HOSPITAL SUNDAY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 44, 15 November 1907, Page 9

HOSPITAL SUNDAY.

COMPETITION AMONG THE HOTELS, j Hospital Saturday and Sunday is to take place oil December 7 and 8, when all .Wellington will •be -asked to give: once .more. There are always any amount of calls on the pockets of;the' people in this : city, but none is usually responded to so heartily as the-call of the sick and niaimed on Hospital Day... Thero are people who object to baud performances oil' Sunday; and refrain from giving on that day as tho method of inducing subscriptions runs counter to their ideas about .the observanco of tho .Sabbath. On this occasion these people will haye an opportunity • of- giving on the Saturday through! the medium of an army of Wellington's nicest girls, who will mesmerise the nimble sljilling by a mere look, a pleading word, -and if- that -fails,- by- more- forcible means., - Ono of tlie best avonues of collection aro the liotols and clubs. - Last year quite a respectable sum was realised if roin boxes placed in conspicuous places-iij'such premises. A healthy rivalry was set up, which promises to be repeated this year! In order to show how much was collected in oach hotel Inst year, wo have been requested to publish the following return (which has hitherto not apoeared in print)':— I Empire, 9s. llj'd.; Pier, 3s. j New Zeajander, 118. Bd;,-j Wellington,'Bs;; Brunswick, ss. 3d.:; Britaiinia, Bs. 4d.;' Newtown, ,ss. sjd.; Caledonian, 10s. 8d;; Grand, £3 3s. 4d.; Alhambra, £1 12s, o}d.; Imperial, 15c. Bd.; Cambridge,'Cs. 2d.; Terminus, £1 13a. 10d.; Cricketers',-' Arms,-. ss. 4d.; Park, 7s. Bd.; Thistlo Inii, £1 Is; 6d.; Royal. Tigerj 2's. ;lld.; Prince .of Wales; Is. Bd.; Princess Theatre, ss. lid.;' Tramways, 6s. 3(1.'; Victoria,,4s. 2d.; Panama, lis. 2d.; Commercial, £5 14s. lOd.; Foresters'- Arms, £7 16s. Id.; Clyde Quay, os. 4d.; City,''4s; J&y, Masonic;-Bs. 10d; Grosvenor, 135." 9d.; Albion, £1 4s. 4.} d.: jllailway, lis, lOd.; White Swan, -Bs.- 9d.; Club, 19s. ljd.; Ivilbirnie, ss. 4id. ;»Occidontal, £l_ss. sd,.;.Royiil..Oak, 7s. 'Id.; Post Office, 6s. 9d.; Cccil, £3 ss. 4d.; National, 13s. lOd.; Albert, 10s. ojd.; Duke of Edinburgh, £1 Is.. 9d.; Shamrock, 17s. Bd.; Princess, os. 6d.; Star and Garter, 3s. Ojd.; Barrott s, 10s. 9d.; Esplanade, 3s. 7d.; Al, 17s. ; City Buffet, £2 4s'. 2Jd.; Metropolitan, 2s. lOd.; Central, £l'lSs. 6d:; Shepherd's Arms, fis. lOd.; Palace, 10s. 6d.; To Aro, 12s. 7Jd.; Clarendon, £1 17s. 3Jd.; Island Bay, 3s. 9d.; Working Men's Club, £2 12s. 9d.; Civil Servico Club, 10s. 2d.; Commercial Travellers' Club, 7s.' 6d.

1 At Pe'tone:—Empire, 6s. 6d.; Central, Is. 4d.; Grand National, 6s. Id.; Victoria, Is.; Working Men's Club, lis. lid. The' Foresters' Arms'ranked'first and the Grand second last year—which will head tho list this year? The names of the hotels and the contributions receivod through this means will be published in The Dominion as soon as the list is ready.