Miss Mary Ewart, Matron of the Christchurch Hospital, is a native of Ireland, and received a thorough training in every branch of nursing at the Royal Hospital, Belfast. In 1875 she was appointed nurse for St. Ann's district in Belfast, and retained the office for eleven years, but resigned in 1886 on account of ill-health. Miss Ewart then left for New Zealand, and landed at Lyttelton in December 1886. In May of the succeeding year she was appointed a charge nurse at the Christchurch Hospital, and in 1898 was promoted to the post of matron. Miss Ewart is a member of the British Nurses' Association.