HOSPITAL ARRANGEMENTS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 21 May 1915, Page 5

HOSPITAL ARRANGEMENTS

NURSES FOR THE FRONT

WELLINGTON, May 20. The No.* 2 stationary hospital which New Zealand recently contracted to send to the front is now being organised at Trentham, and judging by, the qualifications of the officers selected it should, like the staff of No. 1 stationary hospital, prove a credit to the Dominion. The hospital, though officially designated a "stationary" one, is virtually a mobile unit, taking the place of the old so-called "field hospitals" used in previous campaigns, and it will be kept close up to the front, or, in other words, but one remove from the firing line. The hospital will consist of 200 beds, with no nurses.

The officers who have received their definite appointments have been announced as follows: Officer commanding, Lieut.-Colonel W. Parkes, M.D., F.R.C.S., Edin.; Major T. Copeland Savage, F.R.C.S., Eng.; Major McGuire, M.D.; Captain F. T. Bowerbank, M.8.Ch.8.; Captain Scott; Captain Fergus, F.R.C.S., Edin.; Captain Wallis, M.B.Ch.M.; Lieutenant Geo. Purdy. \ The Mayor (Mr J. P. Luke) has stated that he has been in communication with members of the City Council, and it had been decided to offer the Government, on behalf of the citizens of Wellington, a complete hospital for the accommodation of wounded troopers returning to Wellington from the front. The offer had, been communicated to the Hon. James Allen (Minister of Defence), who had expressed pleasure at finding in this city such a generous spirit. The offer, which was thoroughly appreciated by himself, would be considered at an early date.

WELLINGTON, May 20. The following nurses have been ' selected for service in Malta and Egypt, and leave to-morrow via Sydney:— Misses Cameron (Victoria), C. Clarke (Wellington), L. McLeod (Masterton), Murray (Hokitika), P. Reynolds (Hawera), Nicoll (Christchurch), Blackie (Dunedin), Coster (Dunedin), M. O'Connor (Blenheim), M. Wright (Invercargill), Hooker (Napier), Gould (Christchurch) Wilkin (Dunedin), Eddy (Thames), Christmas (Christchurch), Hodges (Christchurch), Lewis (Waikato), Owen (Dunedin), E. Young (Hawera), Brigham (New Plymouth), Newdick (Waihi), v Gherrie (Auckland), Grigor (Christchurch), • Stokes (Christdmrch), McLean (Dunedin), Gorman (Waimate), Sinclair (New Pvmouth), Valentine (Dunedin), and Gill (Gisborne).