ARMY NURSES REACH WELLINGTON

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26511, 28 August 1951, Page 6

ARMY NURSES REACH WELLINGTON

(New Zealand Press Association) Tho ♦ WELLINGTON, Atigust 27. The two Army nurses who were members of the ship’s staff of the Kv 6 Thl iVed at Wellington *? d i y - Thev are Charge Sister n C Griffin and Sister J. C Rich ~P Pth s Pohe highly of their talS D *L Wi ? atld ‘he sneed ‘J 16111 b ? ok to New Zealand. d e Wl } from Darwin, and on Saturday s Sydney-Auckland Solent flying-boat thev looked after Signal™an R- O’Donnell, of Nelson a stretcher case from Korea. They were fairly matter-of-fact about the but said the worst moments were the first five minutes when the sirens were going FJ d , ate l d r esscd as men. they had to fall into the boats. The loss °/. . th ®, Wahine Was "all vary ” said Charge Sister Griffin. y

been botany. Born in Waimate,he came a pupil teacher there in 1904 was first assistant when, after ereoaation, he took his master of erts gree with first-class honours in bouw and was appointed junior lecturer,"! biology. After service in the World War he was awarded »JJ' Zealand Expeditionary Force Bciw« ship and spent a year on refresh studies at Downing College, v l ® bridge, and returned as lecture! *“

botany in 1920. When a forestry department opened at Canterbury University college in 1924. Mr Foweraker b. 90 ®®. lecturer in charge and he was ditec*® after the department was consttW a special school of the University® New Zealand in 1930. When the ScW® 1 cf Forestry was clos’d in 1934. throw!, withdrawal of the Government Mr Foweraker resumed his wort s» s°nior lecturer in the biology deps”' ment. Between 1920 and 1930 he snecial research officer for the St” 1 Forest Service, concentrating Chiw on the rimtt forests of Westland. , Th’ Royal New Zealand Institute® Horticulture elected Mr Foweraker * fellow in 1948 and this year he was *F Pointed an associate of honour. He > chairman of the Canterbury council® the institute. From 1926 until 19* 3 was secretary and treasurer of *® Riccarton Hush trustees. He is a mem; ber of the Arthur's PaM Nation® Park Board.