TWELVE NURSES

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12194, 20 July 1925, Page 7

TWELVE NURSES

AMERICAN FLEETS REMINDER “MUST NOT BE FORGOTTEN” "SMART AND GOOD-LOOKING” By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. [By radio, from the Bpecial correspondent of the Australian Press Association aboard the battleship Seattle.] While attention has been centred upon the 25,000 representatives of the male sex who make up the personnel of the fleet, it, must not be forgotten that there are also 12 young females who wear navy blue, and will also eet foot on Australian soil. These ore the nurses on board ,the Relief, one of the most remarkable naval vessels afloat. These women, as much a? any other officer or bluejacket, are "they of heroic stuff.” During the journey they have contributed their full share to the welfare of the human element that makes up this mighty armada. There have been many transfers of ill persons to the Relief, and to the nurses has fallen the duty of caring for them. These nurses are smart and good-looking, as was discernible to any eye when the Relief lay in Honolulu, and there is not a shadow of doubt that the young men of Australia will see that their stay is pleaant. HE USTENED-IN Saturday.—One of the most amusing yjcidonts of our trip to Australia occurred last night, and was related by a wireless expert, Lieutenant Schneil, in the ward-room at breakfast this morning. He heard two amateurs idly conversing over high-frequency Amateur number one, at Melbourne, suddenly signalled to amateur number two, at Portland, Oregon: “©ay., he said, “I understand the Seattle is due to dock here at three in the noon of July 23rd. Will she do it? “Anzac ” replied Portland, when you see tne Stars and Stripes run up the rudder end of the Seattle you can set your watch at three o’clock aI1 „ make no mistake about it.” “Jimmy, Ba id Melbourne, “and she is fifteen hundred miles away.” FLEET DIVIDES ON WEDNESDAY Our position is 31.7 degrees south, 166.51 east—22l2 miles from Port Philip, 927 miles from the division point of the fleet, and approximately 1215 miles from Sydney. Sunday.—The fleet will divide at Cape Howe (the south-eastern point of Australia) next Wednesday. LABOUR BOYCOTT By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.. SYDNEY, July 18. The Trades and Labour Council decided to boycott the American Fleet on its visit to Sydney.