QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL.
INSPECTION BY HON J. G. COATES (Special to th© ** Star.”) CULVER DEN, January 26. Tliis morning the Hon J. G. Coates, accompanied by Mr G. W". Forbes, M-P.. inspected the Queen Alary Military Hospital at Hamner, where there arc about eighty patients- Gardening and sports arc the compulsory aim of the institution, the object being to get the men to do a little light work. The treatment has proved particularly successful. The necessity for an improved water supply was brought under the Minister’s notice by the officer commanding, Major Chisholm, and by Mr J. Dodds. On behalf of the residents. Major Chisholm said that the present wooden pipes had out-lived their usefulness, and the whole system, was in danger of collapse. Mr Dodds said ihat with a better system, the township could get tlie benefit of electric light. The Minister promised to look into both aspects of the question.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16335, 26 January 1921, Page 7
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