THE LOST NURSES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2610, 4 November 1915, Page 8

THE LOST NURSES

SURVIVORS AT ALEXANDRIA

IMMEDIATE WANTS TO BE SUPPLIED

QUESTION OF PENSIONS The surviving nurses from the illfated transport Marquette have been taken hack to Alexandria, and instructions have been sent to Colonel Charters, Office Commanding the New Zealand base there, to see that all their immediate wants are supplied. He will lurmsk them all with new kit and equip, ment. - 1 r Ihe dependents of those nurses who havo lost their lives are provided for under tho War Pensions Act.. Under this Act nurses may receive pensions, as may also their dependents, exactly 111 the saino way as soldiers and tneir dependents. The only difference is that contained in tho phraso "on the recommendation of the' Minister," for the recommendation of the Minister of Defence is nccessary before tiie Pensions Board may consider applications of »» r «» w their dependents for pensions, lhere is 110 schedule or the Act fixing maximum rates of pensions for nurses, but provision is made for the fixiug of the rates by regulation. No such regulation: has, however, yet been made. So. forring to these matters last night, the Defence Minister said ho would most certainly recommend tho Pensions Board to consider any applications from dependents of any of the nurses drowned. He thought it probable that in the meantime, pending the hearing of these applications, any allotments of pay to dependents made by those nurses who have lost their lives would be continued. The Noxt-of-kin. Following are the next-of-kin of the nurses reported drowned and missing:— Nurse M. Rogers: Thomas Rogers (father), Wuinui, Banks Peninsula. Nurse M. S. Brown: Mrs. J. S. Brown (mother), Waiinatuku, Southland. Nurse I. Clark: Miss Clark (sister), "Ard'gowan," Oomaru. Nurso C. A. Fox: Miss M. Fox (sister),; Hallenstcin's Buildings, Queen Street, Auckland. Nurse M. Gorman: Mr. J. Gorman (father),- Waimate, Canterbury. Nurse M. M. Hildyard: Mrs'. B. A. Hildyard (mother), Lyttelton. Nurse H. K. Isdell: Miss I. Isdell (sister), Greymouth. Nurse M. E. Jamieson: Thomas Jamieson (father), Kumara, West Coast. Nurse M. H. Rae: Miss Rubina Rae (sister), 5 Aldred Street, Christclnirch.Nurse 1. A. Rattray: Miss A. F. Rattray (sister), Craighill, Eglinton Road, Mornington, Dunedin.