ACCOMMODATION FOR THE WOUNDED

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2473, 28 May 1915, Page 7

ACCOMMODATION FOR THE WOUNDED

I GENEROUS OFFERS FROM CITIZENS ! AND PUBLIC BODIES. i ~ i The Hon. E. Heaton Rhodes, Minister ' of Public Health and Hospitals, whose I Department has in band the matter of providing accommodation for those in- 1 valid and convalescent soldiers that "trill ( . not be able to return immediately to 1 ' their own homosj has, as the following 1 list shows, received many generous offers of accommodation from all parts . of the Dominion. The list must not be iaken as complete, as some offers have '■ already been acknowledged, while others nre known to be in transit:—' Nurse Atkinson, "Woodside" Hospi- c tal, Auckland.—Two beds in her private I hospital. i Auckland City Council.—'"Ej'lbryde" i property and house for use as a hos- < pita] or for other purposes. < Mr. and Mrs. John Buckley.—Their < residence, "Redcastle," Oamaru, fur- J liished; also six-roomed unfurnished . cottage in the grounds. Mr. Charles Chamberlain.—Ponui Island, Hauraki Gulf. Mrs. Chapman.—"Roslyn," Arney Road, Remuera, Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Charters, Christ-church.—Week-end furnished cottage at Clifton, Sumner. Mrs. James. E. Davenport, Allandale, near Lyttelton.—Cottage facing the bay. Mrs. Edmond, Mount Lodge, Dun-ediii.—Eight-roomed furnished cottage at Waikouaiti, including five bedrooms, with two hospital beds in each, well equipped with bedding, blankets, etc. Mr. and_ Mrs. Hope Gibbons.—Residence at Wanganui, which they offer to equip, staff, and run as a convalescent home for at least twentv men. Mrs. Hadfield, "Lindale," 'Wellington.—Offers to provide for three convalescent men. Nurse Hay, St. David's street, Dunedin.—Four beds in her private hospital. Drs. W. E. Herbert and H. HardWiclc Smith, Wellington.—Ten beds in their new private hospital in Bowen Street for acute cases, either officers or men, likely to benefit from hospital treatment, with free professional services. Mr. C. H. Izard.—Residence at Lower Hutt to accommodate seventeen. Mr. A. Levy, 117 Customhouse Quay, Wellington.—Seaside cottage, "Waiinate," Rona Bay. Marine Institute.—Their fiew building in Wellington, and to furnish nurses' quarters or provide a number of hospital beds. Now Plymouth Hospital Board, on behalf of the people of Taranaki, places at disposal of the Government the fine New Plymouth Hospital now approaching completion. Onslow Borough Council (per 0. C. Crump, Mayor).—Khandallah Public Hail. Mrs. R. Scherer.—Her house in Gillies 'Avenue, Epsom, Auckland. Stratford Patriotic Committee (per J. B. Richards, hon. secretary) wishes to know whether the Government would accept tho offer of the free use of a large, modern, well-kept residence, situated in beautiful grounds, where accommodation could be found for twenty or more men. Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Theomin.—Thoir residence in Royal Terrace, Dunedin, where they offer to accommodate from twelve to sixteen men free of cost to the Government throughout tho war and for as much longer as may be required. Nurse Turner, "Tho Limes," Victoria Square, Christchurch. —Two beds in her private hospital. Dr. Valintine. —His house of eighteen rooms at Lepperton, _ Taranaki, to accommodate thirty patients. ' Wellington City Council—A convalescent hospital. Wellington Hospital Board.—A large house in Clifton Terrace, capable of accommodating fifty patients, and also a largo house in Hobson Street. Mr. W;' Kinross White, Omarunui, Napier.—His residence on the Napior Hills. Mr. J. N. Williams and Miss Williams, Frimloy, Hastings, undertake the caro of eight or ten wounded or convalescent soldiers at one time, and to provide everything, including tho services of a trained nurse.