Jottings About Town

NZ Truth, Issue 1200, 29 November 1928, Page 17

Jottings About Town

I Matron Ntitsey PREAT responsibility calls for-un-ability— hence it came as no Surprise . when Sister Emily Mary Nutsey, matron of the Hawera Hospital,' was announced as the successful applicant -for the position of matron to the Auckland institution. - Miss Nutsey, who is still a comparatively young woman, has a distinguished nursing record, including a. period of war service for which she was mentioned m dispatches for personal bravery. . During her four and a-half years' war service she - served—in hospitals m Egypt and 'm, England.* After the war she returned to New. Zealand, gained further hospital; experience and later went to Africa lor two ye&rsV ■'.' ■.._..• ;._ ' : Returning once more, she became matron of the Stratford Hospital and later took up a similar post m Hawera. Her early training was; received m Wellington and Auckland^ . so she may claim to be a true New Zealand Florence Nightingale, and allied with her capability for upholding the finest traditions of her profession are unusual charm, skill and efficiency. She should hold down her new job' 'without any great effort. . t .