NEW ZEALAND NURSES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 30 November 1938, Page 10

NEW ZEALAND NURSES

PARTY GOING TO SOUTH AFRICA TO JOIN PRIVATE HOSPITAL STAFF A party of 20 New Zealand trained nurses will leave Wellington bv the Awatea on 6th December for South Africa, where they will join the staff of a private hospital under the direction of a former New Zealander, Dr. Campbell Begg. Applications from nurses for the positions are stated to have numbered about 200. Provisional selection was made by an agent in each centre, and the appointments are yet subject to medical inspection. The selected nurses, who are to be advanced £3O for their fares to South Africa, and will be required to enter into a twelve months’ bond of service, include a number from Wellington, two having been employed at one private hospital and one at another. Although the party will not include any Karitane nurses, who are in short supply in the Dominion at present, the departure of even 20 trained nurses is a loss the country can ill afford, it was stated yesterday, as there is a big demand for general nurses as well. The call of adventure, quite apart from the better conditions likely to be experienced in the new country, is believed to be the reason for the large number of applications received for the positions in Johannesburg, the desire to "see the world” being particularly strong among members of the profes-