SICK AND WOUNDED.

Otago Witness, Issue 3214, 20 October 1915, Page 51

SICK AND WOUNDED.

BACK FROM THE FRONT. wau t ivctam , , ~ Amnntr , oc £ b J* Among tne passengers from bydney by"v\<is Oaptain E. G. iraser, o£ Remuera. He was severely wounded in tho face by a Turkish bomb at Gallipoli, and tho sight of one eye was damaged Another wound caused the partial loss of tho use of tho right arm. Ca.pta.in Fraser will undergo an operation in New Zealand. He was in charge of a party of 25 sick and wounded men, most of whom left New Zealand with the main body. All except two have been at the front. All have sufficiently recovered to be able to proceed to their homes oh extended leave. There was no formal mony on arrival, but tho Mayor went aboard and welcomed the men. The following belong to the Dunedin dis. trict: Corporal F, J. Wall, Otago Mounted Rifles, Private C. S. Fraser, N.Z. Medical Corps, Sapper F, Daubncy, Field Troop N.Z. Engineers. Private 0. A. Little, Otago Infantry Battalion. NEXT LOT OF INVALIDS. T rlv7r . rT ,^.. T _ J , ~ ELLiHnGI ON, Octooer 13. , Owing to tho fact that the transports will f av6 to-leave again almost immediately. le , 8 “ 1 P S bringing the sjok and wounded men back to New Zealand will make Port Chalmers their first port of call. and the n x ien Wlll , be distributed to their homes or to convalescent homes or hospitals Eorn at P° rt - f Th f shj P s aro expected aD S, I end °, week, T , he * oason . wh 7 L Clialmers has Coon ! nado th e port ol call is that the ships can reconditioned ready for sailing again at t! ? afc P orfc „ expeditiously than at any ? th f r P o?t - r / h .° do P arturo of the ships ha* to be expedited on the next trip because ok , * • , • r .v nil-. the intention of tho Government to hasten aji f h draft o£ reinforceh A ne , v scheme has been adopted by which mon mbo taken illto camp every month, d contingent wi U sai l every month, but fchi u wi ff nofc como into full operation until February. The men who como into c this m^nth and the men who will in nGxfe montll w m Rave at the end of their period of training in the ordinary _ The first draft really affected by the 6cheme will noii leave until F-bn-y. Tho changed p]an w ;n no t involve mow than Qbout a wcek ’ s ainainution of the period 0 j :ra ; n ; ng; and recent experience has shown that if tho troopSl aro keen" on their work they can achieve efficiency in a shortened p €r J o( j of instruction. ! PROVISION FOR TREATMENT. FUNDS FOR CONVALESCENT STATIONS ‘ „, , WELLING lON, October 14. The Minister in Cfiarge of Hospitals (the Hon. Mr Russell), stated co-day that the next draft of invalided men would oe de-alt with on the lines that had been devised previously. Tiro men who required hospital treatment would ho sent where possi.de to the hospital nearest their homes, proviaed that the equipment ujld steft wero suited to their requirements. The othei men would bo sent to the convalescent stations at Rotorua and ITanmer. i. he convalescent station at Rotorua would shortly bo capable of taking 70 men, who would be accommodated at the sanatorium. The work of erecting the neighbouring convalescent camp was being proceeded with as rapidly as possible. The lodge at Hanrncr had been placed at the disposal of the Government by Mr Duncan Rutherford as the first portion of a oonva lescent station, and an extra staff wou j d bo provided as that station developed. q-j Minister mentioned that money was . in f rom the public for the establishcoming convakgcent IJ atations That day h& j,ad received information that Wairarapa h d contributed £!000 towards the fund, and naa rea , on to believe that tho response of the community to the appeal adequate.