CORRESPONDENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 52, 20 February 1908, Page 4

CORRESPONDENCE.

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T-, the Kditor. Sir.—lt wa- willi l!i,u I road iii yum columns that tin- < !iurital»3;Aid Hoard had refund to gram a liit'e further av>iMance to "Alex, tlie Ureek.'' and with >oiir permission would like to point, out the position to I!h« puMi-. Tin' old man h.i*- now leached ilk* nj S7 or SS. and lias been in t!,t* colony for >ome .111 years withoul d"lnu a -,\ "r injii>ti<<* to anyone. During the l;i-t four or ii\i» years lie h:is Ih-i-ji unable to dn ;>n\ tiling lof himself, ainl were ii not for ill.- kindlier < ( f a neighbor uould have many a day \.iihnil a meal. ami probably without oliiciV knowledjic h;i> lioin- »o. Some year or luo aj»o lie wa- in bad health and -pf n .t ->hoii lime in both t lit* 11 •--1> ii l and l lie Old IVople"> Home. hilt hi- >ta\ ill I in* lauer place wa-* of very >!iorl duration, a> he -ay-, to hi- inability lo conform to regulation-, no ilonot liy the fact that lie i- a foreigner and wnaldc to nmicr-i uul whit was reipiiivd of him. and tho-e \\ : m were not well acquainted with hi- manlier of -p< t'rh wonhl find il diii'u till '• » follow hi- conversation. Thi.- i- ; nut Vversion of lie- matter, bin I think would U- -sotm'W hen- near ihe potion, lie N old and crotchi'tty. and .like im.-si <dd-*r-ly people. think> that -iri<-; rule- :u----made <>\u\ t<o- particular ul»cr\ I not under>iaiidinj: that one and all aic treated alike. However, that is a- it may he. hut the attitude of tie* I'oaid in l'efiMiij: to increase the pittance I'm a man to live on from b> to *itl per week sivors very much of the uncharitable. The contention is that he could l»e kept in the Home for the sum* amount, hut -urely the Hoard do net wish to dictate to anyone the e\ac! place he must lake up his domicile? If he e»»uld live in |>eaco on 7s fid per wctk out of the Home, why force him to «jo there where he would lie uncomfortable and unhappy? I might say that owiuj: to* want of proper nourishment lie h\*. had to lie removed to the Hospital suffering from an acute attack of dy>eutrv, mal-assimilation of improper Tool for an old man being no doubt a factor in bringing on the attack. Mad the increased aid been given whm asked for some time previous the chances are that he would not to-day Ik* an inmate of the Hospital, where it will take mure thin the paltry 7s fid to keep him.- 1 am. etc.. THOS. 15VCIIANAX. Waitarn. February 18.