THE BENEVOLENT FUND.
Sir, — In the statement of receipts and disembursements of the Hawke's Bay Benevolent Fund, which appeared in your advertising columns this morning, I notice an item which, for the credit of the profession to which I belong, may, I hope, receive some explanation. The item is, " By doctor's account, £11 3s 6d," and, as it stands, certainly conveys the impression that the " doctors" of Napier have been receiving emolument from the benevolent fund. I for one do not for one instant believe that any medical man in this town could so far forget his position as a gentleman, or the dignity of his profession, as to permit a purely charitable fund to be applied to purposes of personal aggrandisement. I therefore trust either a denial or an explanation of the item in question will be afforded- by the dispensers of the funds. — I am, &c, W. I. Spencer. Napier, June 22, 1877.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XX, Issue 3933, 23 June 1877, Page 2
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155THE BENEVOLENT FUND. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XX, Issue 3933, 23 June 1877, Page 2
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