Taumarunui Hospital

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 32, 21 February 1930, Page 5

Taumarunui Hospital

Radio Fund R. E. VIVIAN, secretary of the fund for the possession of a radio installation in the Taumarunui Hospital, writes: The Broadcasting Company have generously offered to relay a concert from here and broadcast it from Wellington, We are now drawing up 2 programme to submit to them for their approval, As regards our appeal, we have had our trials and tribulations. The hospital district is composed of those counties and the borough. The counties contain farmers who pay high hospital rates, and who think our appeal is rather like the last straw that broke the camel’s back, though one brought in two dogs and sold them at the saleyards, adding £4/7/- to the fund. Then in the counties we have a large group of bushmen and mill employees, the nature of whose work unfortunately often leads:to hospital. The employees of some of the mills have given freely to the funds. As these people pay no rates we had expected a little response from them., Lastly, we have a few townships where we are trying to awaken interest. Your correspondent evidently is keen, and if it is not a breach of editorial etiquette I would be .obliged if you could give me his name, so that I could write to him and try to get him to form a local committee. His city Ohura is the centre of the Ohura County, in which district we have had practically no support. The other two counties are the Taumarunui County and. the Kaitieke County. From each of these counties and from Taumarunui we had expected to get about £50. So far we have been unable to gain: many helpers outside the borough, and though we have collected £80 here we have only got about £20 outside. However, we have just started, and are optimistic. [Should our correspondent in the issue of February 7 wish to adopt the suggestion put forward by Dr. Vivian we a advise him to write direct. -Hd.