THE HOSPITAL SHIPS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3141, 20 July 1917, Page 4

THE HOSPITAL SHIPS

A QUEST FOR INFORMATION. An exhaustive return regarding tho New Zealand hospital ships has been ordered by the House of Representatives, on the motion of Mr. W. H. Field. The return asks: — ; "That there be laid before this House a -return shoeing separately—(l) The cost of charter, alterations, and equipment and the salaries and pay of officers, doctors, nurses, and other staff officers upon and other expenses in respect of each of the hospital ships which have left the Dominion; (2) what proportion of tho total cost has been borne bv private subscription; (3) the quantity and cost of wines, spirits, and malt liquors supplied to and consumed upon such ships; (4) approximately the distances traversed by such ships; (5) the number of sick and wounded soldiers carried by such ships to the Dominion or to other destinations; (B) the distances such sick and wounded soldiers were carried; (i) tho periods such ships have been on commission up to date; and ©generally such further information as will enable tho public of the Dominion to judge whether the work done and services rendered by such ships and their stalls has justified or is justifying their cost.