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Kumara Times, Issue 412, 21 January 1878, Page 2

When the ladies take anything in hand they generally mean business. We are led to make this remai-k from the fact that the ladies of Kuruara, having/ in solemn conclave assembled, resolved to establish a Benevolent Society, have set about doing so in the most pracbical manner; Oa Saturday they hunted the town in couples, and so crowned with success were their persuasive powers that we believe in no single instance was the mddest lequest for one shilling per month refused. Of course, the town has not yet been completely \ canvassed; bnt judging by the result of ' Saturday's work we feel sure that a' sufficient sum will be subscribed to enable them to relieve any cases of temporary distress likely to arise in our midst. There is nothing like systematizing charity, and we consider that the ladies who have so energetically taken tip this matter have set an example 1 that might well be copied by committees .composed entirely of the so*oailed ■ "'Lords of Creation." Might' it : not be ' to the advantage of-both institutions if: the Committee men «f the Kumara' Hospital Ward, and the ladies of the Benevolent Society were to lay their t

heads together—figuratively of course—and -amalgamate these charities? We merely throw this out as a suggestion.