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FAR EAST APPEAL

FURTHER NEW ZEALAND AID TWO MORE DOCTORS GOING TO CHINA. SUFFERINGS OF POPULATION APPALLING. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. . A cheque from the Mayor of Dunedin for £351 15s Bd, received by the joint council of the Order of St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society, brings the total of the Far East Relief Fund appeal in New Zealand to £8530 8s 3d. A cable received recently from Dr. R. B. Grey, Hankow, asked for the services of two further doctors and the Medical Committee selected Drs. G. H. Maaka and T. A. Watson, both of the Napier Hospital staff. They leave by the Awatea on June 24 and arrive at Hong Kong on July 23. There is every likelihood of their joining Drs. Grey and Tremewan in Honan Province, Central China. A further report from Dr. Grey by air mail from Loyang, dated April 28, shows the heavy demands on the medical services. All surgical work is carried out,in mission hospitals sth sidised by the International Red Cross Committee, Hankow. It was wonderful the manner in which the different denominations have worked together. Catholics and Protestants, in perfect harmony. Speaking of the operations he says that it is all very uphill work, as. the cases are of some days’ duration and very septic. He mentions also that a war orphans’ camp is being established in the Catholic mission at Loyang and they expect it to contain about 500 children from a year to thirteen or fourteen. There will be a considerable amount of medical and public health work attached to the camp and he will do it. About 2000 children are expected to be in camp at various cities along the railway route. A letter from Dr. James Maxwell. General Secretary of the International Red Cross Committee, Hankow, says they were greatly encouraged by a cable advising the sending of £2OOO. “The amount of suffering is siyiply appalling, even more within the occupied zone than it is in the actual fighting line. They are more than grateful for such gifts as those promised in the cable.” Dr. T. A. Watson, mentioned in the above message as having been selected to proceed to China is a son of Mr and Mrs T. F. Watson, of Masterton, and an old boy of the Wairarapa High School. He took his medical degree at Otago University and later joined the staff of the Napier Hospital.

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 May 1938, Page 8

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FAR EAST APPEAL Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 May 1938, Page 8

FAR EAST APPEAL Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 May 1938, Page 8

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