CORRESPONDENCE. HOSPITAL BOARD ELECTION.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18372, 4 May 1925, Page 9

CORRESPONDENCE.

HOSPITAL BOARD ELECTION.

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Sir.—l notice that ••ftatopayer"" » drawing attention in s'.iis morulas'* >*- su« of "Tho Press" to the fact that three Jiulios and three parsons will now sit on the above Hoard, ami queslioeing their ability to deal with **the intricacies of business-" involved in the Board's activities. We!!. >ir. o:ss i» very ready to admit- that business abisity js osk'ntial Mr this work. Ks* even the ordinary housewife oral v©*-scs-s something of this to make a snecess of her t'oatcstic establishment; and certain is it that all the oM women i« the world do not wear oeUicoats. It may he. by the way, thai they arc not worn at all nowadays, which i> all tho more pity ,vh*n trousers form so often such a poor disguise. And as to the '•parson*"- well they have not always b«*n parsons. 1 think I may say that all three ol u* are rather free lancts. Tlie writer had five years' business experience. LittK> enough, of course. Then again, 1 haw often had to point out *-> some of wj" business friends that if trtoy had to rim their businesses with irte labour and voluntary contributions tlwy raijdit appreciate'something of the parton s brilliant financial and administrative- abilities ! The business man has to supply a recognised demand for material commodities, the parson to create one for worshiu of tho Unseen, and for «r----vice to the cMnnuu:itv—not to raw- . tion sermons. But when all this »s said. I must admit that I shall nriss my keenly on the present Board oae or two whoso nast services as basaesa men wore most valuable to all coocerncd. Tho pity of it is that- th* Hospital possesses no regular medium of paW»ity of its own bv means of wftichtDe solid work of some of tho quiet members might, incidentally, become known to the community. -Yours etc., CLYDE CAHR. Sumner, .May 2nd, 19*>.