VOLUNTEER SISTERHOOD

Grey River Argus, 22 October 1915, Page 6

VOLUNTEER SISTERHOOD

FIRST CONTINGENT LEAVE FOR EGYPT. (Reed. 10.50 p.m.; WELLINGTON, October .21. A contingent, of a dozen women, . dispatched by the Volunteer Sister-, ho.od, to assist in hospital work in Egypt, left in the Manuka to-night . for Sytfney wnere they join the. \ M.edina. They are as follows :— Sister in Charge, Sister Agnes Kerr, or Gis- ; borne (expenses paid by Gisborne Patriotic Committee); assistant, . Miss Sale of Auckland (self and friends); , matron, Miss Marion Wiggens, domestic Service Instructor, Gisborne Technical School (Poverty Bay Teachers' Institute); Volunteers: Miss Adelaide Ballantyne (Wanganui Patriotic Committee), Miss • Knudsen (Midhurst Ladies Patriotic Committee), Mrs Leggatt (New Zealand Shearers Union, Miss Eileen Neilsen (Raumai Residents), Miss Dora Murch (Hawera Patriotic Committee), Miss G. Orange (New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association, Christchurch), Mrs Harold Rhind (Lyttelton residents), Miss Clara Rogers (Kirkcaldie's employees ' and Hawera Patriotic Committee), Miss Sylvia Wilson (Grace Bros., Carterton). For each of the twelve women £100 has been paid to the Defence Department less passage money. The average cost of each volunteei in addition to the £100 is £30 for the outfit. The balance of ,£roo was remitted abroad by the Defence Minister for the use of the Sisterhood on arrival in Egypt. The women will be met by Y.W. C. A- representatives. ' who will take charge of the postal and cable arrangements for tfienfe

We are making a special show of millinery in our showroom ,upstairs and invite inspection. We have some smart ready-to-wear hats at 6/11 and 8/11, also untrimmed shapes at 3/11, 4/11 and 5/11, upwards, in Black, Saxe, Brown, White, Navy etc. All bought for the coming esason. Note address, Walker's, Boundary Street. —Advt.