THE RECORD REIGN.
Mr Chamberlain has expressed surprise that the Premiers of the colonies baW adfc replied' s6 far to hißittvita*
tionto attend the record reign celebration; in England;' He- had" formed great hopes that the colonial Premiers would be present on the occasion.
The Victorian women propose to found a memorial hospital for woman anfctf children, to be called the Queen's Victoria Hospital. It will be on the lines/ of the ta.mous new hospital in ■Loridon, which is officered ' entirely by medical women. A Queen Victoria shilling fund will be started with this object; to which every woman in Victoria will be asked to contribute. This will be the only hospital in Australia where women will receive medical and surgical treatment entirely from their owii sex.
1 The Prince of Wales, in explaining, that the Queen had not expressed a preference for any of the proposals put forward for the celebration of the sixtieth year of her Majesty's reign, said she appealed to the public to support the Prince of Wales' London Hospital fund, saying that she desired to secure LI 00,000 to LI 50,000 yearly. The Prince of Wales will preside over the General Council, and Lord Rothschild will act as treasurer of the fund.
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Clutha Leader, Volume XXIII, Issue 1180, 12 February 1897, Page 6
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207THE RECORD REIGN. Clutha Leader, Volume XXIII, Issue 1180, 12 February 1897, Page 6
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