HOSPITAL SATURDAY

Southland Times, Issue 17596, 7 March 1914, Page 6

HOSPITAL SATURDAY

Tt )-l i.A VS < 'AM PA M.'N. Tom' nspeopl e~ a lid country visitors will to-day no doubt have less peace than is ordinarily Hie case ,1,1 a Saturday, the occasion being the annual Hospital Saturday collection. Hut. as has been the case since the inauguration of the scheme, they Mill no doubt remain unperturbed and submit to the ordeal of having, in order to promote peace, to produce tho nimble shilling, sixpence, or threepence, or. if finances permit of no extravagance, the humble “broM'n” will stave off attacks. The purpose for M'hich the collection is made is a laudable one, and doubtless it will receive the support due to il in the shape of plentiful supplied of current coin of the realm. The ladies Mho undertake . the not-at-all-plcasant Murk of demanding passers-by to stand and deliver deserve encouragement for their self-sacrificing efforts, and this fact should not tie overlooked. (Age fret 1 item I,v hears il said that the Hospital is not at present in need of financial assistance, but Mith institutions of the kind il is doubtful Mhether at any (into plenty of room cannot he found for expenditure M'hich Mill make for material improvements, the benefits from M'hich are difficult to assess. II has. however, to he pointed nut that in addition to the Hospital Iho follmving lost i t til ions also receive eaeli their share of the amount col loot ed : —-St. •lolin's Ambulance. Plunkel Nurse, fiisI rift Nurse. Victoria Home. Sixpenny ''pithing ('lnly Patients' and Prisoners' Aid Society, and the Hlnff Sailors’ Rest. These necessary institutions have to he kept going hy voluntary subscriptions, and Hie assistance provided by tho Hospital Saturday movement relieves the officials of each from a great deal of anxiety, as it also to a great extent precludes the necessity for a separate canvass having to lie made for each institution. The latter fact alone is one worthy of consideration, .and il is lo he hoped that to-day the response Mill he a ready and substantial one.