THE OAMARU HOSPITAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 573, 4 March 1878, Page 2

THE OAMARU HOSPITAL.

TO Till', EDITOR OK TIIM UVKNINfi MAIL. " Oil, Unit tin; mischief-making crew Were rill reduced to one or two, Ami tlicy were painted rod or blue, That eveiy one know Ilium." Sin, —There is a <rood old precept in n Lrr,in<l old hook requiring of in;in, in all his ;>cfh of charity or benevolence, to bti e;:ivful not to let bis r is,'lit. hand know what, lii.s left, doeth, which, in this community at least, seems more honoured ill tin: breach 111;i11 Mm observance.

It may indeed be necessary or expedient, as sin inducement to others- to o.mtrilmlo to tho funds <.f tin: 1 lospital, i hat sJilisyriptioiis should be publicly acknowledged ; lull, the absurdly persistent ;tiid rancorous desire of one or two professed subscribers to allix n charge of negligence to those olheors whose duty it is (o set' Unit tho subscription lists aro duly published, betokens a sad want of that <'; ii isti.'ui charity which " vaunteth mo! itself, i.s not, easily provoked, and lliinUet.li no evil." The display of such a want, taken in connection with the similarity of tone, and the close analogy in •ho concluding sentences of the two letters ain ady published on (he subject, would. almost indicate that they were inspired !>y the fretful liiintl of one who is outsider tl'ie pale of that faith which has given Mrlli to the suhlitue virl no of charily at; ii is ii( lim aied ill (lie lio.spol.

I ibink and ! doubt not others also so. iiiink that the li-tt-.-•»• written by liny

S civtarv, and published in the .North. (iinji) Tiuirs on Saturday, would havo lu.Mii sulliciont (o prevent, any Hulmcrilior who had paid his subscription yiivr/vua'to tin. Kith of .lanuary from making tho .h liberate inis-stateinent that his snbserip-iio-i was never acknowledged, and, morcovi r. should most certainly have mado your correspondent panne before lie fouled the paper with such serious charges—charges founded simply on " information received," and that, from a pei'Hon whosa ignorance of facts i.s equalled only by the fertility of Ids imagination —an iinuginn■•ioii inl!allied apparently by petty nialice. a;i'l i.cl'i'ier-like spile. I'Voin my knowledge of the eharactor ainl disposition of the Secretary, I should imagine I here would be no dillieulty cx- |. lieticel by your correspondent in elicitin-; the information he seems .so desirous of requiring ; ami ! would commend hinti rather to lake fin; course of having an in-tei-view with that gentleman than allow

iiiuis.-.ill' in 1)<! the " <;.-i.l.'.h paw " of mm who, fur suiii'! peculiar purpose of -lis own. delights in slirrin;; up mini, audi w!io glorifies the mischief ho liuikes by tin- woiidi'iiusly misapplied term of '• Allow urn to thank you fur tfiviiifj mo space in your paper to express my lovu of Fair I'i.av.