NEW ZEALAND.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 21, 23 September 1915, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND.

I CASUALTY \ I Killed ill Action. ! Wellington Mounted Rifles.—Troop ir ers Archibald, Cave, Holloway, Iggul deiij Newton, Sergeant Pye Smith te Trooper Peters, Lance-Corporal Spoon l 6 er, Troopers Tresidtler, Turnor, Corj.j poral Ronaldsou, Sergeant Wilder. j.\ Died of Wounds. [ Wellington Mounted Rifles.—Troop- { er Letchford. Auckland Mounted Rifles.—Sergeant Wilson, Trooper Bayliffe, Corporal Rollett, Trooper O'Sullivan. Dangerously ill, Gunshot Wounds. Auckland Mounted Rifles.—Trooper Lennard. | Died of Wounds. Canterbury Mounted Rifles.—Troopers Rae, Prince, Senitor Died of Enteric. Canterbury Mounted Rifles.—Trooper Davis. Previously reported Missing, further reported not missing, but admitted to Hospital. Auckland Battalion—Private Toul- . son. Wellington Battalion.—Private Fitzpa trick. Died of Wounds. Auckland Battalion.—Private Gibson Died of Diphtheria. New Zealand Field Artillery.—Gunner Adamson. Died of Enteric. New Zealand Field Artillery.—Gunnel - Morris. Reported Wounded. New Zealand Field Artillery.—Gunner Griffin. Divisional Train.—Driver Entwisle. Died of Tonsilitis. New Zealand Medical Corps.—Private Malcolm. Died of Wounds. Headquarters Staff.—Trooper Taylor Wellington Battalion. Lance-Cor-poral Newson. Wellington Mounted Rifles.—Troop.er Sargisson. Reported Wounded, no date Given. . Auckland Battalion—Privates Clarke and Gillies. Dangerously 111. Auckland Battalion.—Sergeant Conlan. Admitted to Government Hospital, Alexandria. Wellington Battalion—Privates Fowler and Rivers. Canterbury Battalion.—Private Paul Otago Battalion—Private Oliver. Otago Mounted Rifles—Trooper Fraser. New Zealand Medical Corps.—Private Begg. New Zealand Field Artillery.—Driver Range. Transferred to New Zealand General Hospital, Pout de Koubbeh, Cairo. Wellington Battalion.—Private Sage Auckland Mounted Rifles.—Trooper Hamlin. AJuckland Battalion.—Private Itiddell.

Reported Prisoner of War at Constantinople. Auckland Battalion.—Private Bui gess. Previously reported Missing and be lieved to have been Killed, now re ported Prisoners or War at Con 1 stantinople. Wellington Battalion—Privates Havard and Lambert. ' Auckland Battalion.—Private King. THE NEW HOSPITAL SHIP. His Excellency the Governor appeals to the generosity of the people of New Zealand for the under-men-tioned articles for the equipment of the new hospital ship:— 2000 feather pillows to lit pillow slips of size given below. 3000 sheets (two yards by three yards) 2000 draw eheets. 3000 pillow slips (21 in x 32in). 1200 quilts (bolton sheeting). 2000 bath towels. GOO water bottles and .covers. 5000 face and hand towels. 3000 pairs of pyjamas. 1200 nightingales. 1200 bed jackets. 1000 night shirts. 2000 day shirts (flannel). 2000 under vests (not thick). 2000 bed socks. 1000 pairs felt slippers. 1600 pairs of day socks (knitted). 2000 face wash cloths. o'OOO handkerchiefs (large). 1000 flannel drawers (not too thick). 1000 flannel dressing gowns. 1000 flanel waistcoate (without sleeves). - 30 gross of various buttons. 600 hair combs. 600 hair brushes. 750 reels of cotton thread (black). 750 reels of cotton thread (white). 100 packets of needles (various). 250 pieces of tape (black). 250 pieces of tape (white). 200 pounds of worsted (various)/ in one-quarter pound cakes (twenty pounds equals thirty pieces). 50 sets of shoe brushes (patterns 15 to 17, various assorted). 1500 tooth brushes. 1500 tins of tooth powder. 100 deck chairs. J 000 cushions. 1000 mufflers. 1000 balaclavas. An unlimited number of surgical towels and bandages of calico, gauze, jrepe velpeau, crepe fardar, flannel, many tailed. Two additional motor launches are . il.so required up to 16 h.p., 28 feet long, 7 feet 6 inches, or 9 feet beam. Particulars' can be obtained from Brigadier-General A. W. Robin,.C.B., J.M.G., Defence Office, Wellington. All cases of goods, with a list of the •oatents on the top of each, should )e addressed to His Excellency the Governor, Government House, Welington, after duly advising His Exlellency of the despatch of the goods.