The Ellesmere Guardian SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1891. HOSPITALS AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 947, 26 September 1891, Page 2

The Ellesmere Guardian SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1891. HOSPITALS AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.

! — A point of considerable importance t^ritftrdly^otfi^^s^ias JM*»tt Raised ir* Auckland. At the last meeting of the Charitable Aid-Board-there4heiallow_ l ng letter was read :~' To the Secretary \. of the Hospital Board. -■ Sir*^Vour not* ■;, 71K fwstn^^osKPH" biLviAY~-to~ -hand^ ' Wejhereoy tjig 'to- inform yoaitaia no 1 tymt\ immtion .to, jay to any persoi ' ithfer than' -Joseph Silvia "the siLk , 'benefits of this Lodge to irbich A he it ' entitled, an.d npttpjiiina until he is out Vof (he hos^taV'-Sjc^oSffj^Ui 'yotjr atn^jcfiCl&'thib ia»i; I timtjt,hDl^92 ~Z piWl*|i^)j pu^ljcTttifl.ittf|i6n, |n4^bc^ • ri>Bteni cf annoying patients by. oifficTals ' to pi tain inforrnatitlhasWtlie'ir means • and the indecent haste which is made : ' to tbtain control of the fame is a dis--1 j.Tace to our, community.' We are, etc, 'J. T. B; Dikes,' Secretary, Local ' United Brothers Lodge^.No .97s.' r f The Hoepi al Board said (we quoj:t, from the Press Association rej.brt), !.,f i* ; ' was high time now that all Friend. y c Society, people! should know that tu*** ' payments should be ; made. The ob • ject; of ;Er,iendly S6di6ties; was to dj'slrby the feeing' of pauperism amoi)gst wpirje- ' ing nicitby providing for them' in -sick- ' ' ' nesk- ; The Board i«bonld : :,roake_ na; ' uinifrtamT^oußi'd/b'ut tell; ! 'the' : Societies 'that the Board expected ito s t -rjec^i v%.jtKe! 'feick pay to' : whibtf' the*' vs'6\b6ri when snch?Tnembers were cared' I for \fyjfWj 'lißs^ijtfll. It was resolved I (jhat the lettter faiWD&yjtHt/jyx^., s&% I mxß*; W f ifafiifttieT|^ "tjljat tHe : BeanH I regret the, tone f of f the,. leiUr k ,a> ih«r lif ptise B^e'irard, : \va? 'merely •at tending ' to h}B duty m asking for the, mfpTniaf tiOn? .■ ; ; \" : V " ; ■'••:-■*•• -M^'!; [:A ,i:;..---c j Here we venture-to/4iff^!;W^:^|-rtiembers of the Boardj "Every^ man: -woman and chiltl.xincifc^e Country Is entitled' to the use of the Hospitals. These; institutions./ 'a_JRC ' ll(e' $tate; '6ni f ol ! jA%etf4g»eid fonfthat'Jtpiw 0 pose, and Jt,hty j^jp^tf 4^f Jjj^ji|f; jjattents pay for jfriviU geT-sif* -using! fcheux ia distinctly ialse,^!. ||j^ patf|nt*fs; possessed of private meariß,'andMchops«s of his own free wijj.itp^^y, f for : Ins '\kcicommodation, .that is' a different .matter, but) even m such: a cage iUe Bdp4 jshPuld^uavepo power ' to compel pajf-; |ment.fi .BSofr the •.pra^i^pfUihaltiflg; ) Societies- pay; for patients who may belong, to tHon^ i^! (s'.i^ply j^ndiaf^ndible. Tb© Societiea provide medical • attendance, 'for. their'^fgy^ri^'aj/^'/jpi^ their medical men Whether the members avail themsejves offtfieirf services or not; and besides, cPntrihtitel like /my other j citizens, to the support of the Hbsrjit'als.j One= great irid«i6ftdj^iit >tb join! such Societies is tlie consideration that Society wiir give thVhf' m wttwa^ci weekly sufficient ftp pr thsnpsejtes an< their families /rqin starving until thej are able to lesume thier occapationi • If this Allowance is to be sequestered b 7 •lie Hospitals, what are the wives ' and <nd families to live on while: the, bread dinner is ill? We h6pe ; that the United B'roSlveV.V ' will'make as firm! a .land, as the Board, and .fight the matter ito-4e ; -ftMi.iyi^lSi«tyl4|cide jlo :io sp, without douh't the other Societies ■•■-iT.rri. ,-, ilclJJlc : fr \J.iU[i f\f\CZ ] *ill stand by them! in ' tljeir %ddda«ur s tp assert and. rjiaititaint^ei^olear rights/