WOMAN'S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2609, 3 November 1915, Page 3

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Continuod from Page 2.) New Zealand's Nurses. Tho news which has reached Wellington of tile loss by drowning of (it is believed) ten nurses belonging to tlio No. 1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital as well as other members of the staff, through the torpedoing of the Marquette, will be felt from ono end of New Zealand to the other as olio of the very great tragedies of this most devastating war Most gladly and proudly did our nurses leave the safety of this country for their work of succour among their fellow countrymen, and most willingly they took all the risks that they could not help but know would have to be faced. Tho words which wero spok.en on one of the farewell occasions by the Minister of Defence (tho Honourablo James Allen), when they received their Army Nursing Service badges, wero indeed laden with destiny when he told them that they, "too, even as our soldiers, might be called upon to give up their lives for their country and for the sake of their duty. Even then it struck an ominous note, hut who could have foreseen'such a thing as this? New Zealand's Roll of Honour has been steadily growing in length almost day by day, and more and more lustre has been gathering about the names that have been enrolled upon it. None surely can shine with a greater glory than those of these nurses, who have given up their lives in trying to save life, in giving all tlieif strength, all their heart, and all their thought for tho alleviation of this terrible tide of human suffering and woo. No man, no woman could do more.

Miss Cameron, who is reported as being among those who were saved from the torpedoed Marquette, was an Australian nurse, but had beon in New Zealand for some .rears. She was the matron of St. Helen's Hospital in Christehurch for the past five or six years, and had secured . leave of absence while on active service. Miss Isdell, who was reported as being among the lost, was before she left for service abroad, matron of the Kumara Hospital.

■ Mrs. H. W. Lever, of Wellington, returned to Wellington from Sydney by the Moeraki yesterday.

The Empire Floral Pete and grand art union was continued in St. Anne's Hall, Newtown, last evening, and again there was a good attendance. An excellent entertainment was given and was contributed to by the Wellington South Orchestra, Miss Rita M'Gee, the girls of St. Joseph's School, Miss Kathleen Reese, and the girls of St. Anne's School.