HOW THE MINERS SUPPORT THE GREY RIVER HOSPITAL.

Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 185, 21 March 1867, Page 3

HOW THE MINERS SUPPORT THE GREY RIVER HOSPITAL.

' :^ i -tt6^mi::l^L^f^^:fGr&j''Jliver Argus.) Sm^WtOst icerteiii of Mr Fox's remarks oil this subject, in your Tuesday's bear a special, application ttfgthe 'tSt'T' ° f th< * and a more Extended ■aigjMca.rice, fc^^jJjtJot y + a renect^whicli^ c - be cs \at withoot duly conlxave b %c first place, the means^^^iarly'nnni , subscript, W eml^the miners, ail^^^^^^^^ft^i|^M """ ■ need scarcely ref ci^llMiPiHlSHHPiP '.. ;*^ %viacljudicated upon/ at : Ho^^^| o-SecondlyY I -would say, that the rery| the means' referred to by flfisi s yPbx for collecting subscriptions is about as faulty as it is possible for anything to" be, for experience certainly shows that "donation boxes," whether in police courts as " poor boxes," or at church dor>rs as '" sabbath offerings," or in public build,ings as " chariLable donations," .ire the least effective mode of collecting subscriptions ; and 1 confess I think it a perfectly consistent objection to decline putting . anything into such receptacles, for who knows . when,.^«here. or Jraawhom ihisc boxes, are to Xi^p^pe^i^" Trust," you inay^ say "to : the respectability of 1 hose to v whom the office of collector is assigned," but -I say in reply I decline- your gentle•V;manly.proposal, and would rather prefer, * without desiring to make a display of my ■ innnnificence | pr generosity to give my jpffermgs iti'such way that I may be un- - ■{inustababiy^convinced of their proper appropriation. ; No doubt Mr Fox maybe well convinced thaf he pitujed his boxes in the most un- , >. exceptionable positions, and I can readily believe.it was so ; but I. can imagine posi- : tions in "^hich. you > might place similar v boxes, and in looking for whijh you ■would be far inorelikely to run your head against a brandy* bottle than the box -. ■' ' -itself i-*' But permit me a passing allusion to t'te proce jdiiigs of the Committee.' I . yep.tute:tt)'say, : theni thathad they taken advantage of Greymouth Races for getting up a something in support of the Hospital that many of the shillings and half-crowns' that are now finding? their way into : "Bvveepa" would Save been diverted into i a ntore charitaWe^chanhel. No ! Let it ' ; not be jsupposed that there exists a thorough vXsallou&6ss ot amongst the ininers on this subject, and- let it be borne in mind that where proper and reasonable 1 T means have been employed, as in the case ; of Mr JB^ Van- at Nelson Creek, and j an^itheri.s/ ,^ar ; instance since recorded, r but where 7l v now forget^ there the miners have.' as s willingly;, contributed as : others, ;; and I ani convinced: that were the means : of collection more direct and trustworthy than .they are soihetimes found to be, ■.. r such;- complaints would not have to be 'made against the digging fraternity; and it is because my 'occupation brings me f into more general intercourse with them ; than Mr Fox that I venture to refer to : what I know to be a general feeling amongst them. " lam&c, V^...W:v-^-: \ * A. W. > ■;;• Graymoiitlii 20th March, 1867- '