . lrli.l •• a'l i ,-ar4e_>. In -I. • i t • i.»| i " ' '" t i-n t gel- i.- tiiat. :' hi* inn-' '"• ' „ur*.'.| back : i h. till. \ 1 I i ' :!*•.*• t io laml liaii.l- to |... mended, an.l lomlrd anl something ■■( tt liat -'i -li :■ |. arc *- n Ne.v Zealand ho.-p..: in 1.0 ii.l 'II - I • ~.,*!,„ t„ „.ir «..nn.l.- 1 her...- «..! '•• realise I Moth. I-. tin.-. mice heart-., nn 1 -~-:.■!- 11.-.I i.'.i |.-.i "!' '..nt lii.-.. lull. 1 .111.- in.' •.'■'ll '"' I'L' t.' t ■■II.M-.--t oth.-. Nc» /.. ilaii lot.- . ... j.i»t i IIn r-.'l! t ~• h..-,.it..: i- no a.lt.Tti-.-I n-.'ii: of ttl,at .-. ..|..-iati '.vnp!.-!,. iim I -.dti-hness. nn.l in 1 , .it. Ir 1 pilrrgt a,i'l | converted fr ~ ,li'-.i:-<-.| ■-..imtri man .sioiltoa thorough It up to dale hospit n I. I with operating t'li-atr.-. •iii-iipn.il*. liatii-I rooms, -i|wciiil wards, iim i-.dation ttnr.l. I a .l.'iilu! vtar.l. - .iff r ..ens. and 1,.■ I ii-'n! runki* nj. of n ho-piial in nn in I . li' libly short tilt:.- I'l till- a I'iiir.iVc S spirit shown lit t !,.■ -i-t"i*. nurse-, t ■' iintarv aid lt.-J|>.T». tli.' adiuinnt. an I all Itlio pxperts win. ...i,,].iisr tin* -lalT These j on.- and all hate it..rke» miracles with ! the place, and -a t r I I lie iio-jiital an I thoiitios a ■.-rent .l.'iii of expenditure l.v j taking over, and carrying out efficiently. ! numberless tn-ks thai, in tbi* m»r n [volitional i-niiiitij. t. ui,,l bo thought i only in tho realm of tiiat oiu-ite being j — th.' I!ritin.l tt yrkman. TIIL NKW 7.V. VI.AND -tI'IRTT. If thprr hud 1,-on mt m ... tin*. 1 l.n-f plar-r for t i-,it..r*. .lining tl..- prist few" ueoks t li.-*, tt."i 1 '.imi. nn.l r.-ii-on j to be very proud '..i tin- . countrywomen l wi: limit "li niai.ni'.. .ut help, the I authorities an- ai- .'.' I. Miiunl I'Vlit, I could not [.o-ii.:,\ lim-..- 1 n road\ tor j patients so soon. 111.- lir-l hutch of itonndi-d from tin- llardani-ll.'S ar.- i-x ppplril to arrive tiii- nft<-nit...n. It was not ilotinit.-t .'.pi-iilfd nil 111.' mid, Up of las: tt.-nk to spvpi'hi large jobs t '..it. hud to lip left lo the Priti-h ivoi-kinaii' tii.it i!;p. hosj.ital would lie ready this ..,■.!.. nnd. as it wn« ! known it tin- in-p-ntl.* ■' anted, mtila I tioiu f.r tin* openiil). were :: i on.-c dis I |.at.*lied lo some tttelve liun.lred New ; Zealanders as s]-eedily as ever these e.-nld Le trnced. Kierv.ine known to I.p .int where within r.-a.li was invited, with the result that seveinl hundred- were present for the insppel ion. ( 11KKHV NAME S'UKMK. In tiie hall tne givetiti'-- "lliieieinni" and "Kin Urn" weleoiued 111.' ti-ilors. ! and the whole ho-piial throw n open for inspection. I Hi In" front la iMi the Soniherii tr,,.- and Hie Ited ('io— llags were hoi-led side i,t side. What lias previously the large drav.iiigiooni i* flow the Amkland Ward, another drawingroom is , ailed the Wellington Ward, and the liiliiardroi.in i- the Taranaki Ward. The nain<* 'if utlirr wards are Hawke's Hay. Nelson. Marliioroiigh. I anterluiry. Westlanil. Otago. SoiitlilanJ. and Dominion Wards. The staff i-narti-m are situated largely in the llinemoa Wing. thoiigh the nurses, probationers, and voluntary aid helpers sleep in the very beautiful old Manor House, that i* situate ten minutes distant. The High Commissioner said thanks were due to Lady Islington for having found this suitable and beautiful property, and he could not speak too highly of the unsparing devotion shown by Lord Plunket in this work and in the work of the various committees. It would take from £lii,ooo to £20,000 to run this hospital, and it is with much pleasure that he was able to say that financial munitions were in a satisfactory state. L"p to the present wounded New Zealanders had lieen scattered throughout the length and breadth of England, and it had been very difficult nt times to find out really where they were, but every effort , had been made to attend to llicii t-ants.

' Tne ladi,-' committee had been re sponsible lor collectiii- nn.l initkiug a luge number .•! warm garstielit- for ti.o 1, . ;•-. lv tiie work of knitting they | had reoeite.l groat assislance from mnnt '-. I I- thioiighout the i-oiintry. Ihe f 11,,1- l.lis.*d bt the \--. S'lill.o'l | -p.ltlHl l',,r' this hosj.ital and other p. uditiiie an.l coinmi! iimih iioatl, ap i pn.Nim-ate ihe total. i . Lord l'lllllket. s|«'aking foi tl v i | tiie. pan! a very warm tribute to the work i ■I t1,..-.- Indies' without wi,..-,- n-si-tanee. the lining up and starting of ihe hospital in s.. short a tin.c would have l*oei, iiiips.hl. Ihe Association tin- also sja-eial It nidehl.d to the splendid help given .throughout bt Mi. Wal.leernte and Mt.. I):,l-l..ii. I l.c last of whom luis r.'.s-iitlt' 'taken "t.-i the work ns Adjutant of the. hospital. |