CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2856, 9 December 1908, Page 41

CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL.

CHILDREN'S WARD WANTED.

PUBLIC-SPIRITED LADIES*.

(From Oub Own Correspondent.) CHRISTCHURCH, November 27.

Among the many needs of the Christchurch Hospital is a children's ward. At present such children as are admitted have to be accommodated in the adult wai-ds, which is neither good for the children nor for the adults. The board is faced with the necessity of providing a women's ward, of increasing the ordinary accommodation, and of rebuilding part of the present buildings, so that, although it recognises the need of a children's ward, there is not much likelihood of the board providing the ward in the near future, especially as this year it has to take over the consumption sanatorium with a liability of several thousand pounds. A committee of ladies has therefore undertaken to try to raise the money required for the erection of a children's ward. It includes the wives of a number of doctors, the matron and two of the si«ters at the hospital, and Mrs Rhodes (3), and has for president Mrs Julius. The ladies have set themselves to raise £2500, and intend making a house-to-house canvass in the city and establishing branch committees with similar duties in the country districts.

Phea«an(* and Calif ornian quail are rapidh increasing in the eastern parts of the Wairarapa. This is attributed to the fact that settlers have discontinued the use of poisoned grain for rabbit destruction, in fa\onr of pbosphorised pollard and toxa. Pheasants and quail aje not partial to the latter poisons. — Age.

Mari Pellegrin, a cook, in her sixtieth year, employed by a bank manager at Nice, has just won a lottery prize of £10,000. She has asked permission to stay in her present position on the understanding that tfae no longer receives wages from her employer, and that she can hire an assistant, bo that she may enjoy a little more leisure.