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Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume VIII, Issue 4, 1 October 1915, Page 201

On severing her connection with the Wellington Hospital, on the eve of her marriage, Miss Broadbent, the matron of the Victoria Hospital, was the recipient of presantations from both the women and men patients of that institution, the patients of the Seddon Annexe, and the nursing staff of the Wellington Hospital. The kindest wishes were expressed for her future, and were feelingly replied to by the recipient. ***** Two Napier nurses, Nurse Murray and Nurse Mcßeth, recently on the hospital staff, le*t last Saturday for England, where they intend undertaking nursing of wounded soldiers. Prior to their departure a "gift" afternoon was tendered to them by Mrs. Tattersall and Miss Waller. * * * * % We publish m this issue an account of Miss Maclean's work while abroad, which will prove most interesting to the nurses who remain here, as well as to the friends of those who have gone.

Miss K. E. Benjamin (Qmstchurch) has been accepted by the War Office for home nursing service and has been appointed to the Beaufort War Hospital at Bristol. She took up her duties on June 5. Later sho may be transferred for service at the front. * * * * * * Miss L. Miller, Pahiatua, left Aug. 19th for Egypt. * * * * * Nurse Wright is visiting the Hot Lakes district just now m company with Miss Hay, of Prospect House Private Hospital. Mrs. Wm. Ewing (Sister Young) asked some Dunedin nurses to meet Sister Moore who returned from Egypt recently, on one of the troopships with invalided soldiers ; she gave a most interesting account of nursing conditions there, and hopes to return shortly ; she and the other sisters are awaiting orders. *p t ■ n< 9p $ Nurse Nellie Soott at present on the staff of Stratford Hospital, is leaving soon to take up work m Timaru Hospital, as Sister. The building known as the National Reserve Drill Hall, close to the Hospital, m the Auckland Domain, has been handed over to the Hospital Board for a military block, it is being rapidly transformed into two wards with twenty-nine beds m each. There will also be accommodation for nine extra nurses. It is expected that the building will shortly be ready for use. We hope to give a fuller account of it and its working m our next issue. # * * * * # Sister Ella Cooke has been sent to Egypt from Aldershot. ****** Mrs. Grace Neill, well-known a few years ago as Assistant Inspector of Hospitals, offered her services to the Wellington Hospital Board when so many senior nurses were leaving for service abroad. Mrs. Neill was for three years Lady Superintendent of the Children's Hospital, Pendlebury, for the last five months she has been m charge of the Children's Hospital, Wellington.

Mrs. Holgate has been at Hopital Eebeval 1 , Neuf chateau, Vosges, where she says there is much enteric. Unfortunately the bad air of the wards had proved too much for her and she had been off duty for a month ; but was at time of writing, sufficently convalescent to go for a short walk. % %: Miss E. Peter, who spent some time earlier m the year nursing m Serbia with different British Red Cross units, has now left for Egypt, where she will do further military nursing. Miss Peter was m rather indifferent health when she returned from Serbia, but has quite recovered during her stay m England. $ 4: ik $ $ .$ Miss Murie, trained m Dunedin Hospital, who has been nursing m Australia for some years, has returned to Wellington and hopes to join the New Zealand Nursing Service. Miss Polden for several years Matron of the Fever Hospital, Wellington, has been appointed Matron of Te Waikato Sanatorium, Cambridge. 3|G TfZ 5p sj! Jji *,£ The nursing world of New Zealand extends a hearty welcome to Mis^ Maclean on her return from Egypt. Miss Maclean left here last April with the first contingent of nurses accepted by the War Office. Since then many more have been sent and the greater number, including those who travelled by the Hospital Ship, were settled m Egypt before Miss Maclean left. j{C s{; !|C . S)C $ ♦ On October 2 1st a party of volunteer women left New Zealand for work m Egypt. These are members of the so-called "Volunteer Sisterhood," organised by Miss Rout, of Christchurch, who has been collecting funds for their expenses for some months. In spite of protests, and m defiance of the Health Department, Miss Rout has carried out her plans, and finally despatched tnese women to Egypt. 9ft ift 3|t ifl % ■ >Ji Mrs. Green who wa^ appointed acting matron m place of Miss Hawken, at Kawakawa Hospital, has now resigned the position which is being advertised ; maternity cases are taken here, so that a matron with both certificates is required.

During the last three or four months twenty nurses have left New Zealand with the transports ; thirteen others have arrived here with wounded soldiers and have returned or are shortly returning to Egypt. Their names are : Misses L. Newell, E. McAllum, M. Anderson, J. Naismith, Gordon Boyd, Mrs. Brooke-Leers, Misses A. K. Stevenson, M. Affleck, and M. Boyd, Mrs. Fulton, Misses Douglas, Cumberworth, Stronach, Keith, Crispin, Scott, Jessop, Goldsmith, Brown, and Burnett. * % * % !)S Sister Tilly, Auckland Hospital, has left for military duty. Nurse Mildred Jackson has been appointed Sister (pro tern). $1 % * % % $i Miss M. Walshe, sister of Dr. D. B. Walshe, Thames, has been appointed to the posi tion of Army Nursing Sister at the Clearing Hospital, Military Camp, Seymoure, Victoria. Miss Walshe was recently nursing m Miss Robey's Private Hospital, Gisborne. $; :£ $? $: $: Mrs. Kidd tendered her resignation as President of the Auckland branch owing to ill health, it was accepted with much regret. Nurse Lee who had nursed privately m Auckland, for some time, went to England last July by the same steamer as Sister Reed — >the " Corinthic " ; she was married just before her departure, to Mr. Fowler. sk ;£ * % # % We are glad to note that our President of the Central Council of the N.Z.T.N.A., Miss Foote, has recovered from her recent illness which necessitated a major operation. Miss Foote is looking vastly better. % % $: ifc Miss K. Stephenson, late Acting-Matron of the C ambridge S anitorium has been called on active service and went m charge of the nurses who sailed with the troopships, m September. % % ♦ % & Sister Lilly of the Auckland Hospital has been enrolled m the N.Z.A.N.S., and called up for military duty m Wellington. Her position has been filled temporarily by Nurse M. Jackson. Nurses Sutherland, Auckland Hospital, and Woodward, Dunedin trained, have also been called up.