FOR OUR SICK AND WOUNDED

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2529, 2 August 1915, Page 6

FOR OUR SICK AND WOUNDED

AUXILIARY HOSPITAL IN ENGLAND LORD LIVERPOOL'S SCHEME A MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW ZEALAND His Excellency the Governor (the Earl of Liverpool) has handed to us for publication the' following message to tho public:—

HOSPITAL SHIP FUND,

To the Peoplo of New Zealand. "Tho actual amount subscribed to the Hospital Ship Fund amounted to £47,548 175., which I desire to say far exceeded my expectations. "In my letter to tho public Press on May '26 I enumerated some of tho articles which would be required for the equipment of tho ship; and as far as I could. I estimated the approximate cost of such equipment. This, of course, included many items not specified by me, and which I believed could only be acquired by being pin-chased. "The actual money expended on equipment .will be approximately £16,000. _ Noiv, in many instances, articles whicli.it was never thought likely would be forwarded • (as they wero not specified in tho list of suggested goods) were donated, and, further, the donors forwarded sums of money as well, with the result that the equipment was carried out at a considerably less cost than could possibly have been anticipated. What To do With tha' Surplus. "So many donors, in writing to me, said that they were in entire accord that we should utilise money for the use of tho sick and wounded wherever it was required, and therefore' mado further contributions, with the desire that the surplus should be as large as possible, while at the same time intimating that the upkeep of the equipment of the Hospital Ship'should bo our first care. ' I quite concur myself with these views, and I have thought it desirable to ask certain gentlemen to assist me with their advice as to the. administration of the surplus. They are: The. Hon. Colonel J. Allen, M.P., A. Myers, Esq., M.P.,. Brigadier-General A. Robin, C.8., C.M.G., and Their Worships the Mayors of Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin. These gentlemen have most kindly agreed to assist me in every way possible. .

"I have! during the last few weeks been in close communication with all the centres abroad where our wounded are located, and have got definite information -that they are receiving every possible attention. This has been further confirmed by personal letters from the men to myself, and where men have been scattered, arrangements have been inado to keep in close touch with them. . " .

."I dispatched in the Maheno 32 cases for uso in the base hospitals in Egypt, and after communication with the Governor and Commander-in-Chief in Malta (Field-Marshal Lord Methuen), money and papers ivero dispatched for the sick aiid wounded.in that island. I think, therefore, wo can consider that the wants of,our men arc very well attended to both in Egypt and Malta. At the samo time if gifts are dispatched to cither of these two. bases,, tho articles enumerated in my letter to the newspapers on July 6, namely:—

Medium weight shirts (wool- _ leu material)., Vests.. . \ . Drawers . Socks i , Pyjamas . Cholera, belts Bandages would always bo acceptable, and tho Secretary of Internal Affairs would always bo prepared to arrango for their dispatch. : ,