HOSPITAL COLLECTION

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8353, 13 February 1913, Page 5

HOSPITAL COLLECTION

AEEANGEMENTS FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. BANDS TO ASSIST. A very successful meeting of tho ladies’ committee in connection with Hospital Saturday and Sunday collections, which are to be taken up on February/ 15th and 16th, was held in the Hospital and Clharitable Aid Board's office yesterday afternoon. Mrs J. Coaber presided, and the final allocation of stations was made. Instead of the usual badge for exemption being given after a contribution has been made, a souvenir postcard will be issued to those who donate one shilling and upwards. It is a beautiful “work of art. and is taken from a drawing by Mr Archibald G. Anderson. It depicts a nurse in characteristic attitude standing over a hospital collection box, while in the background a heart locket is held open by two cupids, and from it a stream of money is pouring into the “red-cross” box. The souvenir is entitled "It is an open heart to-day for the Hospital.” It is trusted that the appeals made by the volunteer collectors will not be in vain. The Wellington Brass Bands have come to the fore as far as .the hospital is concerned. The Mission Band will assist on Saturday night, playing in various parts of the citv. The Salvation Army Band plays in the Hospital grounds on Sunday afternoon, and the Wellington City Band. Jupp’s Brass Band, and the Wellington City Tramways Band are to plav a combined programme in Newtown Park the same afternoon, when the nursing staff of the Wellington hospital will be the collectors. The Miramar Brass Band will play at Miramar, and the Waterside Workers’ Band will play at Day’s Bay on Sunday.