FAREWELL TEA TO THE NURSES
AND PRESENTATION OF BADGES. Yesterday afternoon the presentation of the badges by Her Excellency the Countess of Liverpool to the nurses who are leaving on active service abroad )vas~ combined wit'h.a farewell tea given in their honour by - the committee of the Trained Nurses' Association. Both events took place at the Nurses' Residential .Club; in Kensington Street, and in addition to Her' Excellency there were present the Hon. James Allen, Minister of Defence, the. Hon. G. AY. Russell, .Minister of Public Health, the sixteen nurses themselves,, and several of their friends, , as well as the council of tlie . Trained Nurses' Association, and a feiv outside friends. ;
v Mrs! Porter, president of the association,' Miss Payne, matron of the Wellington Hospital (vice-president), and Miss Craig, matron of,'.the club, welcomed tho visitors, who, were received in the nurses' sitting-room,' the folding doors botweeh it and the dining-room having been thrown back, and both rooms decorated with very : lovely flowers—lilies, anemones, * garden broom, and primroses. Tho .scarlet and white anemones which were arranged on the tea-table were particularly beautiful. •4 In tho course of a brief speccli which was made previous to tlip presentation of the' badges, the Minister of Defence paid a special tribute to the work that : had. been doiie' by Sister Fulton' and -the nurses associated with her in caring for the sick soldiers, in. New Zealand. They ,had dons excellent 1 work, and the country' was . deeply, indebted to them; He:also told his hearers of the longing which had possessed the' New Zealand soldiers;-abroad .to, bo nursed by thoir own: countrywomen, and he was sure thatn their presence', among them would bo a. source of deep, comfort to the wounded, and'sick wherever, they were sent,'and that they'.would' uphold the sp.lciid.idreputation which New Zealand nurses had already earneddn'their work .abroadi,'-/ Four among their number . had, /a-'ready'been, ill Egypt, and they had . been very' eager to .take.' up, their work again. The Minister finished by wishing them a good voyage: and a safe return when theiiv work , was finished.
■ - Her Excellency ;,the . Countess of Liverpool, then presented - the badges, assisted by Miss/Uicknell, and also added hervgbod wishes/to those of the Minister; ', .... ..
.'TKe.. ( next speaker was : the Hon. 6. W. ' Russell, who . also paid l a liigli tribute, to the work of tlio nurses, both at home and abroad, ' and told them that ■ the' whole, country., followed their careers abroad. with - the. deepest inter-, est; On. behalf of: tli6 .Government, Parliament, and the people .of New Zealand, he' thanked, the', nurses for. what. tliey_ were doing. They, ■ too,; were making sacrifices just as the men were, and' tney, tooj were taking tb'eir lives in their hands. • \.: .. . . ■
-The.-Mayor. (Mr..Luke),'was also asked to speak, and he, too, paid a. higli'complimerit .to the .work .that, women had done for. the.soldiers';!': At .this' time of the country's history,, he esteemed it a great;hojiour to be, ; iiivtlie Mayoral chair, -iuid.'',ivi!ether,.'lie ,had done. his. work ill or. well,' he had; been- splendidly helped, by, tlip. Mayoress, Mrs J Luke; ■ ..'Afternoon Wa was a'very pleasant finish .to :.the speScliesj'and Miss Craig, wa'sassisted by lie'r'sister,- Mrs. Graham Fox, and other helpers. Among those who, we're present were:;■ Lady Ward and' Mrs. Bernard . Wood, .the Mayoress (Mis.';. Luke)', Mrs. Kendall, Mrs. Macdonald,: Aliss; lii'glis, Miss Walsh, Miss Polden, Mrs. Portescue..-Wright," and; several friends of the nurses:
. The; nursing, sisters ,to leave, on the transports are: Sister Pulton (wife .of. Colonel .Fulton, of the Trentliara Bat'talioiiifjrwhb for the ,past three months has. lpeeri-.matron at the Treutliam- Mili'tary' Hospital. Slie will. b© ill 1 charge. .Under her will be Sisters' 1 Douglass f(Dunedhi),- Cunibenvorth - (Christ-' church;, . Sfcronach (Stratford), Keith (Wellington),' Crispin . (Wellington), Scott (Ohrisfchurcli), Jessep (Christ:church), all of whom have been doing ..duty at - TrentliaraSisters Goldsmith (Hawke's Bay), Brown (Hokitika), Bur-nett'-(Clyde), Nixon,'Moore,i'Lowe, and lnglis. Sister Burnett has been' stationed at'_ Tauherinikauj- and .the: last four mentioned sisters camo back in the transport Tahiti. . '■ / PRESIDENT WILSON ENGAGEMENT.ANNOUNCED. Br Tolerroph—Press Association—CoDyrijjLl (Rco. October 8, 9 p.m.) •'■■■> Washington, October 7. President Wilson's engagement to Mrs. Norman Gait is announced. The Wedding will probably take place in December.; 1 l.Thi-. President's first wife died last year.] j ". ; FRENCH CLUB There'was a .: very'fair attendance at the' French Club's meeting on Thursday evening, in spite ;of the wet weather. Captain; Barclay, a vicepiresident, presided. The question of affording aid to the French Red Cross Society was' discussed, in response to ail appeal from 1 the Auckland French Club. The question was adjourned for a week. After a song by Mr. Cooke, there was a dialogue, "Doing One's Duty," by Francois Coppee; This was nicely given by Madame DechanetM'lntosl, Miss Hind; and' Miss Mead. After this Miss Hind. gave, a •:reading, .-'.'The. Influence of Clothes on Character,", and Miss M'Diarmid a. reading, "Aj Comparison of ,English and' French Literatures." ;■ ' ; I
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