THE PROPOSED HAGEY INSTITUTE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10433, 4 May 1897, Page 6

THE PROPOSED HAGEY INSTITUTE.

* At the invitation of Messrs. J. H. Kirkpatrick andT. E. Cowart, who arrived here recently from America with the intention of establishing an institution for the scientific cure of inebriety, several prominent Auckland citizens yesterday afternoon met these gentlemen at the Chamber of Commerce Council room, Victoria Arcade. v Mr. Kirkfatrick said he had invited those present to attend in order that he and his colleague might lay before them the nature of the business that had brought them to Auckland. The intention was to establish an institution for the scientific and permanent cure of inebriates, and also of those who suffered from a craving for narcotics. They neither asked those amongst whom they established these institutions to lend financial assistance or to endorse their action, as the institution was not to be opened on philanthropic lines, but purely from a business standpoint, and entirely by themselves, though they were anxious to have an expression of opinion on the desirability and prospects of such an institution in Auckland, and to enlist public sympathy in their work. He then gave particulars of the work carried on in the institutions of a like nature already established in America and submitted for the perusal of those present testimonials from patients cured by means of the flagey system of treatment; also letters testifying to the excellent results attained, and to the bona fides of the gentlemen visiting New Zealand to establish branches. Mr. Cow art also spoke in a similar strain on the subject, and several of the gentlemen present then expressed themselves thoroughly in sympathy with the movement, and hoped that the visitors would meet with succeess. As soon as a suitable establishment can be obtained, and the services of a medical practioner the institution will be opened, so that a start may be looked forward to daily; and as' Messrs. Kirkpatrick and Cowart are anxious to give practical proof of the efficacy of their treatraont they invite the citizens of Auckland to bring under their notice the worst cases that can be found in the city. ,