CHARITABLE AID IN WELLINGTON.
« [BY TELEGRAFH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington', Monday. A well-attended meeting of citizens was held this evening to consider whether the funds required for the Hospital and Charitable Aid should be raised by volrn »ry contributions or by special rate. Sir Robert Stout presided, and delivered a long address on the subject. The following resolution, moved by the Mayor, was carried : "That in the opinion of this meeting it would not he to the credit of the citizens of Wellington to have a rate struck for the support of the hospital and charitable institutions of the city, and that sin organised effort be made to raise the money by other means." A second resolution was passed, appointing a committee to devise means of raising the necessary funds.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7658, 8 June 1886, Page 5
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