SOLDIERS IN LONDON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16435, 11 January 1917, Page 6

SOLDIERS IN LONDON.

AID FOR NEW ZEALANDERS.

VISITS TO HOSPITALS.

ATTENTION TO LEAVE MEN.

Some particular? of the work of the New Zealand War Contingent Association in London are given in a letter that has been received by a resident of Auckland from Mr. R. H. Nolan, secretary of the association. Extracts from the letter were read by Mr. A. G. Lunn at yesterday's meeting of the Executive Committee of the Auckland Patriotic Association. "The New Zealand War Contingent Association," says Mr. Nolan, "constantly entertains New Zealand soldiers at theatres and afternoon tea* Every New Zealander in Great Britain who is in any hospital is visited by one of our official visitors within 24 hours after we are advised of their admittance, and we are supposed to be informed forthwith. That in itself is a grand organisation. From choice we get our own country people if possible, but if there are none in the locality we select the leading people in that district. Their duty is to attend to their wants, provide comfort*, etc., and report the condition ot the patient weekly." Mr. Nolan states that from 200 to 300 men daily pas: through his hands. In speaking of the New Zealand Soldiers' Club in London, he says:—" It is 109 days since the club opened, and we have provided beds for 17,487 soldiers. . . All leave trains from France are met by some of my committee, and our men are brought here, where they register their packs and themselves. Then they get a good hot bath and clean underclothes, shirts, socks, etc., are given to them. At whatever hour of the night they arrive they can get a hot meal in the canteen, which is open night and day. They are waited upon by ladies, who all are voluntary workers. Everything is done on this side of the world that it is possible to do for- our boysj and to make them feel that they have a home away from home."