COMFORTS FOR WOUNDED.

Otago Witness, Issue 3214, 20 October 1915, Page 52

COMFORTS FOR WOUNDED.

Canon Curzon-Siggors received letters last week from Egypt from which we are permitted to give extracts. The letters have reference to money sent for comforts for the wounded. Lady Godley writes: “The money will be very acceptable, and I am sure the men will doubly appreciate it when they know it comes from their own dis trict.” This has reference to Lady Godley's work at the New Zealand Convalescent Home, Bulkolay. The Rev. C. T- Horan (who was engaged in the mission to the Church of New Zealand a few years ago, and is now vicar of All Saints’, Cairo) writes: “I will do all I can to see your cheque for £3O disbursed in accordance with the wishes of the donors. Some of it I will hand to Chaplain Little hero, as ho has charge of the hospital specially set apart for wounded Now Zealand men at Abbassich. The rest I will disburse myself among Otago and Southland men in the Cairo hospitals. It is splendid of Now Zealand doing this, and will, I know, bo most gratefully appreciated by the men.” The secretary of the British Rod Cross Society at Malta acknowledges the receipt of £25, and the commandant of the All Saints’ Convalescent Camp here says; “Every care will be exercised in seeing that men from the_ Otago province, including Southland, receive the benefit of this acceptable gift.” These letters have reference to money given chiefly for Otago and Southland men. Several letters have also been received showing how grateful the wounded men wore for the money or gifts provided at Alexandria, where £2l 10s 8d was spent in the first wedk by Archdeacon Ward and his workers for our wounded men. Though since the despatch of the money referred to above some £4OO has been sent by Canon CurzonSiggers and Mr A. H. Fisher, yet they desire" to bo able to send more money.