AUSTRALIAN NURSES IN INDIA

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 24, 23 October 1917, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NURSES IN INDIA

There are at present (says the "Nursing Mirror") some 190 Australian nurses at different stations in India—the largor number at Bombay, and others at Poona, Secunderabad, Lucknow, Peshawar, and Rawalpindi. Owing to tho varying conditions of the nursing services of Great Britain, India, and Australia, it has been considered wiser to place Australian nurses ufider their own matrons in separate hospitals, or in small groups together. The nurses are given six weeks' annual leave on full pay, and receive railway concession fares. Action lias also been taken to ensure, the exemption of Australian nurses in India from payment, of local income tax. The Indian director of medical .services expressed himself as thoroughly satisfied with tho work of the Australian nurses. Tho nurses, too, wore, most appreciative of India, though tho majority were looking forward to tho time when tlwy.may be moved to Europe for active service.

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Hero is a translation of a letter fou.nd by a- Scottish soldier on the body of a. Turkish officer who .fell in Uallipoli. It is addressed to his wife ;n CouslaTiiinople. It may be added thai through tho good offices of tho United States consulate in Constantinople the widow was iu due course communicated v itn and apprised of the death of her husband, sajß the "Scotsman";Uallipoli, 1915. " 'Ayefiha, the. Angel of Bflanty.'-Kow pleased L am with the gods and Allah lor the letter I received from you, l.iy dear, and also that you and my two smaller angel darlings arc well and happy. Oh! Ayesha, my morning stai, what reply can X give you? "God has so far granted health and strength and brought mo saic, but whero. can it. possibly end? We are tormented here by the JCnglish; no rest t.o wo icccive, very little food, and now our men are dying in thousands from disease. Discontent is also beginning to show itself among the men. and piay uod to brm 0 this all to an end. "I can see our lovely Constantinople in rains, our houses burnt to he and children put to the sword. .Nothing but some great favour from .mau can "These English are very persistent; lhe r C hno fear of death lor ihem apmirentlv. and tliey are very ctucl. they watch iikc wolves in the upon us like "i p fi °" r W. cvll) : , , „ s did we ever join in this <v x? England was very partial to us in llie past, and wo may therefore expect no mercy from one we have so badly in J '"Ayesha. my Slav of the Night, call on iv'uku the magician, and see frmi turn what my future W« Vl «| h^ t-orrinw kiss mv two little angela luas and Aga's eyes, mouth, ears, hands, and feet, and you pray lhat. the good God nifiv keep ifl© srtfo. i "Now, Ajesha. .1 must la.ke my leave, as the sun is sinking, and 1 must away to my devotions, in which 1 always praj for mv two angels of light. "'Good-bye, Ayesha. 1 wish I was at homo to give vmi my ador.uion. fiom your husband, Musta Mahomet, Captain, 13th Turkish Infantry, Achi Bate.