THE MARAMA.

North Otago Times, Volume CIII, Issue 13654, 23 August 1916, Page 4

THE MARAMA.

HOSPITAL SHIP'S VOYAGES, LONDON, June :'!l, The New Zealand hospital ship 'Maraiua lias arrived at Soutliniii|>toii for the third time this year, On this voyage the vessel brought from Cairo , the New Zealand General Hospital unit.' The personnel numbers about 2!!0, consisting of 18 medical'men, three chaplains, (10 nurses, and 150 orderlies, in addition there were, on board ii'ltl. wounded and sick soldiers from Mesopotamia who had been transhipped, at Alexandria. The Marama's own staff, of which Lieutenant-Colonel Coolt (Mastertoii) is in command,' consists of eight medical men, three chaplains, nurses, anil about 70 orderlies, while Captain Aid well is the commander of the ship. The Marama left New Zealand on December 4 and reached Southampton on January .'ll. Orders were receieved to proceed to Alexandria, snul after a call nt Malta she steamed for Marseilles, afterwards going back to Salonika and picking up sick and wounded for England. 'Southampton was reached a second time at Easter. The Marama left port at the beginning of May, and. on this journey, called at Malta and Alexandria, During the whole lime the vessel has had ..exceptionally good weather, except 1 for two days in February,'when a strong westerly gale was, experienced; after leaeving' Southampton, Many of the hospital stall' took advantage of the-ship's,stay, in port to visit Lnndqn. Chaplflin-eaptflin P. T, Read (Cargill Road Methodist Church, Dunedin). is in excellent health, anil after a day or two.in London he went to visit his old home at Grantham, Hesays that the. chaplains have had the opportunity to do much useful work among the soldiers. As. au Imperial hospital ship, the Marama has had to take nlkomors, and not many Ntw Zcalanders have been nursed on board.