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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16295, 30 January 1915, Page 15

At Auckland on Wednesday a lady was elected to the membership of the King's Empire Veterans. The matter caused a good deal of discussion among members of the committee and an investigation of the rules. It was held (says the Herald) that although it was understood all members should be men, there was no provision against the election of a woman. The lady is Nurse Ball, of Khybor Pass road, who served in South Africa with tho Black Watch, 42nd Highlanders, and gained the Queen's medal, with three bars, and :.lso the Royal Red Cross. The order of the Koyal Red Cross ib one of the four decorations which can be worn by British women, and is the Victoria Cross of the nursing profession, although it is not a test of valour so much as of skilled and devoted service. Nurse Ball received tho cross for carrying a wounded soldier 50 yarde under fire during the war in South Africa, and for attending him afterwards. Some women apparently act first and think afterwards. It is no unusual tiling for a wife, to enter a plaint against her husband for separation and maintenance, and then withdraw it when called for hearing. An instance occurred on Friday mornins in which it was evident when the parties entered the Auckland Court that there had been a reconciliation. Tho husband (says the Star) was leading a nicely-dressed little boy by the hand. He walked to the front, and the wife said: " I wish to withdraw the case." Tho reply from Mr E. C. Cutten, S.M., was:—"You just make a convenience of this court, making an application against your husband, and then withdrawing it. Tho case is withdrawn, and we do not want to see yon here any more." The other side of the picture was shown in a case where an adjournment was granted because the husband's solicitor could not attend. The wife agreed to the request only on condition that in the interim the husband paid £2 maintenance and did not come near the house. On the latter point she was most emphatic, saying:—"I won't have him near 'ho house." In explanation of this strong i, .titude, her lawyer stated that the cruelty alleged in the caso was tho worst he had «va» k»wd about