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Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 146, 21 June 1916, Page 2

There are now two military hospitals at Rbtorua—the Sanatorium and King George V. Convalescent Home. The worst cases are treated a.t the Sanatorium ; also all those that need constant supervision, in addition to cases where injui-y to foot or leg makes it impossible for the soldier to walk up the hill to the George V. Home. The -average number of soldiers undergong treatment at the Sanatorium is between 50 and 70 {says the New Zealand Herald). The Sanatorium has been practically given over to the use of the returned men, only about a dozen civilian cases now being treated there. A large number of these men are suffering from shell-con-cussion and injury to the nervous system, many feeling acutely now the strain undergone in those hard days and nights on Gallipoli Peninsula. A recent innovation at the Sanatorium is a "bas-ket-making class, started by one or two guests at a local private hotel, and several of the men have taken up the work with keen interest. Others devote their attention to pen-painting, wood-carv-ing, and photography, 'the latter being, perhaps the favourite hobby. Interest at _ present, however, is centred in the building of a new billiard-room, where, in the wet, cold days ahead, when outside trips or recreation are impossible, the men will be able to amuso themselves to their hearts' content at the game that never tires. The room will also be fitted up as a writing and read-ing-room, and, although there is as yet no library at the home, and very little reading matter of any kind, it is hoped that these may be forthcoming, and that, with the addition of a few good pictures, the new room may become the centre of the social life of the Sanatorium.