OUR MEN IN LONDON

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 135, 25 February 1918, Page 2

OUR MEN IN LONDON

THE NEW ZEALAND SOLDIERS' ! club: At the last meeting of the War Relief Association, the chairman (Mr. L. 0. 11. Tripp) mentioned that ho had received a copy of the last annual report of the Now Zealand Soldiers' Club, which is conducted in' London by the Now Zealand* War Contingent Association. This club comprises a hostel, in which meals are served at regular hours, a canteen where meals can be obtained at all times, sleeping quarters, and music,, reading, writing, billiard and bathrooms There are 220 beds in four houses rented by the club. ! It was mentioned by members of the association yesterday that the club was performing'an exceedingly useful work for tho New Zealand soldiers. The beds were used every night by men on leave. A special effort was made by the managers of the club to provide accommodation for the men on the night of their arrival at'the front and on the last night of rlieir leave, so that they might store their equipment at 'he club for the period of- their furlough. Mr. Tripp mentioned that there was need for funds for the maintenance of the club. The existing war funds and Red Cross funds were intended to provide for the wounded and sick, but the men who used the club were fit. Small charges were made for meals and beds, and the cooks and attendants wore /volunteers, but some part of the cost of maintenance had to be made up. The lecture which is to be given by Dr. Agnes Bennett in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall oil Tuesday evening, entitled "With Our Allies in the Balkans," is one that should be of particular interest, telling as it does of the . splendid work done by women for the stricken people of Serbia. When the history of the Great War comes to be written in its entirety, if that can possibly be done, the . work done by these women doctors and their assistants will be one of the pages of which people of the British race will have every right to be proud of. The lecture which Dr. Bennett will give will be illustrated by lantern views showing the country, the work at the hospital, the difficulties that had to be contended with, and many other matters of interest. The proceeds are to go to the Scottish Women's Hospital Units Fund.