Waiho Charitable Aid Committee.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 December 1921, Page 4

Waiho Charitable Aid Committee.

LETTER TO HOSPITAL BOARD. (To the Editor). Sir,---We should be pleased it you would print overleaf report ot the Wailio Charitable Aid Committee. I am etc., JOHN SCHILLING, Hon. Secretary W.C.A.C. (Knclosphk). At a meeting of the Mailm Chat liable Aid Committee held mi Dee. 3rd. the Secretary was instructed to send the following letter to the Hokitika Charitable A ill Run rd : At the opening of the meeting, niter the Board’s letter had been lead, the Secretary explained his apparent «e----iuissiless, lie stated that he had been trying to get a meeting, but that always something interfeied to gel the settlers together. The Seri clary was exonerated, a> all here undcrsiaud l In* difficulty of getting the people to meet in the busy spiing n with D e ab-

ominable weather we hnv ’ ad lately. Be handing over I*2oo to the ‘ B aid collected for nurse’s cottage. This Committee at their meeting of September Üb, 1020, acquainted the Board that this money will be Implied ovei wheii we have a full guatnnle** that the Boaid is going on with the building. At last meeting it was decided not to hand over the money until stub time when the building i- well in baud and that t-his Committee will retHiii tne money to tlie settlers if nothing haLeeii done within six months time.

We beg to point out that a surveyor lias been here about live months ago. He happened to strike three days wet weather and cowld do nothing to lay oil the gioitnd as he had to reiiirn to his other work. Since then nothing lias been done. Also there seems to be something very illogical in the faet that your Board is prepared to buy Donovan * cottage if it was Bn sale. At the same time your Board nisj-.; to put on an win borate building eosling appioximatclv UlddU. We hope ymn Board understands that we w ant an ordinal y residence, not a hospital. IB* contribution to furnishing nuis**’cottage.— We are prepaid! * l ' send ymn Board C2O as promised, and to point nut to you that this with Government subsidy will make C! I, oi about a quarter of your expenses. Some very caustic remarks weic made as legards the Ll<(» expenses. The application "t Sifter Gunn l“i an increase in salary wa< unanimously approved ot. as she is assutedly doing some vorv sitcnnmis work in tins district which would u*st tlie stteugtli of many a man. ,J. GREEN. Chairman W.C.A.C. .1. SCHILLING. Don. See. W.C.A.C. Wailio Gorge. Dee. hh, 1021.