Scuffles in a Hospital

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 340, 22 January 1937, Page 8

Scuffles in a Hospital

WHEN MEN CAME TO REMOVE FURNITURE There was a scrimmage at the •National Hosiptal for Dentures, Hugh street, Pimlico, England, recently between the staff and men from a furni;ure firm, .who took away furniture vhich was later returned. Mr Leopold E. Cannon, chairman of die hosiptal committee later stated: “Eight men arrived with a furniture van. They went into a waiting room iud were thought to be patients waiting for treatment. “They entered the board, room and removed some chairs, which they took to their van. “There was a slight scrimmage, and the police were sent for. Peace has not been made. Representatives of the furniture firm are sleeping at the hos- ; pital at night. Members of the staff ! are in the next room. j 'T’he heroine of the episode, Miss | Catharine Day, superintendent of the I hospital, told the story to a Daily Bketch reporter. “A number of hefty men called at the hosiptal and demanded to remove the furniture, one of them made his way from the chairman’s room to the top floor, where two typists were engaged. These typists, Mrs Leven and Miss > Terry, barred his way and despite his : persistence succeeded in bolting 4 the : door on the inside and preventing him • from entering. i Mr Macdonald, the Secretary of the i hospital, said they are about three • months in arrears with payments on ! the furniture. i The hospital was opened in 1935 for • providing free dentures to the poor, and has several centres in the proi vincas.