VOYAGE OF HOSPITAL SHIP.
interesting lecture. In tho Good Templar Hall last night, to a large and deeply interested audience, Captain-Chaplain Read, of the Methodist Church, gave a most interesting account of his experiences in a hospital ship during a voyage of 60,000 miles. The lecture .was illustrated by over ],% beautiful lantern.views, which brought vividly and impressively before the audience the many scenes and incidents the lecturer described. The Mayor, Mr. C. H. Burgees, and in a few felicitous words introduced the speaker. ,
Captain Chaplain Read gave a graphic description of the various ports of call the ship had visited, and showed some very fine photographs of ancient and modern Cairo, the architecture of olden days being greatly admired. He described the beautiful mosques and temples, and after giving something of the history of tho Pyramids, always visited by \ew Zealand soldiers, described the sights of Malta, Alexandria, Salonika, and the various ports of, call in Trance. In one French town he showed a magnificent view of an old Roman temple, which he said was built in tho first year of our era, a striking testimony of t'ho endurance of the Roman masons' handiwoik. He spoke instructively of the cities and villages visited in England, and a number of really splendid slides were shown of London, and also of the New Zealand hospitals at Walton-on-Thames, Brocknnhurst, and other places, all of which views were thoroughly appreciated. He dealt at some length with the exacting and arduous work on the ship, and mentioned that during the whole of Iter commission there were only seven deaths, out of 13,000 wounded men carried—a splendid tribute to the work of the medical staff. Chaplain Read warmly eulogised the woik of t'lie hospital 3taff and mirse3, who were esteemed and even beloved by the soldiers. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded Chaplain-Captain Read,, and the singing of tho National Anthem fittingly closed the meeting. . The proceeds will go to the Wounded Soldiers' Fund. "
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 May 1917, Page 4
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