KAPUA NOTES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XL, Issue 12695, 15 November 1915, Page 1

KAPUA NOTES.

v (Front Our Own Correspondent.t T'lVe rain experienced during the last iew weeks has made a considerable difference to the appearance of the country and stock, and at last vye can congratulate ourselves on having -a vea--.-mable fall of rain. It is not yet all that is needed, for the crops still rcuire a thorough soaking. The cereal crop.-" ere looking particularly nell, and arc making great growth, and at present the harvest prospects are altogether very bright. .Shearing ha- already commenced here, and most of the dry sheep have b?cn shorn. The wool, ill some cases, i-; very light. It is with deep regret that 1 have to t aronicle the deat*. : ol Nurse Gorman, who wa- drowned by the torpedoing ot :'a- It :'pit::l ship Marquette .in the .:v-ean Sea. Nurse Gorman's parent.have resided here for a number ol years, and their many friends were v >ry di-lre-sed to read of Nurse Gorman being posted as missing, and subsequently as drowned The late Nurse Gorman sailed from New Zealand by the hospital ship Maheno, and prior to b«r departure she held the rank of si--t.-r •:>) the- Staff of the "Wellington Haspital. It is the nat'nal fate of men to fall in war, but we do expect tlpu the brave nurses who face -o many perils of disea-e and often s;:el!-lire. will come back safely from their errand «:!' mercy. We extend to ?vlr and Airs G irruan an:! family -.air sinoere-t symnarhy in the loss they have sustained by the death <-f Nu:-e Gorman, who -,'elt'v re-ponded to her 'country'.- ' r 11. an-' who left tier many friends and 1 b, country to find.a far and an "bon-'r--.i ■" ve in the water-- •-.? the .EgCei