EPSOM SHELTERS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 266, 9 November 1928, Page 3

EPSOM SHELTERS.

HOSPITAL BOARD CRITICISM.

CHAIRMAN IN REPLY.

A report of a speech made by Mr. R. B. Speirs. United party candidate for Auckland West, in which the candidate criticised the management of the Epsom shelters, was replied to by Mr. W. Wallace, chairman of the Hospital Board, at a meeting addressed by Mr. M. J. Savage at Herne Bay last nigbt.

Dealing with a statement to the effect that the inmates were denied medical attention and drugs, Mr. Wallace said

that such a statement was an unwarranted reflection on every member of the board, of which Mr. Savage was a member. Another statement alleging that suitable food was not procurable by patients was also challenged by Mr. Wallace, who read from the ordinary menu provided daily to show the nature of the fare provided. "Mr. Speirs is reported as saying that he did not wish to make political capital out of this," said Mr. Wallace. "Why, then, did he make the attack on an institution in which Mr. Savage is interested as a member of the board of control? It appears as if his only object was to discredit his opponent, Mr. Savage." Before retiring Mr. Wallace extended an open invitation to the Press to name their own time to visit the shelter* to see the conditions for themselve*.