WIRELESS FOE PATIENTS VICTORIA HOSPITAL.

Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 27, 28 November 1929, Page 12

WIRELESS FOE PATIENTS VICTORIA HOSPITAL.

■■-~ •■'.'■....'. (To the' Editor); - < r Sijt-,—With: your kind permission I desire: on behalf of (the .-E^d Oross Society, to address an appeal to •vonr many .readers-In the hope that a contribution maybe made, which will add to the happiness of the patients undertreatment at the Victoria'- Hospital. : Some time ago an: appeal -T^as >nti<le for funds to ~&arry".-otit :the installation of Radio apparatus to enable the patients at the General. Hospital to on. joy the: benefit- of ;-mreiess programmes broadcasted, 'm^gh^he response was geriexbus, tfe: ; 'totßLl amoutit ' xeceTc-ed -was inadequate::'tp; permit of the ;vger-, : vice being extended to the Victoria Hospital, In this institution-.■the aged and infirm and those suffering.ehroiiie ..disability•' are,:being;r^"eated,;ajid we feel thM-' ail-^will iinan^oitsl^ugree i&at no effort should- be .spared, that -will strengthen the hands of those wl o are so nobly ministering to their neads, and which will give a richer measure* of happiness .to ,the patients eonceraed. Appreciating s what an; added joy wireless facilities wilfc^mean, the Sceiety has undertakeii to rais3 tho umount required i.e.,. #150. As. aijiioleus we -handing over £h. j. profits whcih. have accrued from the Red Gtoss Cafeteria at" the Oeneral Hospital, £50, leaving a balance M >o~find. Witi tae approval:of tl^^ba^vwe^are ! moting a Garden Fete early in'tie- IS^evy YeaT, but we- feel: it ;#putd be: a ftne < action and in keeping' with the approaching season of the Year, ":f tht Amount retired could be mad* avail-

able and the installation completed ii» the form of a ChTistinas Present.."Such, a sentirfcfent would be • a taagible expression of our' gratefulness for ilio blessing of health and strength and that we are not unmindful of Ih--se less favourably placed, - By way of attaining tkisr imd> we desire to* appeal to yoitr readers for support. Subscriptions marked "VICTORIA HOSPITAL BADIO FUND" "sent to the undersigned will be gratefully Teeeived and ackno-wrledged. Thanking you for the courtesy of permitting this trespass on your space, - - Tours v f aithfuUy, . M.S.%GALLOWAY, • '" Secretary Bed Crpss Society. p.Oßor 969, Wellington.