CABLE ADVICE RE WOUNDED SOLDIERS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3195, 20 September 1917, Page 6

CABLE ADVICE RE WOUNDED SOLDIERS

Sir.-Altliough the military are mobt prompt in advising the nearest of.km as to any trouble which overtakes those ir! "ranee in whom they are interested. I am persuaded by the scores of cableirnms which I privately receive ironi fdends throughout the Dominion- that a great number.of parent* and. wives of the wounded or. invalided desire nwie regular information. I am sure the military cannot be «- petted to do more than they arei doing 1 have theroforo arranged that anv re lative in New Zealand who mw desmlo .n=eertain the condition of their son or Imsband, to cable to London," accompanying th.VT;*Linaa prepaid reply, and the latest inclination will bo promptly supplied. The Now Zealand War Contingent Association's card feet as it is possible to be. The hospi al visitors report twice, a week as to the condition of the patients, of which records are kept, so those who mavnaks « of this channel will. I am confident, obtain tho most recent information. 1 aB ' etC " I. W. RAYMOND. Chairman. Hospitality Committee. SPECIMEN CABLE. Tenakoutu, London. _ Report five bar four two eight. (Surname only.) Response. Interpretation. Dangerous... Very ill. Hopelrss No hope of recovery. Improving- Every hope of recovery. Recovering... Out of danger. . Progressing Improvement maintained. Convalescent Getting on well. Recovered ... In convalescent camp. > Service • Joined up (U.K.) Abroad Joined up (France). I Staff Engaged official work. (Replies -will bo sizned Raymond.)