AN HOSPITAL.

Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1325, 20 October 1884, Page 2

AN HOSPITAL.

; :. : iFeilding Star); 1 ; ; 1: : ( A Our conteinporarj, the Manawatu. Daily Times, invites our support to a movement m the direction of having an hospital erected m the centre of the district including the Mans* watu and Oroua. It is needless • tbf ;1 say that any such movement ' will J have our hearty support' "in eyery - " possible way; The oMef difficulty ; . I to be overcome is that of persuading ' people to believe that such an insti*.; tutjion is absolutely necessary. After i that obstacle is overcome the rest'iseasy. Money ior putting uj^asuifci 1 ' able 'building" cculd ; "be > raisdd it i^' r; abundance from , all sorts and cqn» '- ditions of men, and especially among r-, those who are liable.at any moment, : from, the nature of. their employment' i to sudden and! unavoidable accident!" m the forest. No man gives forihia*own sakej for each believeiß' •himself to be'the'possesstirjbfj^mmuiiitj' from s . a<3cideut or danger. / -".All men' v think all 'men mojtal but them* selves," bat to make proyision jt or hii mates _ each .member of a .party :■.-. cwilLv; be willing to pay his > mite, and so. : ay» very sufficient re v enue- ' would soon : be made up, A very ' excellent 7 ; scheme; similar to' that adopted ra 1 Hokitika some years , ago, was pr,<j» !', posed a few months ago by ourcpn^ : j temporary, ,aud. we would . snggeat-ni to; him that he republish it for- they* general benefit of those who take a warm interest m the alleviation of the pains of their fellows. In any movement m -this connection^ we not f .hink the Marton people arft likely to interest themseves,-! for the Wanganui Hospital . is v convenient enough ; besides accident^are not " of. trequent oco.urrence<there*' to per* so;ns who have an hospital to look iq. We do not know, wheth^r^^^. merston is a better' situatibnj.iKaSi, Feilding for a sita, but if land is Already provided m the former plac« for the purpose by all means let it be utilised as soon as circumstances will allow. ' We sincerely hope* that the question of " ipcaJity ",will »n^4-j---be aliovyed to interfere with a- .quess'l tibn Where only the ''quality ~of., irf mercy " is concernfcd, bat that each district will try which can do the> most towards so desirable an, object. ; ( [We shall take an early opportunity, •., of complying with the suggestion contained m. the- above.] . „ s . ,