EXCESSIVE HOSPITAL TAX.
1 WELLINGTON CONFERENCE f PR< OTCSTS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON', this iliiy. A conference nf reprfspnta-tivps of local iodiesin the Wellington district was Ik-W to-day for the purpose of makinc a protest agninst l&vie* mode by the Hospital and CharitaWe Aid Bo;irrt. It was pointed out that the levy last year was £fd on the ratable value of ihe city: this rear it is 3d. Strong <-oni;iTent was made on the number of patients treated at the hospital why could' afford to pay but avoided payment of the iproper fees, and an alteration in the method of signing admission forms was stronfrlr urjyed. The conference finally decided to set up a i-omißrttee for the purpose of determining what nlteTatioTis should be made in the present system of hospital and charitable aid controL
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 127, 29 May 1913, Page 7
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