HELP TO SUFFERERS

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1417, 30 March 1905, Page 2

HELP TO SUFFERERS

TREATMENT OF POOR CONSUMPTIVES.

.(Per ‘Press Association.)

. . Wellington, last night. , A public meeting under the auspices of tho Hospital Trustees was hold to night to tako steps to medically aid .inaigont consumptives. The leading clergymen, many medical men, Government officials,!; and representatives of local bodies were A present. Tho .project before the 1 meeting/ was a proposal to raise £2OOO by public f subscription to build an annexe to the'! **j™ungton Hospital ’where poor people suffering from consumption may fae'i treated. It was unanimously agreed to raise fihe necessary sum. •

Dr Newman reported that he and Dr valmtine had already collected £450,n11i mfr. firms giving liberally, and another’ ±l5O was promised. He said he had noil doubt the whole sum would be collected 4 m a fortnight. :* will be set up to carry out fine details of tlie'scheme., . a no fc j WaS u Stated - Dr Mason that uearlv BUU deaths annually occurred in New Ze-" land from consumption, and that the l; sultant less to the State was over a quarter of a million storliug per year.

Spirited addresses were delivered bv Archbishop Redwood, Dr Gibbs, tho Chief'/ Justice (Sir Robert Stout), and others. * s A thorough canvass is to bo instituted : so os to enablo the work to be gone on with at once.