NURSES FOR EGYPT.
ONE HUNDRED MORE BEING SENT. WELLINGTON, October 22. The Prime Minister informed a re. porter to-night that he had .received a cablegram from the Imperial authorities asking if New Zealand could 'supply another hundred trained nurses for service in Egypt. The information placed before him was to the effect that the iurses could be supplied. Dr Valintine, Inspector-General of Hospitals, and Miss McLean, who, had the matter in hand, had stated that there would be no difficulty in enrolling nurses from among the volunteers already on the books. The Cabinet had decided therefore that a hundred nurses should be sent. . Mr Massey added that they would go a$ passengers in hospital ships when they left New . Zealand. The Marama would be leavibg ii December, and the Maheno, which" was making the trip back to New Zealand, would be leaving Wellington again ■ a little later.
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Grey River Argus, 23 October 1915, Page 5
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