HOSPITAL RADIO.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 313, 19 December 1936, Page 5

HOSPITAL RADIO.

£2OO NOW IN HAND. Splendid Response To Stratford Appeal ; ' —— ■ The Stratford Hospital radio fun<l t street day appeal held yesterday’ bentou ted fully-.from-the presence of an ’unusually' large crowd, in town and The' amount of over £6l collected exceeded all ’• ' Tue total'amobnt is £2OB 14s sd, and the cbinmittee are confident of their ability' to reach the amount necessary for a complete installation serving.-all patients and staff. Most of the collecting boxes were in the hands of nurses from the public hospital, dressed in uniform, operated in relays throughout the day. Hie set and the pillow-phones Eb be installed at the hospital neMt week were displayed In Broadway.

More than £2O had been collected by midday and the nurses, wbo were assisted by residents of Stratfprd and hospital board members, set' out to reach £5O by the end of the day. The appeal was closed at 8.30 p.m. when the total was found to be £6l 7s lOd. The donations recived during the past week are as fpllow;; Pantomime proceeds. £7 2sj7d, per Mr. G. W. Were, Toko (Mr and Mrs L. Jardine £,l Is, Palmer Bakery 10s, T. Needham ss, J. Butler ss, E. Stallard ss, Mrs gangster 9s 6d, Mrs Skedge* well ss, C. H. Walson ss,- J. Davidson 3s, G. Were 3s, J. Casky 2s 6d, C. Lawrence 2s 6d, W. Sheriff 2s 6d, C. B. Neilson 2s 6d, A. J. Sextus 2s 6d, R. Bird 2s), £4 6s; per Mr M. Geever, Whangamomona (F. E. Baker 2s 6d, Mr. Geever ss), 7s 6d; public hospital, per Dr. W. Brown (M.M.S. ss, P. Norris ss, Anonymous ss, F. Bottin 2s 6d, H. Mills 2s 6d, a friend 2s), £1 2s; per Miss E. A. Robinson, district nurse, Whangamomona (M. P. Ford ss, J. Law ss, N. R. Cleland ss, F. W. Hathaway ss, S. H. Anderson 4s, Miss E. A. Robertson 4s, G. Gower 2s 6d, H. M. Ries 2s 6d, B. Neustrowski 2s 6d, H. J. Wilkinson 2s 6d, D. Childs 2s), £2; total, £136 4s Id.

W.D.F.U. Stratford branch £5. Taranaki Daily News Co. Ltd., £1 Is, Miss E. Sowerby, N.P., £l, W. H. Rudkin, Stratford, £l, Per Mrs E. McCoard, Matau: W. McCoard ss, E. McCoard ss, W. Rawlinson ss, L. Ayres 2s 6d, J. Milson 2s vi, A. W. Smillio 2s 6d, G. Cuthbertson 2s 6d, J. W. Knox 2s 6d, E. A. Rolfe- 2s 6d, P. A. Rolfe 2s 6d. H. Larsen 2s 6d, B. A. Rolfe 2s 6d, E. H. Larlen 2s 6d, C. S. Wallace 2s> 6d, G. Jensen 2s a. Smith 2s 6d, Jack Probert 2s, E. Evens 2s, R. Rawlinson 2s, J S. Valentine 2s, S. Ericksson 2s, A. Young 2s, C. Ericksson 2e, iotal £3 Is 6d. Street day appeal: £6l 7s 10d.; previous acknowledgment, £l2l 6s, Grand total; £2OB 14s sd.