New Zealand

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 24, 28 May 1915, Page 6

New Zealand

THE HOSPITAL SHIP. Pku Press Association. r Auckland, May 27, Tli,. New Zealand Furniture Trades I industrial Union of Employers, who held their annual meeting here yesterday, decided to offer to the Government -KH) kapok mattresses required for the eqnipinent o 1 the hospital ship. The value of the gift is about CSOO. The'offer of the New Zealand Power Boat Association to present one oi the motor boats required for the Dominion’s hospital ship lias boon accepted. The association also offered to man the launch, hnt the Governor states this is opposed to the regulations. 'Hie cost of the launch with complete equipment will be probably £350. OTAGO’S QUOTA SATISFACTORY. Dunedin, May 28. The position of Otago regarding recruits tor the new unit is completely satisfactory. The latest returns show that 490 men were accepted for ser-1 vice, leaving a deficiency of only about , GO. There will lie further medical ox-j animations to-night, and possibly tho| lull quota will leave for Trentham to-j morrow. It is estimated that over, 2000 men have gone from the Dunedin group alone since the mobilisation of the expeditionary forces. NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES. . ,v (• ■ \ f * ' KILLED IN ACTION. Wellington Battalion. Private 11. W. Earles. Private E. Ellery. Private \V. J. Mnlholhuul. Private R. R. Reishua. Private D. Ryan. Private W. E. Varcoo. DIED OF WOUNDS. Canterbury Battalion. Private G. T. Tucwell. Private W. B. Morrison. dangerously ill. Otago Battalion. Private R. V. Mason. CASUALTIES. Unitbd Press Ahsooiatton. (Recoiled 10.30 a.m.) Sydney, May 28. Private Wintle, wounded at the t Dardanelles, resides at Tploga Bay.