THE MAHENO
HER ARRIVAL AT AUCKLAND,
(BY TELEGRAPH. — PRESS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, This Day.
The Maheno has returned with 370 officers and men, many of whom were wounded in the Somme advance. They tell stirring stories of gallant work bv the New Zealanders. There are many marvels of surgery abroad, including the Maori with legs shot off and replaced by artificial ones. He is able to walk with the aid of sticks.
The Maheno has been on cross-Channel water, the staff having many exciting experiences, including witnessing the bombarding of the South Coast by a Zeppelin and the mining of an oil ship.
She has 95 patients for Auckland, 150 for Wellington, 70 for Port Chalmers, and 61 for Lyttelton. There are a number of very severe cases, but the health on the whole is remarkably good.
There have been no deaths except that of Nursing Sister Lind, of the French service, who was returning invalided. -Evening Post, 19/12/1916.
PROPOSED NURSES FUND (abridged)
TO THE EDITOR.
Sir, — In last Saturday's Evening Post I read the totals of the contributions received by the Under-Secretary, Department of Internal Affairs, to the various war relief funds. They are: Belgian Relief Fund £243,003 13s 5d, New Zealand Red Cross Fund £524,418 15s 1d, Red Cross Fund £70,994 19s 3d, New Zealand War Relief Fund £11,910 10s 1d, British Navy Relief Fund £90,438 0s 5d; Servian Relief Fund £14,725 12s 8d, Polish Relief Fund £385 0s 5d, Overseas Club Tobacco Fund £979 19s 3d, Belgians in England Relief Fund £996 10s, Prince of Wales' Fund £3534 1s 10d, Queen Alexandra Fund £300, Belgian Children's Fund £387 4s 9d, Highlands Relief Fund £2501. Total £964,575 7s 2d. A great part of this amount, probably over half, will leave this country — a truly magnificent offering to the suffering peoples of the world through the present war. In the same paper I read the sad announcement of the death "after a long illness contracted whilst nursing in France" of Sister Lind, a delightful, alert, tactful nurse, devoted to her profession. Trained at the Wellington Hospital, she was well known by many of your readers. She and her friend (Miss Hitchcock) were in England when war broke out, and immediately volunteered for service, first in Belgium and later in France, where they endured many hardships. -Evening Post, 30/12/1916.
ABOUT PEOPLE
The British Journal of Nursing for 3rd February has the following paragraph: — "We deeply regret to report the death at sea, on November 21st, of Sister Lind, a bright young life sacrificed to duty. Sister Lind, a member of the Registered Nurses Society, went to France in October, 1914, where she did splendid service for the Corps, working with the utmost devotion through the terrible epidemic of typhoid at Bergues and elsewhere. She developed phthisis, and, was most tenderly cared for by Sister Hitchcock at Grasse for many months, where the French authorities treated them both with the utmost kindness. Recovering slightly, she was brought to England, and both Sisters left for their home in New Zealand in a troopship last October. About a week before she reached Colombo Sister Lind became suddenly much worse and died about twenty-four hours after leaving Ceylon, and was buried at sea. When we remember the charm and sweetness of character, and gay, courageous spirit of this young Sister we realise how deep must be the sorrow of her bereaved family. If only she could have lived to see all her dear ones again. They have our sincere sympathy.” The late Nurse Lind was a Southland girl and lived here until she left for Wellington Hospital to train as a nurse. Her many Southland friends will learn of her death with deep regret. -Southland Times, 17/4/1917.
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