WOUNDED SOLDIERS.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 August 1915, Page 6

WOUNDED SOLDIERS.

110-'iI'ITAIj s:il ; rs MOVEMENT,;. MA 11 EM) COM.IXI! HACK. Wellington, Thursday. A statement regarding the use which is to lie iinade of the hospital ship Malieno wits given by the Minister fo. Defence to-day in 'Parliament, during a reply to some criticisms by Mr. Newman, who considered that Xew Zealand's wounded -soldiers should not he sent to Egyptianhospitals if it could he avoided. The climate in Egypt during the greater part of the year -as said to be abominable. The Minister for Defence said every care was being taken of the wounded. The Abbassia Hospital, the finest in Euvpt, was at the disposal of the New Z 'alande is. He. was aware, of the climate being bad. New Zealand a.'ked the Home authorities to put our men in the best pos.sib'e el'mato, hut it was rather more than we could expert for the British authorities to single out our men for special treatment. There were' Seventeen or eighteen other hospitals in use in Egypt. The fiiiperial authorities '(cere against sending any of the sick and wounded through the Red iSea during the monsoi n season, but the experiment was made with the Willochra, which was ins!raided to steam at the highest possible speed. SO as (o get through as quickly a. jiessilvle. 'flic wounded on boied recovered very largely on the way out. The arrangement for the future was that the returning tnia-ports. which h ft at intervals of three months, would bring back wounded from Egypt, as they became fit to travel. lie was not at liinrty to disclose 1l«e actual movements of the hospital iship Miiheno, further than to say that he bad every reason in believe that she would, at a very eai'iv stage, bring ba.k New Zealanders from England, Malta and Egypt, and that it would not ibe very long before t'le Malieno avas iback in New Zealand with wounded soldiers. The Malieno and tlie returning transports would provide all the accommodation necessary for our returning wounded and -iek "oid'ers.

WKUi CA'H-Kl) l-'OR IN" KNCLAXI). Bv '''Press Association. 'Wellington, Last. Nijrht. Tin' care of the New Zealand wounded in l-'iifi'lantl has 'been undertaken in 110 haphazard way. Soon alter (lie war ln'oke out. ami it was known that the New Zealand! is were fi'oinn' in tile front, an organisation nvas set i-.jj in London t') ileal with t:!iis matter. The New Zealand D.ffciue '-Minister (the lion. .1. Allen) lias received a. lull report from the iliiili CoiiMiiii-i-ioiiei' of what has been done. It appcaiyi that the arrangements are excellent. Through the generosity of I.mil am) Lady Islington, the committee .was oD'errd their house in ( he-tei'iiehl Cardens. fullv ci|ui.]i';n'd. for a hospital. 'Kventually. the committee was informed !>v the Inuierial authorities that sullii-ient lios]>ital aceonunodation had already been obtained, and attention was therefore devoted to the obtaining of a new convalescent hoirte. aiid ;i ,-perial committee was 'set U|i jbo dial with the ni'iiucrous jienerons oll'ers which had ibcen reeeived from Indies ami li men who had oli'eved their houses for the purpose. Tile choice foil, eventually. upon the oll'er of Sir I'rederi,.!; Cook and Sir (.'eorjjo I'rojjneil, who pineid at' the di-.pc-al uf the committee a uin<,' of their club-house (ille Kaven.s--•lwurne Club) a.t SLee Kent. At tliis dull tliere were available about one hundred bedroom*. litteil with hot anil eold walcr. bathrooms, a tepid swim-iiiiii-r bath, .sittinjr rooms, dining room, smoking room, billiard room, library and eyiiiuasiiiin. 'whilst in the "pounds are en' ered tenirs courts, a football ground, a miniature ri.Ho range, and so forth. 'I he cost per head per week for board and lodging's would 'bo 21s. I ill May 111. the Defence Minister received a cable message frixu the High Commissioner, stating that the New Zealand War C-ontiugont Ais-ociation hud pa-sed a resolution that an excellent bu ; iding' was available for an auxiliary hospital for at least one hundred men. and that the estimated cosit and equipment 'for carrying tm for one year was The. Home ti-overnment agreed to Ciintribute equivalent to £(>1)00, and the Xew Zealand Association in London C.'iOWl, if tiie (I'overiiment of New Zealand WOlllll siib.-vri! m the renin ining i.»'li)o. The War (Mice highly recommeiiileil an auxiliary hospital, instead of (lie eonvahweiit home. On .Tunc 2. tin' Defence "Minister cabled home a. veliiv that New Zealand would contribute ;he caaa, am! he also added that, as the association had abandoned the convalescent home, he assumed ample provision had iheen .made for convalescent New Zealanders. The hosjiital is at (Mount, Felix, Walton-on Tihames. about scvi'iitceu miles from London, It overlooks the river, anil is enclosed in beautifully laid out grounds of about twenty ai-i'is. It is on two lloor.s, aml contains thirty large and lofty I'oojiis. A concelt hall is also available. The ground floor a.ooin.niodatcs forly-'five beds and th" up]ier lloor about the same number. There an operating theatre, a stcrilisiii'-' loom, an X-ray department., etc. All other necessary requirements are provided. 'Dr. llernard Mycis, brother of \fr. A. .Myers, M.P., is ihe honorary medical ollii-er in charge. Serious cases are not sent to the hosjiital.

IIIDDKN' DAX(";KRC. Uric acid 13 a deadly poison that is produced in the human body, and to pass it safely out of the system, together with all waste water. jJut it Joes not take much to set the ki'ccys h-.ck, and nam tliey get bellind luv :jiii > right themselves without help. TJie i;rie aeid clogs the kidneys, causing that dull, heavy aching in the hack, ami (harp twinges when stooping or lifting. Ii attacks the nerves with neuralgia and sciatica. It brings headache, c.izz.ncss, l.ingour, and disorders of the urine. There i- nothing so prompt and dicetive as Doan's liaekaehe Kidney Pills, and this remedy has 110 effect on the other organs, except to d:'<vc out th-? i;r;c poison that interrupts thci'.' action. ilrs. 1!. M. Wills, Jimr., Leicester street, I'atca, says:—".My husband swffired for a long time from severe jinn; in his back, as the result of iiis iadneyi not working properly. It u\is impossible for hini to stoO]i, an.l ail his move-iu!-nls were restricted, and this, of cour.-e, handicapped h:;n a lot at !ii> v. <o k. ill! could not cot pro;''.".' lest at and consequently .iiv.-.iys felt tired and miserable. So much for his now for the nic'lvi'io that uwc.i ! i:u. A fr:« n.l i.''(C: Ij;ni to take a course of Kidney Pi'iN, which lie did, an! 1 ;im delighted Ui H V' '! l'i .! ti. "s, 'd;'s dro-.'e (lie j iin out ol his hack, a..d i'l.ciovcd his • ••••;.*' it r-. «.r . i, !hey *»V?'» - cureil him. ti's srm' ( 'i k-c- loin ' r ■ : ■ v M "oitn's T!:u k.'.c'ie I\'n!■:,j <■ "ilk a r : iclv I onsabi Worihy of lpg\ j J ii imr :. ~, u, r yon to look after I :■ i :ncio end ! en U:c::\ well. 's -lei aeiic I".;i!si.• y I'd!- keep the kidneys weil, "A leui-.l (n ;| 1( . u -j v( . ( a ii'eli.'' Doan's Jiad k-.lwv Pdls ar» *.. M by all (diemist. ais-i os-d.erpe!-; at 3,'- per llOtlie U- i "... ! ' .1) W ill |, L . piK-i'/! /".;i n f ■i■ i i c c