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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 117, 12 February 1944, Page 8

Captain E. Stevenson-Wright, Wellington. writing to London from Stalag 4A, says that he is senior medical officer, with 6000 patients of all nationalities, says a London message. He reports the receipt of the first consignment of New Zealand food parcels. “They were very good. I would like to thank all those responsible on behalf of New Zealanders here.” An encouraging report of the progress of the Esperanto movement in Uruguay was contained in a letter recently received from Montevideo by a member of the Karori Esperanto Society. The correspondent said that during a recent publicity move to further the interest in Esperanto the response was so great that there were insufficient teachers available to instruct the new adherents. Experienced Esperantists in .Montevideo had then to introduce a special rapid course for teachers, who would later pass on the knowledge they acquired. The band of the Ist Battalion, Wellington Regiment, will play at. tim Zoological Gardens, and the Pipe and Drums Wellington Regimental Band will play at the Botanical Gardena starting-Uj