WOUNDED OFFICERS.
COMFORTABLY QUARTERED. WHERE AUSTRALIANS AND NEW ZEALANDERS ARE. By Telegraph.-—Pr«« ABg»oi».tion.—Coprrjgbi. (Received October 7, 10 a.m.) LONDON, October 6. If the friends of the Australian end New Zealand wounded officers in London could see where they are quartered they would feel no anxiety on their account. The majority are now in the Wandsworth Thirdi London General Hospital, which is set in beautiful grounds, wherein new huts have been erected, some of iron, others of stucco. These are lined with fibro-cement and have bright, attractive interiors. The. inmates read and walk in the grounds, or are taken for motor rides. Three concerts and other entertainments are given weekly. Tho outside wards are connected with the hospital by long glass-enclosed corridors. Many captains and lieutenants from each State .are in tho wards. The extreme end corridors are christened Tipperary, because tho Australians said '•'lt was a loi)£ way to q/j." Dotted around the hospital grounds are revolving huts for open-air treat-
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11512, 7 October 1915, Page 1
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