THE WELLINGTON BENEVOLENT INSTITUTE.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5496, 7 November 1878, Page 3

THE WELLINGTON BENEVOLENT INSTITUTE.

A meeting of tbe above body was held on Tuesday evening, at which tbe following gentlemen were present Mr. Jonas Woodward (in thechair), Yen, Archdeacon Stock, Rev. B. W. Harvey, Rev, R. Coffey, Revs. Messrs. Reid, Paterson, Bumbell, West, Redstone, Potter, Trivett, Williams, and Harrington, and Messrs. Holdsworth, Lewis, Bishop, Lipman Levy, H. C. Wilson, and J. E. Smith. A number of cases were considered and relieved, after which A letter from Miss Greenwood, on behalf of the Wellington Ladies’ Christian Association, relating to the establishment of a home for destitute women was read. The association expressed itself particularly anxious to bespeak tho advice and assistance of the Benevolent Institution in a matter which appears to lie so much within its province, and recommended that a cottage should be built, bought, or rented for the purpose of establishing a home. Considerable discussion arose upon the subject. Ultimately tho following resolutions were moved and carried : Moved by the Rev. J. Paterson, seconded by Tj. Levy, Esq., and carried unanimously,— (1) That it is not deemed desirable at the present time to take steps for providing house accommodation for women just discharged from gaol; *2) that towards the rent of a suitable house for women leaving the Hospital, who have no immediate employment or home to go to, also those who, either from being strangers or in poverty, or from other causes, find themselves in sudden need of temporary lodging, the committee will cheerfully contribute 15s. weekly for a period of six months ; (3) the committee will be prepared to assist by a contribution from its funds every case (on its merits) that may be referred to it by the Welllegton Ladies’ Christian Association ; (4) that as tbe voluntary labors of the Wellington Ladies* Christian Association include an important branch of the necessary benevolent work, application should be made to the Hon. the Colonial Treasurer, asking that the ordinary contribution to its funds may be supplemented £1 for £l, as in the case of the Wellington Benevolent Institution. It was also proposed that, for the obtaining of reliable data respecting the best means of dealing with women just discharged from gaol, the. secretary be requested to write to the Bean of Christchurch, the Rev. Dr. Stuart, of Dunedin, and Dr. Mannaell, of Auckland, for information as to the working of the several institutions in their respective cities established for that object. The meeting then adjourned.