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THE VOLUNTEER SISTERS

.; (Contributed by the Secretary). (By Telegraph—Special Correspondent.).' . . • ' Chrlstohuroh,-July 11. •u u i S the Wellington woman ■ ba busy offering their , services as i ■ iVolunteer Sisters to tend, sick and I . soldiers at homo and abroad. : iP e . : Sisterhood was', first suggested- in Christ church, and from iliat city already twenty-two women have been sent .to Trentham Hospital, in charge ,of a urse Roche. Nurse Roche is a trained ■registered .nurse, who has given the; , Sisterhood two weeks'; service, free. From .Wellington :the scoretary hopes to send •, two contingents' of ten women: next, week. All Wellington , applicants must pass, Dr. Mason, (hon; .medical adviser) as being- sound ahdfit in. every way, and ! ; seorßtaryJsuggekts; thoy"should make ■ their o\ra : arrangements with him as I early as possible and. .report- to', her. in .: writing 'that-they"; have .dojie so.' All letters - are to be addressed "Miss' E. A. ... 'Rout,- secretary, Volunteer Sisters, c.o. i ■ Health .'Department, Wellington."' .■■■•■; Proper arrangements will be.:made'by I the'Sisterhood''for; all-its/members.' Wo j shall ask the Government Insurance Dei partment .to. tako qut policies all our member's'immediately. We . shall ;,a§k th3.-Health; Department to, ; enrol us; all as ;prohationers," .'and let our military] nursing service count to-1 '.' ' ward's attaining'the ? status of tho trained registered nurse in .the future when . our.' present work : ceases 'as the. nations ■ Hay down their; arms.i The ■ Sisterhood -proposed to raiße £l-.per week maintenanco money for each member, to pre- . elude all chance of an;official refusal of. service. Dr. Valintine,; Chief Health • .Officer, and-Director of'- Military^■■".-Hos-pitals, lias .waived-that immediately. . That means £23 per week now taken off ■ our shoulders for the. Christchurch women alone; ; It ! is agreed'that we fur- . - nish all other expenses for a month, but ■ ; that period is-merely named to yve- tho i Depaxtment time to make proper pi?ns. l (What we shall ask tho Department next I v ,week is_ to_ take, over the whole, financial - - responsibility, of the ■ scheme, and leave us to attend to the human responsibili;ties of selecting fit and proper women for this : : . : : ;,Tlie.Siktorii'69fli has no desiro w'Batever ,! .to-waste time and money tilting at offi-, , cial personages, but let no man officially or unofficially dare to -come between us : .and: our hereditary, duty ,of tending'the sick and wounded. . Don't let any woman apply unless she is sure she wishes to ' - conform to : tho Sisters'- pledge. : This ..-,"'. ; ;.pledg©-, may .be of any- nature. ..Now, the Empire needs every man, who feels able to' respond 'to the .' call■ for active; service. ' i - There are men who have responded and who are 'noiv being' frittered away as telephone clerks, errand-ofderlies,■ and bo forth. Such men should be cn'par- '.. ade' -.in ■ the field,i being;; trained atid '.; coached -as 'as possible- for their .; special duties. ; Ifc; is perfectly piictic- • able for, all clerical, culinary, lanndry, and other work to be performed by picked women.; The Sisterhood wants to pick them arid guarantee to, the Health .. Department(their serviceability., - Nat- ; - of.Hhe : work' ren- - , der the younger women 'hu- . manly for - this kind of active ■ service. iWo; want _women mostly between the , .ages of ,35- ( and -10, with the-.exception .i. of;iariy;kained-"nurses'oftering their vices. :Wo take no woman under 30. j .! Don't .waste , tho secretary's ; time and I your own by,applying if you.are under I . 30 years of age. - Oh,, yes, wo know you I ;are eager-.to help; who wouldn't' be? Maybe we shall he able to find a way ; ■ for you to help later on, but not now. i ;V.-'iWe;;-miist"' take,' .the. -.older; women/first,' ■ and don't worry if -you are qualified but not on the spot in''Wellington. . Your ■time ■ will come, v'Dr.- yalintino has'J agreed' that the' Sisterhood ishair organ- . ise the women in every district in New v Zealand. We have worked first m C!hristchiirch; now we are m Wellington; then it will be Auckland, rand.then,Dunr edm; Later on other places. The • women of .every district will,be. "given, a' . ; fair and equal chance j and we'shall try - and arrange. < free; railway ' passes, for ' country women; but remember'.there are' si?vhiiiidred sick. men;in. ; .th6f l New.;Zea- i . ■ / land Military Hospitals, many , of them ' seriously , iU. 4 ;,vThe. i numbers v'may' : in- . ' Urease, ; .arid we must attend to_ the needs- ■. of tHeso men first in, the quickest and ; inost. effective, wiy. r .'That- way is 'getting; the 'women.-^rapidly'-available in tbe four large centres. -■ -

The Prime Minister, accompanied ty Miss Massey and .some;.of the members of Parliament/ visited the new ; camps 'at -Waikanae.' Levin, 1 and- Palmerston yesterday:' Tho' soldiers wero-all under cover.;and seemed' in excellent spirits,; and. .although a, few cases of measles were taken 'away at: Palmerston,. the men's spirits' were by no means dashed. "Arc we - downhearted?" V .they called out as-they. 'were taken -away, -and' the answer came.with-emphasis: "No 1" A bundle of books provided: by Mrs. Massey was left at, cach camp which was, visited.

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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2511, 12 July 1915, Page 3

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THE VOLUNTEER SISTERS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2511, 12 July 1915, Page 3

THE VOLUNTEER SISTERS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2511, 12 July 1915, Page 3

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