CHINAMAN'S GRATITUDE .
GIFT TO HOSPITAL. About a year ago the Wellington Hospital Board received from Willi© Cliung Sing, a resident ol Hobart, a. sum of £2O in appreciation of tho care and attention he had received 40 years previously when he was a patient in th© hospital. Stating.that he feels that his appreciation was insufficiently expressed by his former gift, Mr Sing lias now sent the board a further £3O At a meeting of th© board recently Mr H. F. Toogood suggested that the £3O might be handed to tin* Chinese patriotic, funds. “Mr Sing appreciates our services, but we ap preciat© eVen more what the Chinese arc doing for us today,” he said. “They are doing a great work tor civilisation.” IV. R. Welton-Hogg supj>orted the proposal, paying a tribute to tho
Chinos© effort in holding up Japanese aggression. The chairman, Mr fCastle, said the board’s staff would ascertain whether it was legal to dispose of the money in that way
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXI, Issue 15238, 31 December 1942, Page 4
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