STRATFORD NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 July 1915, Page 3

STRATFORD NEWS.

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TIIKAT.MKXr ill' IiKTUKXKO iKuui'Ki;. -V _ tlx- last 1.1. of till' Stratfor.l xl<)S[,itul (Soard tin- Defence. Department's treatment ..f a returned trooper was brought befuiv tlj-.it by.lv. _lt appear.- tin- yiiium' fellow' went to i'.ftypt with tin- main tone. L'. fore Icavin.i:- Stratford he was pa.-ed by two doctors as perfectly -ound. awl at J'almcrston North,_ vhere tlu.y were < iieamjic.l. hi' was auain !>a--.-d by the medical antli'intrs. aii.l .proceeded to the from. While in l-.Vypt he performed the duties expected of 11i 11:. including route marcli-'s, and was in the trendies Jightin" when the Turks attempted to marri on the Sue/, ( anal. .Soon after, not, feelill;.' well, he applied fm- medical aid, ami on more than one occasion was .supplied with the usual army medicine—a. Ink oi pills- and told lie would h<;oii be ;*]- | ri-rlit. The .vimnj. fellow, still feeling ill, demanded to see a doctor, and SurHome examined him and found .lis spUMim liad lice.ur.e blood. tinned, ami he was sent before the MediJl Board, and his ea-e was diagnosed as pulmonary tuberculosis. Tie asked ,Sur-geon-Captain Home whether lie would f-'et be tier by staying in Kjjvpt, and I." was strongly advi-ed to »o fowk to New Zealand where, with careful treatment, lie would soon b,- alright. .In a couple of (lays he rec-ivd in-rructiou., that :ie i\a- to pioi-e d to New Zealand and vita otii.'l" invalided -ol.liers was .-cut ill 11 thinlelas> carriage from the calnji to the port of embarkation. The ihir.l-ciass ('ill 1 iIUTCs ill 'j'-ey pi, [| s ,.(] by tdl 0 natives, and the stem h in these carriages was something awful.

• ■)! {he voyage from l;"vpl; to X.-vv Zealand the food, it is stated. Mas somcthi.ii; -hocking- it was bad enough for those ill Ihe best of health, but to .me who was ■ ;early in v.ant of proper food and. the l<*a-t. a little attention, it v.-a- wor-e still. Soiii.. davs -ite.v would be pu; oi; ami the potatoes would be thrown into the stew with their ' jackets en. ami on opening tii" poUi: ics when cooked it was found invariably that- they were rotten inside.

No invalid food whatever v as provided lor those who needed it, unldss jt was for those oflicers or men in authority. The ten days before leaching Xew Zenland this lad on bread, lmtler. and onions, as he could not eat tile other food that was provided, it was so bad. Airivino at, Wellington, this yoitn;; fallow wa> discharged as medically unlit, and no sick pay whatever has been paid him since lie arrived back ill New Zetland.

Now comes the sad part of the affair. The lad has not »ot any better and in bis interest it w»- neco-savv to scil hi'U to the Muiatoriuit! at Cambridge. Thanks to the local Patriotic ( onimittc" who, to their credit, never IcL the epiv under their feet. but. a*, soim as tliev heard of the ease took" the matter („ hand. and. with the help of the Hospital Board, the hid is now receiving the treatment he should have <rot, and the Defence Department should have siven him, from the moment lie landed aWellinirtoii.

Certain meni'lier* <,f the Board expressed their rc.-entment at the tren merit met,-4 out. to the lad bv the Department.

Puniwiiakan district suffered severely froin last Saturday's storm. The conntv engineer, who ha- just returned from that district, informed "vour owji" th - <t it. will cost fully CSOOII to repair *ne dfimnge in the Man-aehu Riding. Most of the bridges are washed, away, and the settlers iii the di-.triet uve completely isolated, of men are at work and it is intended at. parent to make a bridle track so that settlers can act >.» and out.

The Stratford Operatic Society staged the opera "Merrie Inland" on' WediK'--day and Thursday ni-hts. ISotli. perfo.--mances wore a great success.

Iw'o territorial case-, 0 f non-attend-uncc iit parade were hoard bv the S.M nil Friday, and |i m . s „f fi:s ami .12 respectively Merc imposed, the .Ma«istra'o remarking that in a time like tin- present only a reasonable and iust oxeiise would be accepted. At the forthcoming meeting of the Stratford County Council on the 31st inst., (r, Christoll'el will move to rescind the resolution incurring the South Riding rate of one farthing. A riaim for commission on the sale of a motor ear *va* beard at the last sitting of the Magistrate's Court. Plaintiff (.las. Donald) hcius: non-suited, and defendant (\Y\ A. Mis" granted £2 U< f or costs.