LATE MRS JACKSON

Evening Star, Issue 19126, 18 December 1925, Page 3

LATE MRS JACKSON

TRIBUTE BY HOSPITAL BOARD. Tributes to the work of the late Mrs M. A. Jackson were paid at the meeting of the Otago Hospital Board last night. - , The Chairman (Mr V . E. S. Knight) moved—“ That the Otago Hospital Board places on record the great loss sustained by the death of Mrs Margaret Ann Jackson, who has been a member of the board since 19)2, and previously a member ni the Ladies Benevolent Advisory Committee. The services of Mrs Jackson will bo greatly missed. not only by this board, but by the many philanthropic institutions with which she was connected.” The Chairman said that perhaps Mrs Jackson was better known as a social worker than as a, member of the Hospital Board. She was a. woman with very great sympathetic tendencies, and her work in the interests of the poor, the needy, and the downfalien was much appreciated by all who knew her. She spared neither time nor trouble in tending the wants of those requiring assistance. Mrs Jackson gave the, hoard very great assistance, in regard to eases of relief. She was at times thought to be over-sympathetic, hut when one considered her kind motive one could readily forgive her. “ A woman with a, big and generous heart” was how Mr Morgan spoke of the late Mrs Jackson in seconding the motion. She had, be said, worked bard and honestly for the fallen, and much of what she had dene was not known to the public. The motion was carried in silence, members standing.