The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-06 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE-

THE ROWLAND HILL BENEVOLENT FUND.

Sir,—l desire, with yourkind permission, to make
a very special and earnest appeal to the ppblic oft
behalf o! the Rowland Hill Benevolent Fund, of
which I am a trustee, and which has for its object
the relief and assistance of Post Office employc.4
dis:retsed from poverty, age or infirmaty, and of
their widows and orphans through -,ut the Unitel
Kingdom. When it is remembered that the number
of persons employed in the Post Office is over 53,000
and that cases of distress are very frequent and
pressing, the absolute need of some such organisa-
tion as this becomes apparent,
It is not for a moment suggested that the remt.-
neration given to Post-Office employes is less
libel al than it should be, but u that, I venture to urge
is that the necessary and unavoidable conditions of
the service bring about, in many instances, distress
and hardships which, though unable to be allevi-
ated by a public department, spendingpublic money.
might well and very appropriately be dealt with
through the charitable and compassionate aid of the
trading community. and of private donors through-
out the country. I may mention incidentally that
while such of the employees of the Post Office, as
have served over 10 years are entitled to a.pension
on retirement, proportionate to the length of their
service, persons who have been less than 10 years in
the department, and who through illness or other
causes are obliged to give up their situations, recsive
nothing but a small gratuity. In the case of the
pensioners, the grant absolutely ceases on the death
of the individual, a..d it is no case continued to his
widow or orphans It is obvious, therefore, that in
such a state of things very wide scope is afforded to
public benevolence to deal with the numbers of in-
stances in which incapacitated Post Office servants
and their families, and the widows and orphans of
former employes, are involved in great destitution
and distre:is.

I venture to think that owing to the peculiar
conditions incident to the daily work of most of tt:t.
Post Office, their exposure to inclement weather and
consequent tendency to contract dangerous ailments
they have a special claim upon the sympathy of the
public. Again, the very fact of employment in
postal work betokens that the employes are pet sons
of exceptionally high character and honesty, and fit
to be ei,trusted with the delivery of those import-
ant communications so indispensable to the con-
duct of trade and commerce throughout the
country, and to the tequirements of family and
public life.

- The Rowland Hill Benevolent Fund has hitherto
been so modestly conducted that perhaps its very
existence, and, certainly, its needs and merits, have
not come prominently before the charitable public.
Its annual income is only about £570, aud the dona-
tions lust year amounted to £lOO. From thes.,
sources temporary help was rendered to 74 appli-
cants during the last 12 months, but the smail
amount at the disposal of the trustees unfortunately
precluded them from dealing adequately with many
distressing cases brought to their knowledge.
It is almost impossible to discuss any question
bearing on the Post- Office Department, especially
in reference to the welfare of its
officers, without recurring to the great loss recently
sustained by that department by the death of the
late lamented Postmaster-General. The trustees
of the Rowland Hill Fund have, therefore, resolved
to associate his honoured memory with tits object
by setting apart a limited portion of it—to be
called "The Fawce:t Memorial Fund"—for the
benefit of those employes or their widows or orphans
who may be afflicted with blindness,
In all these circumstances, I have thought it
right to open a special fund at the Mansion House,
to enable the public to contribute to this very deserv-
ing charity; and I earnestly commend it to the
attention and sympathy of the country.-.... 1 am, Sir,
your obedient servant,

GEORGE S. NOT rAGE, Lord Mayor.
The Mansion House, London, Dec. 3

DIED.

PARDOE. —On the 29th ultimo, at the Lye, Thomas
William Pardoe, formerly He id Master at the
Oldswiaford Hospital; aged 53 years. Deeply
lamented..

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