IN THE DOMINION

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144667, 29 April 1915, Page 3

IN THE DOMINION

THE STATIONARY HOSPITAL. ¥ER PRES 1 ! ASSOCIATION* WELLINGTON,. April 28. The stationary hospital which New Zealand is supplying for service at the front in Europe i snow fully organised at Trentham. The hospital though officially designated a •‘stationary” one, is virtually a mobile unit, taking the place of the old so-called ■'field-hospi-tals'’ used in previous campaigns. It will be kept close up to the front, or, in other words, but one remove from the firing line. The hospital consists of 200 beds, hut with no nurses. The personnel comprises eight officers, one lieutenant-colonel, two majors, four captains or subalterns, one quartermaster, one warrant officer, eight sergeants, one bugler and seventy-six rank and file. The officers who have received definite appointments arec.—Lieutenant-Colonel M'Oavin, F.R.C.S.. Eng., M.D., London; Major Acland, U.R.C.S.. Eng.; Major Wylie, F.R.C.S.. Eng. ; Captain Leahy, 13. A., M.IL, M.S.. Sydney University ; Captain Frascr-Hurst, M.D., Durham; Captain D. Stout, F.R.C.S., Eng.; Cantain Marchant. eye. car, nose and throat specialist; QuartermasterLieutenant Isaacs, dentist. . RED CROSS REQUIREMENTS. WELLINGTON, April 28. The Prime Minister has. received a telegram from his Excellency the Governor, forwarding an advice from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in answer to the inquiry from the N" ew Zealand Government as to the articles which will be most acceptable to the St. John Ambulance and Red Cross Association with the. Imperial and allied troops. The information contained in the cablegram is chat the joint war committee of the societies states that goods most acceptable are blankets, hand, and bath towels, sheets, light-.weight

vests and pants, boric lint, medicated cotton wool, and plain and iodoform cause and gamgee tissue. In addition to tlie articles mentioned by the joint wav committee, the St. John Ambulance warehouse states that articles moist needed are kit-bags fitted with cardigans, bed jackets of red or natural colour flannel, night-shirts (flannel or cotton), dressing-gowns, nightingales of red or natural colours, flknnel pyjamas, ward slippers and sheets. $ CONGRATULATIONS TO. CANADA. WELLINGTON, April 28. The Prime Minister has despatched the following telegram to the Rt. Hon. Sir R. Borden, Prime Minister of Canada; “On behalf of the Government and people of New Zealand I desire to heartily congratulate Canada on the gallant stand made by her troops in the recent severe fighting near A pres. Men of the oversea dominions are proving themselves worthy scions bf'th'e old stock which, down through strenbius centuries, has produced a strong and united Empire, whose bulwarks are liberty and freedom. New Zealand’s sorts at the front are anxious to have ah opportunity of fighting shoulder tb shoulder with their Canadian brothers in arms against our common foe, and in the defence of our national honour. Our warmest sympathy goes out to the relatives of the brave men who have fallen.” (Signed) W. F. Massey, Prime Minister.

©BATH OF A TROOPER. WELLINGTON, April 23. The Defence authorities have been notified that No. 2-380, Gunner William Harcoe Harvey, No. 1 Battery New Zealand Field Artillery, main body New Zealand expeditionary force, died or* 16th inst. of phthisis. His, next-of-kin is his father, Henry Har.vey, No.’ 38 Warden Street, Opiho, Dunedin. LECTURE ON THE WAR. INVERCARGILL, April 28. Mr. J. T. M. Hornsby, M.P., Wairarapa, delivered a lecture oh the war to assist the funds and aid recruiting to-night to a crowded house. ‘The address was inspiring, and concluded by a strong appeal to the youth to enlist and aid the Empire in its present crisis. Other speakers followed on similar lines. It is believed it will have a good effect on enlistments.