f TELEPHONE: SURGERY, 117. HOURS: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. I M K - F. W. B OND - Late Dental Surgeon, Wellington I Hospital). RORA STREET :: TE KUiTI (Opposite Railway Entrance). Specialising in Artificial Dentures and X-rays. P. W. HUMBERSTONE JJOOT JJEPAIRER (NEXT TO STATE THEATRE.) EXPERT WORKMANSHIP. FIRST-CLASS MATERIALS. REASONABLE PRICES. TERMS CASH. NUESE FIKTH. REG. MATERNITY NURSE, TE KUITI. "Acute alcoholism" was the complaint of a Wairarapa man recently admitted ,to the Wellington Public Hospital, from which institution a letter was received at this week's meeting of the Wairarapa Hospital Board claiming the cost of the treatment. The managing'-.secretary of the Wairarapa Board (Mr. Norman Lee) said: "This is a case of a man who gets his pension, goes to Wellington, and, to put it plainly, has a glorious gets the D.T. : s, and goes to hospital, which costs us 9s a day." He suggested that the Commissioners of Pensions should be apprised of the position and asked "to discontinue the man's pension. This was agreed to.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXX, Issue 4872, 18 July 1936, Page 4
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