HOSPITAL' SATURDAY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14379, 24 November 1908, Page 5

HOSPITAL' SATURDAY.

A -meeting of tho Hospital Saturday. Association was held in Mt R. S. Wilson's board'Toom ycsterdayflfternoon, when there were present—Mr G. C. Israel (chair), Mrs Tlieomin, .Mrs Louden, Miss Fraecr, Mrs Hooper, Messrs C. A. Smith, W. L. Logie, R. Martin, D. H. Hastings, E. & Wilson, SJul Major Cummiiigs. Apoligies were re-; ceived fTom Messrs S. Solomon and 0. Speight, , letters, from Roslyn, Eailcorai, Morning-; ton, and Oily Council were received granting free passes on the trams to todies wear, ins badges.

The Town Clerk (on behalf of .the City Gounod) wroto granting permission to take up street stands and agreeing to erect' electrio lights at the Octagon. . ■ The-'-. Dunedin Citizens, Garrison, and Mor.mn£ton Bands wrote offering to play in' fli© Botanical Gardens on Friday evening maid .of tho hospital collection, the final - arrangements being left in the hands' of Messrs. Israel, Martin, and Logie. . Tho Dunedin Pipe Band wrote offering their cervices on Saturday evening.-Re. , solved to ask die band to march through n-L o *? aml oien - pla y at r,ne Octagon ' Ih© Secretary reported that, he had seen several of the proprietors of refreshment rooms and they had all agreed-to provide refreshments for Jad.y Electors. « ' Tho various sub-committees handed in their reports, and everything pointed to: a very satisfactory -collection on Saturdoy I was rem ved to suggest that the school' children should be invited to contribute, no k> much to increase the collection, as to give' an interest « plnlantopio f/w "*/' r an >' W *» -in *fc! i C,r could obtain them by applying to the secretary. ; ~ JLl & \ r<^ lhafc tJle «>U«try com.«ttees be informed itlmt they will W allowed to nominate a member on th* general executive. - "/ ie BUbmitted a p!to d d "> with the collection, and the Mowine were K^c^W^ 3^ no •Tt - .'• Sm ''h, section A; Mr> C. Speight section B; Mr 801, *Ud*g. C;; Major Gumming, section D. - B,;„T l^f"^'^ that tho Otago Rugby loot-ball Union had ff i ve „ aibS of £5 5s towards Saturday's collection™ , MAORI'HILL PREPARATIONS ' His Worship the Mayor of Maori' Hilt' (Mr ;A. J Buttcrfield) presided over a meeting_of ladies aw l gentlemen interested in tlie Hospital Saturday movementaTton Borough Council Chambers yeSy i&.

The Mayor, m a 'brief and biisinces-iike - address, po.nted- out that the tost thing hey could do would bo to mkp out the d.s net and to appoint «.Jg™ Jh ■ subSirision. • ~a 7,: This was at once proceeded with. <• a;; iMr i'.-U. CniMsing said no olio:could be ' gnorant. of.tfe g„ od work being done kt thp.Earitane Home; but the objects otiiha Victoria Jubilee CbnvalW &% - not perhaps s0 well fcnomi, though it *£, : to say too ,m.ch ia.itftout' J-he H -John Ambulance Association-de* , served-all the support it could get. £ Camming went on to explain '• Benevolent Ho,„ e was, to all arid ■purpose-y a hospiW for incurabi • 3 extremely deserving. As far as the dSn'' "lurllospital was concerned, tW ra S- , «a 8 to be spent m.Miettoring the condition): '■ of the outdoor patiepls' department, ,whu,S ' ; at proflenfc was a disgrace to Dunedin/ As tojns own branch, | 10 might'mention'that?:-"' every factory was being ivorked, fThey'hoped to rai^£looo, half of which wo'uld"£.' paid to the Dunedin Hospital. depend that they TO i,ld not, mt till thoV ' & an extra £200 from the GovernSV He hoped they\on'd speak a-word whea v J?H'!fe ,o .i • ai< !.' ll ? "V ™ U the ladies would do all m their power,, Mr Grater, (theeonvener) would'*,,- on the bowlm'gS ■' on Saturday afternoon, and tho to him there o r left if-Hls/^ Pif^tP o™l0™ 1 Mis ? kiv g kn 4l cre Ito organic, the box cbllpction., It was decided to .'divide' the distnet into five, each division^c> b* in charge of two or more ladies., ),-.;' m MISEPING AfGREKiiiSLAND.'"';' . lhe meetmg that was held at the Protestant Alliance Hall, Green Island,, last V e\eiung i„ connection with the Hospital Saturday Association was in every respect' a/uccess. His Wonhip the Mayor';tMr V Uddes) preside<l, and the hall was full-of - i ladies, . ' ■ " ,'•' " '■■'■■■■ ■-■ ■.. Harris-Hastings, representing; th«> esecutive explained at some length th« object of the association, the aims of the-' various, bodies that were : connected with, it,.and tho general plans of the 'ISOB-cam-,] paign. He was authorised; statiAhafcM' a record.... collection was expjctcd from,, |l»reen Island, aiid he sure, 'front-the" .large number of ladies present, that all previous efforts iii the. district-would be ■■ .easily beaten. / , •■' .;■ . .An oxeoutlye, consisting, of .'Mesdariies -> lteove, Aid Eilpatnclc, arid Misses'lrvine, - ' Campbell, an< ] Mills, was sot im,* Vanj - V hey with, their assistants). undertook to! ' thoroughly the district■.'embraboil; X" between Saddle Hilland > _ Miss- Hooper,- representative of -'fheV-StV • K° hn T Anibulanco the Bev.'■"/Mr Kilpatnek-.aleo spoke in support of .' , the objects of the meeting. '. Ihe Chairman, the Rev, Mr Kilpatiick. - and .the town clerk (Mr Thomson) . took to act as an advisory committee »ndrcceivo, all moneys collected,' :

NORTH-EAST VALLEY.

Doubtless owing to the oontihued ment over political contests the meetiW i» • Jiave -been held in the North-East ViW' millast night to arrange for Mpital Saturday collectors in the, Valley ■was' - almost, entirely overlooked, and ■no fonmil . meeting' could 1» held. A letter was re- J l ceived from Adjutant W. R. Home, of &- fcayation, Army, expressing sympathy, witJi the movement and WiHingiaeßS !fo' l-ender assistance, Mr G. C. Israel sequentiy: able to make- arrangements by, which the, work in. the Valley -thoroughly carried out by Mrs John Hislop and friends' and the Salvation Awiny, todejf tho supervision of his. Worship the Jfeon i (Mt I, Green). ■. . , . ' -; ;