WASHING DIRTY LINEN.

Evening Star, Issue 14002, 8 March 1909, Page 4

WASHING DIRTY LINEN.

At this afternoon's meeting of the Benevolent Trustees Mr Tapper moved that the Benevolent Trustees allow the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board to erect a laundry on the Benevolent grounds, to do the washing of the Hospital and the Benevolent. He expressed the opinion that it was better in all interests that the laundry work should bo done in one place. The Hospital and Charitable Aid Board would erect the building, and no expense would be put upon the Benevolent Trustees. Mr Galloway seconded. Ho had previously to his election- to the Trustees voted in favor of this idea.

Mr Talboys (chairman) was understood to say that if Mr Gallaway had voted in that way for the purpose of obtaining office

Mr Gallaway: Do you say that I voted in that way to get on to the Board? I want you to withdraw that. It is an impertinence.

The Chairman : 1 did not say so. Mr Gallaway : You did say so. It ie an impertinence. Do you withdraw it? The Chairman : No, 1 do not.

Mr Gallaway : Then it is a deliberate impertinence. And I trust that every member of the Board (apart from the chairman at anyrate) will look at this thing from a broader point of view. The Chairman, said that Dr Macgrcgor had spoken strongly on the question of piling building on building on the Institution grounds. There was not one argument to prove that this laundry woidd benefit the Benevolent in any way. It was all in the interests of trie Hospital. Why should a laundry be put on the Benevolent grounds? Was it the custom in other public bodies to draw upon one account to make up another ? Mr Moller said that the scheme would save money. The faot that light work (such as that entailed by the scheme) was a duty of those fit persons admitted to the Institution would prevent many people asking for admission.

Mr Le Cren: Suppose you admit people to the Institution and they ref use to do the washing, what are you going to do? Mr Gallaway said that there would be time to consider that when it occurred.

On a vote being taken the motion was carried as under : —For—Messrs Tapper, Gallaway, Loudon. Moller, and M'Donald (mayor); against—the chairman, Messrs Lo Cren and Larnach.

Mr Larnach expressed the intention of moving further in the matter.