Appeal by the Rt. Hon. T. P. O'Connor, M.P.

The Queen's Hospital for Children, in Bethnal Green (formerly known as the North-Eastern Hospital for Children) is, like so many other deserving institutions, threatened with a crippling curtailment of its activities owing to lack of funds. Unless it is able to raise £20.000, two wards, containing sixty-two beds, will have to be closed at the end of the present year. In addition to the valuable work that the Hospital does on the spot for the sick children of North-East London, it maintains a seaside branch at Bexhill-on-Sea.

Mr. T. P. O'Connor, who makes the appeal, is the Father of the House of Commons (where he has sat since 1880, and represented the Scotland Division of Liverpool continuously since 1885), and one of the veterans of Fleet Street. Amongst the papers of which he was the founder and first editor are the Star, the Sim, M.A.P. and T. P.'s Weekly.

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