WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2496, 24 June 1915, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAI,

[By Imogen,]

For tha Hospital Ship. Miss Sybil Nathan, 'lion, secretary of the Military Hospital Guild, has received the following gifts for the Hospi™|P: —The Ladies' Sewing Guild (Khandallah), 20 pairs underpants, 17 bed jackets, 19 pairs bed socks. 9 face- ?]?•?', pairs ' pyjamas: Mrs. R. A. right, _ 6 pillow ■ slips, 2 towsis ; Miss Elsie Dimock (Silvorstream), 2 pairs blankets; Miss Hazelwood, 1 muffler; Mrs., Harry Oane, 1 balaclava; Mrs. M. South (Native school teacher, Muhaka), 12' sheets, 8 cushions, 28 pillow slips; Miss Annie Oates, 1 bos of bandages, 1 balaclava, 1 muffler, 11 pairs mittens: Kent Terrace Presbyterian Sewing Guild, 6 flannel nightshirts; Mrs. Brunette (Hawera), 2 scarves; Mrs. Dawson, 3 pairs bed socks; Mrs. Young, 1 balaclava cap; Miss S. Brandon, 0 face cloths; Miss Hedley, 12 face washers; Miss Flora Wilkinson (Bidefortl), 5 face cloths; Sirs. Charles M, Luke, 12 pairs socks; Miss Sutherland, 6 many-tailed bandages, 2 balaclavas; "Doris," 2 helpers' jackets; per Mrs. Morrison, 4 pairs bed socks, 1 balaclava: Miss Bridges, 1 belt: H.S., 3 surgical pillows; Miss Ranwell, small bandages; Miss E. Dasent, 6 12-tail bandages; Masterton Nursing Division, cotton wool and socks; St. John Ambulaneo Brigade, Stratford, 6 pairs seeks, 2 sheets; 1 parcel, Devonport, 1 balaclava; Mrs. Comins; 1 doss, handkerchiefs, 2 balaclavas ; Doris Fisher, 12 face cloths; Miss Hoani Elder, 1 muffler; Mrs. S. Harcourt, 2 pairs bed socks, 4 face cloths and old linen; Ailsa Nelson, 1 face cloth; Emily and Gladis Littaner, 6 pillow slips; Mrs, Martin, 6 face cloths; Mrs.' M'Gregor, 6 face cloths; Heretaunga Golf Links, per Miss Agnes Pearce, 28 helpers' jackets, 17 bed jackets, 6 pairs bed socks; Mrs. Scobie Cornish, 1 pair bed socks. Gifts for Hospital Ship received. through Mrs. Rcbmson: Mrs. Cook, Miss Kerr, Miss Nathan, Mrs. W. Hislop, Mrs. Eason, Miss Fraser, Mrs.- Hore. Mrs. Neilson, Mrs. Wright, Miss _ Brandon, Miss Stone, Eastbourne Guild, Mrs. Nicholson, Mrs. Partridge, Miss Law, S.D.M., Lower Hutt, Miss Tresize, Miss Gordon, Mrs. Raid, Mrs. Griffiths, Terrace School. Mrs. Robinson wishes to thank all the ladies who so kindly took the wool and blanket home to make socks. "No Name," 1 doz. face washers, 1 muffler; Miss Morton, old linen; Wallaceville Guild, 2 helpless shirts; Mrs. J. B. Taylor, 14 e.vo bandages; Palmerston North Knitting Guild, per Mrs. Cooke, 2 doz. draw sheets; Mrs. Harvey, Whitcman's Valley, 4 towels, doz. khaki lianks; Mr. M'Clure, Education Department, 1 doz. sheets, 2 doz. and 1 pillow cases, 8 cushions: Mrs. and Miss Anderson, Mauriceville N., Wairarapa, 1 doz. pillow cases, 3 pairs socks. ' Felldlng Notes, Miss Whitton has been staying with Mrs. Millar. Mrs. Perry has returned from Wellington. Mrs. Smith (Canterbury) is the guest of Mrs. "Wheeler. Mrs. Guy (Wellington) is staying at the Denbigh. Mrs. Rawson (Masterton) has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Lines-Jones. Mrs. Gorton has been staying in Wellington. Mrs. Francis _ (Te Kuiti) is at present staying 'with Mrs. Walpolo. Mrs. Haggitt has returned from Wellington. Mrs. Millar and Miss Millar are at present in Wellington. Sister Tucker, of the Ashburton Hospital, has resigned her position and will be leaving shortly with the Hospital Ship. Nurse Donoghue, another of tho nurses belonging to the Nurses' Residential Club in Kensington Street, left 'or Auckland yesterday- to see her people before leaving with the Hospital o4ip: iThe late Mrs. Purchas, wife of Dr. A.' Challoner Purchas, senior medical officer attached to the Auckland Infantry! Battalion, who died n Alexandria last j week, left Auckland in January, and;sinco_ her arrival in Egypt had been co-operating with other New Zealanders in voluntarily assisting the authorities in various ways. The reception and care of the wounded soldiers returning from the scene of action have imposed very arduous duties on those working in the hospitals, and while assisting in this work Mrs. Purchas contracted typhoid/fever, and this illness has terminated fatally. The cablo advice states that ; she was accorded a military funeral at Alexandria. Mrs. Purchas was tho daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Morse, of Paniell, and was born in Bursley, Gloucester, coming to New Zealand with her parents. She was married to Dr. Purchas in Auckland in 1886. There are three sons, of whom the eldest is on active service with the New Zeland Expeditionary Force, and has been wounded, while the others are ir. New Zealand. Mrs. Purchas took a prominent part in philanthropic and kindred works in Auckland.

Caring for Invalided Soldiers. Among private individuals who consider it not only their duty but their privilege to care for invalided or convalescent soldiers, where circumstances allow them to do so, is Mrs. Henry Bradfield, of Paraparauniu, who at her home, "Lindale," is already taking care of six invalided soldiers who have just left the Wellington Hospital, but who are not yet fit for duty. One of tha invalids was a returned soldier from Samoa, and as soon as they are well enough they will rejoin the forces. It is Mrs. Hadfield's intention to continue to care for convalescent soldiers, filling the places of those who are well enough to leave "Lindale" with freshcomers, of whom, unfortunately, there will be so many. While there will be many* who will have homes to go to, there will also be those who are not so fortunately placed, and it is the latter that Mrs. Hadfield wishes to entertain and take care of. With war making such havoc among tho soldiers, it should be tho concern of everyone to avoid all unnecessary wastage at home. A Nurse's Letter from London. A friend in Wellington has received a very interesting letter from Sister Agnes Barclay, late of the Wellington Hospital, who is now nursing in tho "King Edward VII Hospital for Officers, Grosvenor Gardens, Belgrave Square, London. This hospital was established by the late .lii'jg Edward some time before his death, and since the outbreak of war has borne its share in the task of helping to stem the unending tide of suffering. In tho course of the letter, Sister Barclay writes:—"l am still with the officers, and am very happy,, though surrounded by so much sadness. Some of the poor fellows are terribly shot, and their wounds you dare not think about. Like men, however, they make the best of things, and in our big ward with ten beds they are very merry, and say and do such funny things. The remark of one of them to me the other day was that 'all the world will be pulled into this war except the Esquimaux.' "They arrive from the battlefields like parcels, with ordinary labels tied on their chests on which are written name, regiment, treatment, etc., and their kit. Some are so worn and so exhausted-locking, and their wounds —-I We quite thought for a few days last week that the Germans would get to the coast. (The letter was written on May 5.) "The King and Queen visited the hospital a few days ago, and we saw quite a lot of Their Majesties. Tho King looked very well, and talked and talked to the patients. The Queen seemed more interested in the very young officers with injured faces, especially one who was shot through the nose on a, line with his cheeks. He has his nose splinted now, and in time it will be quite a good nose. One officer the other day brought in a German officer's helmet and field-glasses with him. The Germans you know are still holding their own well, and bring fresh troops up as though they were only beginning the war. "Another officer was in with eyes injured from the gas at Ypres. Such a lot of middle-aged and retired men have, gone hack to their own regiments and to the front. They are all such nice people to nurse. ... It is an awful thing;, this war, and sometimes we feel terribly depressed about it among all this dreadful suffering. Many that wc have nursed have returned a second time and now are killed.' Of course we all look on the bright side and hope for the best. If only Italy would hurry up and come in. It is expected that she will soon. . . ." ' Miss Jenny Niccol, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Niccol, of Arney Road, Remuera,. was married to Mr. Norman Hanna, second son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Hanna, of Whakapirau, Kaipara, at St. Mark's Church, Eemuera, on Thursday. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. W. Beatty. vicar of • St. Mark's. Mr. Norman Hanna is leaving New Zealand shortly, to offer his services to the War Office. A successful "hard-up dance," to further the candidature of Mrs. Hempton for Carnival Queen was held in the Victoria Hall, Newt-own, last evening, by the committee responsible for the dance held a week ago. Miss Daphne Werry, late of 'Wellington, is in the Inquiry Department for Wounded and Missing of the British Red Cross Society in Paris, states a London correspondent. j Mrs. Donald Donald has returned to Masterton from a visit to Castlepoint. Sub-Lieutenant H. M. Chrystall, of Christchurch, of the Royal Naval Division, who was wounded in the Dardanelles on May 0, is now in hospital in Alexandria, and progressing very favourably. His mother and sisters, Mrs. and the Misses Chrystall, have been in London for some time.

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