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Taranaki Daily News, 6 January 1916, Page 8

The Lemnos-Anzac service was again resumed and the only occasion on which anything approaching rough weather was experienced when wounded were on board was on November H when the Maheno proceeded to Kephelos Bay for shelter. After calling at Malta for Australian and New Zealand wounded the vessel called at Port Said on November 21. Suez was reached on the morning of the 26th. Two days later, after the Australians had been 'taken off and other New Zealand wounded were embarked, the steamer left for Colombo, en route for New Zealand.

(MAORI RESCUED BY SIGNALMAN. On December 8 after passing Miuii-o. j ! Island, a day's steam from Colombo, a Maori soldier jumped overboard. \ signaller, J. Pattc, who had been lent by the navy, gallantly went into the water to the nwrt assistance and a boat was despatched to the rescue. The Maori liad almost become, exhausted when the signalman reached him and rendered assistance until the arrival of j the ship's bo*t. Albany was reached on December- 22. I

WT»i)Bt in the Mediterranean, an S.O S pall was received from the s.s. Ajax stating that she was being pursued by a subjmarine. Repeated messages failed to elicit a repiy as to whether urgent assistance was necessary. From subselOflent messages, however, it wan learned [that two French destroyers bad appeared on the scene and. tescued the Ajax. During tiro voyage, patients to .the number oi 3368 were carried and of the to.tal 63, including a hospital orderly, died and were buried at sea. *,