COLONEL RHODES’ WORK.
A VISIT TO FRANCK . London, duly 9. Colonel Hie Hon. R. Heaton Rhodes, M.P., has just been on a visit to France in company with BrigadierGeneral G. S. Richardson. His tour was directed, chiefly to investigating Red Cross matters, for the benefit of the work of the New Zealand Red Cross in London. Colonel Rhodes spent two nights at General Godley's Headquarters, from which he got a very good view of that sector of the front. Another two nights were spent at the New. Zealand Stationary Hospital as the guest of Lieutenant-Colonel Newton, O.C. This hospital, although a unit of the N.Z.E.F., is situated in such a way that for some time past (he great hulk of the patients have been members of the British and American armies with a very small proportion of New Zealanders. This, however, does not affect in the least its efficiency in the prosecution of the war, and Colonel Rhodes was very much impressed by the manner in which it is run, and by the arrangements of the hospital itself. From Wisques, Colonel Rhodes went to General Russell’s headquarters. Two brigades were at the time in the line, and although the sector was quiet from the point of view of the man who has spent a long time at the front, Colonel Rhodes saw a great deal of activity, in which, of course, he r, as deeply interested. Incidentally, he saw a fleet of the newest type of tanks. Returning towards the Channel ports, Colonel Rhodes visited Arras, Amiens, Rouen, Abbecille, and Elaples. In (his area there is generally a considerable number of New Zealand patients, and he was much exercised as to (he best means of furnishing (hem with Red Cross comforts. Most of the work at present is done through the padres, but a good deal is also done by Mrs Norlhcole (nee Miss Thorpe, of Canterbury) whoso husband is chaplain at Boulogne. Colonel Rhodes is endeavouring, through the British Red Cross, to obtain facilities for her as full as possible. Colonel Rhodes had intended, if possible, to visit, on behalf of the New Zealand Government, the Hospital Non Zelandais, at Etamhrioros, near the Swiss frontier, but the facilities for getting there from the British front were very difficult to arrange, and he hopes to visit it on a subsequent occasion. This hospital is for the accommodation of French people repatriated from occupied territory through Germany and Switzerland, and comprises 300 beds. It is one of the objects of the France’s Day collection in London this week.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1876, 12 September 1918, Page 1
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