JOTTINGS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3244, 17 May 1916, Page 51

JOTTINGS.

The Rev. J. A. Lusk, vicar of St. Luke's Church, Dannevirke, has been appointed to a chaplaincy with the expeditionary forces. Corporal L. Haggett, who is visiting Feilding, belongs to the Ambulance Corps, and was on the Marquette when she was torpedoed (says the Star). He was for eight hours in the water before being rescued. Subsequently he was stationed at Salonika, where he saw the Zeppelin raid, and was also on a hospital ship when a bomb wa3 dropped on her. He came back last week, on duty, and will return to the front next month. It is notified by Mr Frank Dyer, Viceconsul for Greece in Xew Zealand, that all Greek reservists resident in this dominion are by Royal decree required to report themselves to him within 45 days, either personally or by letter, in order that they may be furnished with information in respect to enrolment in the event Of their being needed. It was recently reported by us that Dr W. Marshall MacDonald. of 'this city, had been promoted to the rank of medecinmajor. first class, in the French Army Med'cal Service, and appointed physician to the neurological centre for the Fourth Army District of Lc Mans. This centre has recently been remodelled and enlarged for the accommodation of 400 in-patients, as

well as of a largo out-patient department. The centre, at which all tho oases of wound's and disease of the nervous system in t'ha Fourth District are treated, is under ths control of Dr Tinel, tho well-known neu< rologist of tho Salpotriere. Hospital, Paris, and the two assistant physicians have also served on the staff of Professor Dojerine ati the Salpotriere. Tlie Rot. \V. iSaunders has received a oablegram from his son, Captain Saunders, who is at Hornehureh, stating that he was fit. and was leaving for the front on the 11th

Mr C. Bell, of Dunedin, has just ru. ceived from his son, Sergeant C. R. J3oll, a letter in which ho states that ho has quitp recovered, and is now occupying tiio post tion of sergeant-major in the 2nd Brigade, South Otago Regiment. Colonel Administrator of Samoa, advised the Defence authorities on Wedneaday that the health of the garrison troopa is good, and there aro no cases to report upon in hospital. The story is told (says an exchange) thai two members of the Mosterton County Council, who were doing tho rounds in connection with the Recruiting Board's scheme, hit upon a family in which thero were five boys of military age. "Why do not somo of your sons volunteer to "fight ■ for their country?" asked one councillor of the mother, who appeared to control the farm. "I would sooner see my boys shot in tho back-yard than leaving for the front," was her reply. An Ashburton gentleman who recently visited Trentham Camp tells a story illustrative of the tactics adopted by somo ardent patriots who are keen to go on aofive service (says the Ashburton Guardian). The gentleman in question was chatting with a young soldier at the camp, when a member of the clerical military staff appeared with some documents in his hand. Addressing the soldier, he said:—"l've got a man on my list here with the same nam? as yours. Is he any relation?" Tha soldier road tho particulars a newly-enlisted] soldier had supplied to the recruiting ofti-i cer, and, with a laugh, ho said, "Why, that's my father." "Well," replied the military man, "it's strange your father ia only eight years older than you are !" Mr Hunter (Waipawa) is asking tha Prime Minister whether tho Government will consider the question of dealing with the difficulty that has been caused by certain life insurance companies refusing to pay out policy moneys due to the relatives of soldiers reported as killed by Courts of Inquiry. The decision of the Oamaru Hospital Trustees to commemorate in some appropriate and tangible manner the heroic devotion to duty of Nurse Isabel Clark, who lost her life by tho torpedoing of tho Marquette had its consummation on Thursday. Nuree Clark received her training at tho Oamaru Hospital, and it was decided to place a memorial tablet in the institution. The tablet, which is a brass plato mounted on kauri, bears the following inscription and is a splended example of the engravers' art: "In "memory of Nurse Isabel Clark, who perished in the Marquette off Salonika on 23rd October, 1915." The North Ota go Times says that the trustees visited tha hospital on Thursday afternoon, and the tablet was placed in position. Lieutenant-colonel J Gethin Hughes, D. 5.0., C.M.G., is returning from England to New Zealand by a hospital ship. Captain A. I. Walker, of the Ist Battalion New Zealand Rifle Brigade, has boon appointed to the command of B Company of his battalion. Captain Walker was appointed captain in the Rifle Brigade after nine months' garrison duty at Samoa, whither ho proceeded with the advance Expeditionary Force. He is a Hon of Mr H. C. H. Walker, Remucra, and is a wellknown member of the King's College Old Boys' Association. Prior to tho war ha occupied a position on the staff of the New Zealand Insurance Company.