THE OLD MEN'S HOME.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9944, 20 January 1900, Page 4

THE OLD MEN'S HOME.

Wd weie informed to-day that one of tho inmates oi the Old Men's Homo, an old man named Hopkiuson, about 90 yonis ol age, )ms shaken the dust off his feet from thai institution, being fur from satisfied with his lot there, and not being desirous of being confined to his bed in the Home. He complains of little petty annoyances and constant irritation that many of the inmates are subject to, and states that Mr Gatenby, on his recent \Kil to tho Home, did not interview all the inmates. Despite the statements iiipdo by sonic ol the members nf the Ifn ud, dime smolv must ho a screw looso -miii win io whin an old man, DO yeais ul ago, who li is boon one of the most industiious and deserving' inmates in tho Home, declines to end his days there. We also uudcistand that the number of inmates in the Home is less than lias been tho case for several yeais past. What is the reason oi this s Is it beI'aiiso thcie aie fewer old people in Wanganui and distuct whose circumstances should compel them to sock a refuge there l ' We Hunk not. What then is the icaaon-' Cdio juisweis, What'