OUR LIMBLESS SAILORS AND SOLDIERS.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 July 1915, Page 6

OUR LIMBLESS SAILORS AND SOLDIERS.

To (.'if KiUfitr. Sir,—Having rwmtly. tlirowpli til.courtesy ui' the Press, been able to make known the urgent need of convalescent hospitals for those who have lost their limbs in the war. v.-c beg to inform your readcr.s that Koelmmpton House (nei;London) bus Itch acquired and will shortly be opened for this purpose, a:il that Air -I. i'iensmt Morgan b.ui generously oH'ored />nvcr House (abiN>s!. adjoining) for the one of oliiews.. T!it-si-houses iogether arc capable of accu;ninodati:);;' noeut eases. Her Majesty Queen Marv lias graciously emwntod to tbe being named "One:''! Mary's Convrjescnl Auxiliary Hospitals," and lias given a donation of Her Majesty Queen Alexandra lias iously extended ber patronage to the scheme and, in sending a donation of €lllO, writes: "I am delimited to sec you are taking up a subject, which 1 iiavc very much at heart—our (lisabHl sailors and sehiiers to be kept in chosen convalescent auxiliary hospitals until well enon-h to earn their own living - oliicers included." 1 lie First Lord o! the Admiralty and Field-Marshal tlie Seeritisrv »f State f«.r War have signified their approval by becoming presidents. The following committee has been Tcra ed:—The Yicountess Falmouth, Mrs. Lewis Ifarrourt, Lady Lloyd, Lady Hamilton. W'ly Hcidi'ison. Mrs. (uvviliK l i!i if!iie Duke cf Portland, K.i;., The . p .i; ; !'. lb ii. Li ]'ii Si Davids, Admiral Sir lSruce, K.C.M C . Surgeon-Genera! Sir Arthur Win. May. 1).(;.. ('.IS., i:.N„ Major (lencral Sir Charles Crutchley. K C.V.U, Major ! !eneral Sir Francis Lloyd, K.C.8., Surgmi;. (ieneral M. \Y. Kussell. 1).1>.(!., A.M.S., Colonel •!. Magill, C.8., representing tinBritish lied Cross Society. It is distressing to S'.-e the condition of these limbless men. many of them mere lads with all their life before them and with an outlook 011 their future more than sad. Hut hope and confidence return when ihey are assured that practical steps are iieiug taken for their welfare. At tlic-ii: convalescent lnspitils our brave uien will be caml tor until tliey have recovered their strength and nerve; and hiving learned to use their artificial limbs, they will again be capable of takir.fi up employment in tin form best suited to each individual. Working in conjunction with other .societies, every effort will be made to lit tbe men to earn their own living in the future. To enable this urgent work to proceed without delay, grants have been made by tbe National Kelief Fund an:l tbe Red Cross Society. But we need a large sum in addition for the equipment, rent and maintev.ance of the hospitals. It is for the .e gallant men—sons of tbe Empire—that we earnestly for funds to carry out the work eliiciently. toll will maintain for a. year a bed to be named after the donor, and it is hopell that donations of this amount will be forthcoming from many quarters--• iiieludiiig imiii.-trial firms- -to .secure til.; provision cf county beds, beds for naval, military and aircraft units, and also for men from onr Gyer.-cas Dominions. Communications and di nations should be addressed to 0. U. Kenderdinc, Ks.'|. (marked Auxiliary Hospital), at St. Stephen's House, Westminster, who will be pleased to answer all enquiries.—Wo are, etc.. KATHLEES FALMOUTH. ■2, St. James's Square, SAY. M. K. CWYNN K HOLFOKD. 2i. Wiltun Street, SAV. Mav l!lth, 11115.

Til)-; Pitß'lC OF WOOL. To t!it- Editor. Sir, —I would like to draw the attention of your reader-* to the huge gamble that is going on. at present in wool. The fanner?, and. in fact, the whole community, have been crying out about the price of sugar and the'profits of the Colonial Sugar Company. Mr. Massey litis even had to prohibit the export of butter on account of the enormous price. Yet one of the most important wants of the Allies (viz.. wool) is allowed !•) be placed in the local markets with a certain price fixed upon it, and until it reaches that price it must not be sold. The troops are crying out for more clothes, but the Government takes no notice, nor does the big squatter. Wool is bringing double its ordinary price, and still they are not satisfied. If it is not fair for the Colonial Sugar Company to set a certain big price on its sugar, it should certainly not be right for the farmers to set a certain big price 01 their wool. 1 think the Government would be wise to buy up all the wool in this country at a fixed price, for the use of the Allies, and thereby stop this awful gamble. Men fighting for their country and giving their lives away are asking for more clothes, and the people whom they are fighting for are saying not until the cost of them is trebled. Is it fair for one section of us to be fighting for our country whilst another section is making a huge fortune out of lis? Could not we wake up the Government to the fact that tlrs wool is the very first thing that should be commandeered for exclusive use of the Allies? I notice by your paper this morning that crutchings—not fleece wool | —brought up to ISJd per lb at the Wellington sales. In normal times 7d per lb is recognised as a splendid price. Trusting some abler pen than mine will take the matter up, and thanking you for space.—l am. etc., "FATHKR OF TWO SONS AT THE FRONT." Kltham. July IStTi, 11)15. [Our correspondent is in error in comparing the fixing of the price of sugar with that of wool. Sugar is virtually a monopoly, and the Colonial Sugar Company can fix what price they liko (subject to arrangement with the Government}, but wool is sold in the open market (under certain restrictions as to export) and fetches the amount of the highest bids. Keen competition and shortage of Australian clip has caused prices to rise considerably, and no one can blame the growers for taking the increase, or placing a reserve on thenproduce if they think fit to tal«e the risk, but there has been no occasion for that step, as market values have met the case. The export of butter was prohibited owing to the shortage of stocks, and not to the price.—Ed.]