N.Z. NURSE IN EGYPT

Grey River Argus, 11 February 1941, Page 4

N.Z. NURSE IN EGYPT

REPLACEMENT OF OUTFIT WELLINGTON, February 8. The Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser, has made a reply to a complaint at Napier by the Mayor, Mr. T. W. Hercock, of it having come to his notice that a nurse with the NewZealand Forces overseas was not permitted to withdraw £25 from her savings in New Zealand to replace an outfit destroyed in a fire. The only case of the sort the records show, said Mr. Fraser, is one in which when the facts were reported an additional grant of £4O in Egyptian currency was approved to enable a nurse to replace uniform and clothing lost. There was no record of any cablegram having been received by the Minister. The facts were that the nurse referred to lodged a written application with the base paymaster on December 7 for an additional,remittance of £2O, not £25, and the application was transmitted to New Zealand. The sum requested was sent immediately, by cable, although before December the nurse had already received the maximum remittance permissible .at that time. Mr. Fraseiadded that an inquiry was being made oversesa to find whether any delayoccurred in reporting the incident or dealing with the application m Egypt.