THE HOSPITAL SHIP

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15964, 8 July 1915, Page 8

THE HOSPITAL SHIP

VESSEL'S PERSONNEL. OFFICERS AND DOCTORS. NURSES FROM AUCKLANDWhen the New Zealand hospital ship Maheno steams out of Wellington Harbour next Saturday afternoon, on her | errand of mercy oil behalf of the people | of the Dominion, and her suffering solI diers, the vessel will carry a strong com- ; plement of .medical men, trained nurses, i and skilled ship's officers. The complete i personnel is not yet available, but, as j already stated, it will include the Rev. W. j E. Gillaui. of St. Matthew's Church, j Auckland, who takes the position of chap- | lain-major. i The following is a list of the ships I officers :—Captain, 1). McLean ; chief offii <er, Mr. F. \V. Jackson; second officer. Mr. A. Re-ed ; third officer. Mr. J. Duder ; | fourth officer, Mr. M. W. Lane. lhe | engineroom staff will be as follows : I Chief, Mr. J. Basire; second, Mr. W. Aimers ; third. Mr. H A. Reed ; fourth, Mr. A. L. S. Cassie; fifth. Mr. C. Bu- . than : sixth Mr. D. Dalgleish ; seventh, I Mr. H. P. Tucker; eighth, Mr. W. l*. Scott; electrician, Mr. W. J. Ma-skell ; chief steward, Mr J. O'Brien ; wireless j operator, Mr. D. C. Lane; launch engin j eers, Messrs. K. Knewstub and Andrews. I The medical staff of the Maheno will | consist of the following officers : —Officer 1 commanding, Hon. Surgeon-Colonel Col ' tins, M.L.C.. of Wellington second in command, Surgeon-Captain Inglis, of ; Auckland ; staff, Surgeon-Captains Tol- ; hurst (of Wellington). McCaw. Simpson, i and Spedding; Quartermaster and Adjutant, Captain Dunbar Sloan. The Maheno will also carry 10 nurses on the permanent staff, besides whom 70 other nuises are proceeding to Egypt by the hospital ship. The names of the 12 Auckland district nurses included in the party are as follows : — Edith Austen, private nurse ; Violet R. |R. Baylev, Kawakawa Hospital staff; I Caroline Condick, private nurse; Kathi leen C'umming. private nurse: Haidee Edgerley, Auckland Hospital staff ; Eileen | Hanan, private nurse; Ada G. Hawken, matron. Kawakawa Hospital ; Bessie , Keyte, private nurse : Emma Martyn, pri--1 vate nurse : Lyna Newell. Te Kopuru ! Hospital staff;" Ruth Utting, private ; nurse ; Mary Watt, Waikato, private ; nurse j The nursing staff leaving by the Ma- . heno will complete the . quota of 100 which the Dominion was askea to raise, the remainder having left on May 21 last for i service in Egypt and the Dardanelles. | 'men ON willochba. i PUBLIC WELCOME PROPOSED. MINISTER STATES DIFFICULTY. ! [BY TELEGRAPH.SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. J Wellington, Wednesday. ' A proposal that a public welcome should be extended to the sick and wounded soldiers who are returning to New Zealand by the steamer Willochra was made in the House this afternoon. i Mr. WilfoTd (Hutt) asked the Minister for Defence whether any arrangements had been made for giving a public welcome to the returning soldiers. He hoped the Go vernment had not lost sight of this, tnat the welcome would be a generous one, and I that the day would be observed as a public j holiday, in order that residents might be | able to show their appreciation of what j the wounded soldiers had done. Nothing ' that the people could do would bo too I much. I The Hon. J. Allen said that he thought every arrangement had been made to give . the men a fit and proper welcome, but there was the question of what was a fit and proper welcome to men, some of whom • would have to go into hospital. | Mr. Wilford : Of course, I don't know j what the condition of the men. is. | Mr. Allen : It has all been published in ' the papers. He said that a certain num- : ber of the menßo in would be sent to hospitals in Auckland, Hamilton, Palmers ton, Wellington, Christchurch, and ( Dunedin. Others would go to their homes, and some to convalescent homes. He could not say exactly how many would go to | convalescent homes until another telegram j was received from the ship. He would be i very glad to arrange for a public reception to these men. but a reception for sick j men was rather a difficult matter. POPULAR DOCTOR.

LEAVING KAWAKAWA FOR FRONT, [bt telegraph.—own correspondent.] Kawakawa, Wednesday. Dr. Eccles, who is leaving for England and the front, was presented with a purse of sovereigns by the townspeople of Kawakawa at a social on Monday. The chairman of the Town Board, Mr. A. H. Morgan, in making the presentation, referred to the doctor's devotion to his profession, and to his useful work in public life. Other presentations were made by the hospital nurses and the ladies' knitting circles of Russell and Kawakawa. °

MACHINE-GUN MEN. MESSAGE FROM DARDANELLES. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] Hamilton, Wednesday. Mr. Ewen McGregor, of Rukuhia, has received the following cablegram from his son. Lieutenant McGregor, Of the machine-gun section of the Auckland Mounted Rifles :— " Morrison and Brebner are sick; Jackson has been killed ; Purdoni and Riddell and section are all well." Although the cablegram is dated Alexandria, July 5, it is probable that it had been sent from Gallipoli some days earlier. DISABLED SOLDIERS. HELP FROM THE FORESTERS. [BY TELEGRAPH. OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WiNCAsri, Wednesday. A scheme of considerable importance to members of Foresters' lodges in the North Island has been promoted by the Marton branch to provide for lodge members who may return from the war in a disabled condition. The proposal is to levy on each member a sum of not less than 3d per quarter, payable yearly in advance, and as there are approximately 20,000 members, it is estimated to produce £1000. The scheme is now under consideration by the various lodges concerned. Although threepence is fixed as the minimum, it is thought that many lodges will make a six penny levy, and others more, so that something like £3000 might be obtained from that source.

MEN FOR THE NAVY. POSSIBLE OFFER BY DOMINION. , [BY telegraph.—SPEClAL CORRESPONDENT.J Wellington-, Wednesday. The Minister for Defence stilted to-day in reply to a question by- Mr. Young (Waikato) that the question of offering a j force of seamen from New Zealand as a I contribution to the Imperial Navy is under the consideration of the Government. BACK FROM EGYPT. Private A. Eraser, of Canterbury, was a passenger from Sydney hv the Riverina yesterday. He suffered from scarlet fever and was invalided home from F. ■ ♦ with about 400 Australians and >Jew Zea- . landers. Private Eraser desires to return -•♦l, fi. «.' " d is , keen « in touch | with the Defence authorities.