Meeting to Establish Position of the Trustees An extraordinary meeting of sub-cribers was held last Friday evening the Shantung Read Hospital in connection with the Lester Chinese! Hospital. The meeting was called to consider the terms of originating summons to be submitted to Il, B. M. Supreme Court.
Mr. C. Mi, Bain, chairman of trustees, presided and was. supported by the Rev, E. Box, Mr. Ells Pog, and Mr. E. Elliston, trustees. After the honorary secretary, Mr. E. S. Elliston, had read the notice convening the meeting, the Chairman said:— meeting has been called at the tuprestion' of our toga avisers fu order that the position of th hospital trustees may be more clearly defined. Our original trust deed wes drawn up in the year 1846, [81 years ago, and although it may] Fave keen quite suitable to those carly days, when both the Settlement and the hospital were much smaller than they are now, it dues rot quite meet the needs of the pestling 20th century. With the Jcammunity's demands on our ser vice, as we know them to-day, ant} with the' generous Lester lerncy which we have recently received, it absolutel, easontial that—the trustees should shoulder—their responsibilities on a more practical] und businesslike basis, and that ths themselves should know exactly] what their duties and powers ar: 'These powers are not very clearly' defined in the original trust deed.
\d the object of this meeting is to request your support and approval that we should go before H. B. M, Supreme Court for confirmation' of our position. These powers, which fave been drawn wcearslanee with the spirit of the ginal trast dood as far as €a3 row be sreertained, are laid down vith the idea of extending our hospital activities and giving larger end better service to the community whom we serve, this extension having been made possible by the most welcome legacy to which have just referred.
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