HOSPITAL ELECTIONS.
i (To the Editor of t_e Qeraia.J
. -Sir, — The reasoning of- the press upon the results of the Hospital Board elections amuses nie. It is vety much man's logic, ' 'il ighjls -i ",i*s - righti?' .-' and • '. success gpetfls justification 'of undemocratic methods. There are lessons to be -learnt from the failure of the Momen, and of the Labor party' to return their candidates, but-\tliey. are. not those th^it appear on the surface: Ii thihk^ considering they ihjniense disabilitiies under "ivhich tbey work,- that tliey •> did not do- so badly. 'As for '^.forgiveness'" .'that- hardly ei)tei*iS . into tho questibn', they are, or snouldi "be,, working for principles, not personalities. Referring to the sentence m your issue, of the -26th, "meddling m affairs that .have, hitherto, been . tolerably wjpll managed: by nieh','- that agaiiv- depends solely upon one's' point of view. To this as ; i"n bther matters the woman's is -often different .from the man's, and for that reason valuable and Useful. .Tlialikinjr von foi 1 * A>"6hr./C6itrtfes^.~— r am, eto., * ..-'■/,.: ■ '■ vv ' . - .. n.w. ,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14284, 28 April 1917, Page 5
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