WELLINGTON BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4368, 15 March 1893, Page 3

WELLINGTON BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.

Tho Wellington Bpn«vok»nt Hocloty Ti mitces hold ilmir uim&l woi'kly mooting yesterday afternoon. Frcwnt— Itev. H. Vnu biavurun (chairman), Eobboll, Hcaton, Q. Boothnui, McKoniie, Lancaster and Willcsum, A woman with fivo children applied to a passage to where her husband is omploycd. Tho wonmn (stated that tho landlord had eolistsd her household eSeots as sbo owed JJt 10s for runt. The Trustees decided that if she produced a loiter Ifotu lior lumlatid that he would mnintain her they would grant the passage. A woman with five children, whose husband in ill in tho hospital, was granted mtions and Ca fop rent, The woman also had two oi her children m the hospital suffering from typhoid fever. ,s A young widow with four children, the eldest being only seven yours, applied for assistance, and it was decided to grant rations. Another widow with eoven children, one of whom was earning .£1 per weak, asked for help. She was willing to work at anything she said, butane could not obtain employment. Rations were granted. Yet another widow, who also bail [ seven children, ranging from 2£ to 18 years, applied for aid. It was stated that the poor woman had done her level best to provide for her ohitdren, and the Chains an. reproved her. for not applying for aid beforo. They did hot want people to starve. Bationtt were granted. At this stage the Mayor, who had been present, left the room, staling that he had had enough to niufce him miserable for the real of the week. Ln ablo-bodied man, who stated that he hud intended going home, hut h»d bi;en drugged in one of the | public houses and had lost all his money, asked to bo üßitmnl. His swag, he explained, was «t the Manawatu Kailway Station, and if he could jprocuro it, he would clear out. The Trustees decided to obtain tho 1 swag. Mr Deatham :Ho wants more than that, The Ciiairraan i Well, be won't uat'lt, ■. H»> hhould not go into the public lioose,—Times.