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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 85, 11 April 1911, Page 6

The gratitude of an inmate of tha Napier Hospital was illustrated at yesterday's meeting of the board (states a Press Association telegram). The chairman said the lady named (Mrs. Costaiitf was a patient at the hospital, and wished! to give £300 towards the funds on condition that she received interest on thai; sum, paid quarterly. He "did not see how ths board could accept the offer, as ifi the patient ever left the hospital she would be destitute. The matter was left; in the hands of the chairman, and tha secretary was instructed to send a letter] of thanks to th© patient. In a letter too lengthy for publiea-. tion in full, Mr. J. ODea writes on the subject of earthquake risks. Ho recalls that as Jong ago as 1906 h* wrote to Tho Post on the subject of earthquake-proof and fire-proof construo tion. He emphasises that the steel . frame construction did not prove to be earthquake-proof in the San Francisco disaster. It Avas only the reinforcedl concrete erections that stood th© test. The writer urged that Dr. MacLaren'sl warning should receive serious consideration. He suggests that the Architects*' Association should take the matter ia hand so as to educate the public. The anniversary social gathering in connection witl< tho Kelburn© Presby* terian Church was held in the churchi room last evening, there being a larga attendance of members and friend*. Ttiei Rev. A. C. W. Slandage, M.A., presided, and short addresses were delivered by. the Rev. A. T. Thompson, 8.D., o{ Mas* torlon, moderator of the Wellington Presbytery, and the Rqv. It Inglis, of Khan, dallah. An enjoyable programme of music and recitation was . rendered, and refreahmente were Provided by tho ladies of the congregation. On the motion oB Mr. C. S. Moore, a hearty vote of thanks i was accorded those who had assisted ia providing a successful entertainment. Mr. C. S. Black was in charge ot the musical arrangements. A great blaze in College-street was the cause of a fire alarm at 7.38 last evening, but the brigade was soon on the scene, and in a very short while extinguished tho outbreak. The scene of the lire was a seven-roomed house, occupied by MrjS. Martha Campbell, and owned by Mrs\< Harris. A room and passage on theground floor and a bedroom on the upper) floor were considerably damaged by fire* and the other rooms by hflat and smoke.! The building is insured for £400 in tlia Commercial Union office, and the con-i tents for £155 in the Phoenix office. Shortly after 11 p.m. the brigade \vas| called to an empty house, 220, Cubaktreot, where an outbreak occurred in at back room. Not much damage was done. A most successful public meeting waa held in St. Augustine's Hall; Petone, last evening under the auspices of tho Hutt No-License League. The Rev. Mr. Cottom presided, and there were also on the platform Rev. A. J. Seanler, and Messrs. Wakelin and Sussex, tho president, secretary, and treasurer respectively. The speaker for the evening was Mr. S. H. Mudge, of Melbourne, who. gay« an eloquent address on "Our.R^.' lationehip with the Alcoholic Family.'* The alcoholic family, he describee! as! "an enemy we love." During the course of the evening numerous musical itema were given by the following : —Pianos forte solo, Miss Heintz ; recitations^ Master Ken Usmar, Messrs, R. Home, and Evans ; songs, Mifecs Hinemoa* Woods, L. Woodhead E. Gcdber; dance, Master H. Donaldson ; dialogue, the Misses Braddock (2) ; pianoforte, duet, Mieses Heintz and fiodgera.