Letter from [E MacDermod] to the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

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REGISTRAR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT,

SYDNEY, 30th. December, 1915.

Dear Sir,

 I enclose a letter which I have received

(as Honorary Secretary of the Neutral Bay Lawn Tennis

Club) from Mrs. B. J. Newmarch, the wife of Surgeon -

Colonel Newmarch, relative to newspapers &c., for

wounded Australians in hospital in Egypt.

 In view of Mrs. Newmarch's request

that Australians here should know that old papers are
useless, and their despatch a great waste of labour,
and of stamps, I should be glad if you will kindly

publish her letter for general information.
Kindly return the letter to me when you

have finished with it   
Yours faithfully
E MacDermot

The Editor, 

"Sydney Morning Herald,"
SYDNEY.

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Mrs B. J. Newmarch.

Heliopolis Palace Hospital     

Nov 14^th. 15.

The Secretary

Neutral Bay Lawn Tennis Club

Dear Sir

Thank you for the papers you

have sent, our wounded & sick

Australians have been pleased to get

them.  If you are sending any more

please send them to me, at above

address.  My Husband is now the

O.C of above Hospital, and I have

charge of a small store, which the A.

Red Cross has opened there, & every

Thursday a number of Australian

Ladies help me give every patient

a paper to read. An Australian one
 

'if possible' also the one they want

is the one from their own State.

Half the papers sent from Australia

are wasted because they are too old.

I will not give them old ones so

sometimes out of five sacks full,

I get two sacks fit to give, this

is a great waste of labour x and

also of stamps, & if you could point

this out to Australia, all Australians

in Egypt would be obliged.

Again thanking the Lawn Tennis Club

for the papers

Yours Sincerely

Blanche Newmarch