Shanghai, Apr. 17.
AN appeal for more assistance to the Lester Chinese Hospital the Shanghai community was made at the annual meeting of hospital subscribers which was held yesterday evening.
Various references to the difficulties through which the institution was passing were made by several speakers, all of whom referred to the splendid work which the hospital was doing in Shanghai. Mr, A, H. George, H. M, Consul-General, presided at the meeting which was well attended.
Before the meeting subscribers were shown around the various departments, Supporting Mr. A, H. George were Messrs. FW. Poaie, G. A.
'J, H, Liddell and the Rev. A. Baxter, trustees; and Mr. E, 8, Elliston, secretary.
Before proposing the adoption of the report and accounts, Mr. George referred to the work of the hospital. He stated that the few simple words "emergency cases are seen at any time, day and night" had a world of significance. 'Those few words meant that a complete staff had to be kept fon tiptos all hours of the day and night throughout the year, including nurses, telephone operator, engineering staff, and repre: sentatives of almost every' other component part of that large Institution,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.