PLUNKET SOCIETY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9657, 14 July 1919, Page 7

PLUNKET SOCIETY.

(To the Editor "Guardian.")

Sir,—With' reference to the report in Saturday's "Guardian" of the Plunket Society's work, I shall be pleased, ii desired, to arrange a benefit on behalf of the society at His Majesty's Theatre, or will offer the freo use of the Theatre Royal if an entertainment there can be arranged. The excellent work of the society deserves everybody's support. ARTHUR COOPER.

(To toe Editor "Guardian.")

Sir, —After reading the annual veport of the Fluriket Society, and realising the great amount of good the society was doing all over the County, I was surprised to come across a passage in the report indicating that Alethven had practically given the society the cold shoulder. Coming as it does so close upon the recent experiences in collecting by hospital nurses in that district, one would almost be inclined to think that the district had lost its reputation for liberality and prosperity. Surely it is over the odds for residents in that extensively-advertised and favourablyknown district'to'expect the services .of a Pluuket Nurse for nothing. _ Let me relate a little incident oi\incidents in regard to the nurse's visrfc to Methven, and. possibly after reading it the cheques will pour in from Methven to help supply the funds now badly needed to carry on the good work of the society. When the Plunket Nurse was making regular visits to Methven she invariably left Ashburton by the early morning train —and let me make it clear, it is no joke to journey by train from Ashburton to Methven on a frosty morning to arrive there about noon, half-frozen. At Ilakaia there is a considerable wait in order to connect . with the Methven "express," and on more than one occasion I have seen the Plunket Nurse sitting in the Bakaia railway station on a frosty morning refreshing herself- with a few biscuits purchased from a local store. Being of the male persuasion, I. could avail myself of a whisky hot, but, not so with the poor nurse, who had to eat her biscuits in the cold and then complete the Journey in the " slow expreas " to. Methven without even the" comfort of a foot-warmer.

ADVANCE METHVEN