WAR'S TERRIBLE TOLL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17337, 8 December 1919, Page 6

WAR'S TERRIBLE TOLL.

THE TOTALLY DISABLED. NEW ZEALAND CASES. SHOCKING INJURIES RECEIVED. [by TELEGRAPHOWN correspondent.] CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday. Although totally disabled soldiers are provided for by the State, the War Relief Societies have frequently come to their further assistance in cases where such assistance is necessary. The Advisory Board of the Patrioticl Societies of New Zealand has collected full information regarding the number of totally disabled soldiers, and a Dominion scheme will probably be worked out for their assistance over and above what the State may be doing. There are 39 men in New Zealand receiving permanent pensions for total disablement, and particulars of their cases have been received by the Canterbury Patriotic Society. The list is incomplete, however, as it dope not include undischarged men in hospital at present, and there will also be a number of consumptives and partially disabled men, who will probably need assistance from the War Relief Societies. Sad details are disclosed in a perusal of the Advisory Board's list of totally disabled men. The Christchurch cases include those of two single men who have suffered the amputation of both legs. Another Christchurch man, single, and fortunately without dependents, has lost the left eye, the left leg, and the right thumb, j and has a shell wound in the- right hand, j Two other Christchurch men are totally blind, and one, in addition to gunshot wounds in both legs, suffers at night from the effects of gas. A man at Waihi has lost the use of both arms. A Rotorua man has complete paralysis of both legs, due to a gunshot wound in the spine. An Auckland man is totally blind, and haa a gunshot wound in the right arm. A Wellington man has lost both legs, in addition to an injury to the right arm. A married man in the Manawatu district has lost his right arm, and has gunshot wounds in the face and leg, and is also deaf in the left ear.

Another man, whose mother is dependent on him, has lost the lower jaw, and has other severe facial disfigurement. These are only a few of the many sad cases in which the loss of one ey e in addition to other injuries is frequently recorded.