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Hokitika Guardian, 27 October 1925, Page 2

lx the ouii'-r of an address the National candidate lor Auckland Central. Mr F. S. Alortnn. made a stirring appeal on behalf of Ft. Helen's Hospital'. 1L- pointed out these intsitutions, when established by Mr SVddnn. were intended lor the benefit of people who could not well aflord maternity expenses, and they had fulfilled noble and valuable service to the euiiimunity. But the Reform Government'. pnrpese of handing them over to hospital boards for adminis-

trillion threatened to turn them into money-making ions. thus practicnlly ext ingui-hing the purpose of their roomier. It hehnvcil the people ot New Zeahliel to see that so grave a disservice to the public welfare was not porinit ted. Another serious hanilieiip nniler which St. Helens Hospitals were now labouring. sail] Mr Morton. was in their over-taxed condition. loth in the matter of nursing staff anil accommodation. It way a matter demanding the serious and urgent consideration of the Minister for Health. It was difficult to find women of the right type to take up tr.aining in this department of nursing. They were called upon to go on at till times of the day, and night, hut instead ot every convenient e being supplied to lighten their work the -St Helen's nurses were not even provided with means of conveyance to the homes they had to visit. This was wrong. The nurses were playing a great part in the service of the nation, vet instead of having eonifortahlc living quarters their accommodation was cramped and inadequate. This was a matter, declared the speaker amid applause, in which the Government should he forced by the

community to take action, and immediate action. Work at St. Helen's Hospitals was more strenuous and greater than that of public hospital nurses, who were supplied with means of transport denied to those at St lielens. At the conclusion of the candidate’s address a resolution was unanimously carried to the effect that the attention of the Government and of the Health Department he drawn to the urgent necessity of remedying: existing unsatisfactory conditions, and the immediate need of provision for the conveyance of St Helens Hospital nurses to their eases with the least possible delay.