Hospital and Charitable Aid Board.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 26, 1 February 1887, Page 4

Hospital and Charitable Aid Board.

At tho c-.cetitijj of tho abovo Board jester

, day afternoon, the following members uere • preeent: —Me.=.=rs \V. R. Waddol (ex- ' I Major, chairman), M. Niccol (Mayor of ji Devon port), W j. Suiter (\luyor of New. . j market), H. Urly, Lamb (PapatoUoi), A, . i Kuicl, and E A. M ackcqim V), Alter the ' I minute* had b?2ti rend and confirmed, I the [allowing basilicas was done; - ! 'i'he House Surgeon, Dr. Franklin, reported ' JiMt ilibic were at present in tha Hu?pital ' ; fil miilos ond IS I'emalef. One death had j occurred tromgasiro-enieritl?.—The House | I Steward reported that a letter had been 10 | ceivo.i from tho Chairman of the hurth of ■ Auckland Hospital Bojrd rethe claim? n.arie ' | on it fur medical tieatment of Mrs Emmn 1 j McLean nnd v boy named John Murray. He reported al*o"tbut tho former's husband wus in a position to mpport her — , I He the dispensary, tbo House- Steward was instructed to cany out the instructions already [riven.— After the Relieving Otlieer'e report, had been read, Mr Lamb proposed , that soino tost s-hould be Jjiven to applicant* for rharitublu aid.— Mr Waddel agreed with Mr iamb, who said that his experience in England hud shown him that the I applications for relief fell off one-half on j a etone-breaking teet being instituted.-^» I A letter from tho Town Clc-rk of I-iucuilton lto the Relieving Officer n a man named I Willir.m Henry Brown, who, coming frcm j Au'jldnnd,had applied, being destitute, for roiat in that town. ;-'r Graham hart replied to this to tho effect that he cHa not know ] the ma'j or understand his ease a? described jby the Hamilton Town Clerk.—The Town ■ C:2rk had replied faying that the man waa unable.to obtain work in the place, and was quito destitute Letter received.— Bay of Plenty .Hoppital Board pent a cheque, for £b' ltis for Hospital charge in the casa'o: Mrs E. MeCanley.- The Board oouid not eeo its way towards paying the expoueea incurred it: tha eu?e of James Salt, who had ! b.Mn away from Tauranga 12 months and more—Received.— Dr. Frar.klin wrote a,c. copfing the position of House Surgeoa till I the arrival of Dr. Fcsx—Keoeived.— L)r Fox I wrote snjitigit was impossible for him to leavo Melbourne boi'oia February 11th, and asking if thi* would annul hia appointment - [ After eoine discussion, it uus determined | that tho Secretary should write to Ur. Fox for full information, and that tho appoint- J I raent should be kept opdU till the next, i I uiuoti.-ig of the Board. — Dr. Shoaf, of Colac, Victoria, wrote applying for the post of Hourio Surgeon—This application waa ordered to etaud over till after the next meeting of the Board. Kxchango money : The North Auckland D.C.A. Board wrote, on tho 27th proi., demanding that Is Gd deducted an a chequebe refunded. — His Worship proposed that j each member cf the Board pay 3d. Tnig I wci'.lci clear it off. (Laughter.)— Mi- Suitor ' ■ moved, and it was carried, '• That the Board be referred to the Government for the Is I Gd."—Onehunga Benevolent Aid Board : I Mra Hutchinson wrote aeking for tho Government subsidy on the eumof ±1S Us, collected at a concert given in aid of the j family of one Jamie3on, drowned in the j j burbuur. Mrs Hutchinson waa referred to tho Government, it being out of the provitico of tho Board to grant subsidies A letter from the Minister of I'ublic Wcjkp, giving notice that, under the l Juhiic \Vorks Act, ISS2, portion of J,ot 7 A, section 12, suburbs cf Auckland, the property of >ha Board,h:id b«e takon fur railway purposes', was received, Kef age competition: A letter wns read from Mr Burrows, architect, expressing dissatisfaction with the classification ot the designs for the new Kefuge —Mr Waddol thought that the Board had not the time to attend to euch letters It waa resolved that tha same He on the table A letter from the Auckland Reformatory and Women's Homo, Mouut Koskill Road, asking for free medicine from the dispensary -It waa decided to regretfully dcclino the request.-Mr Waddol thought that it was out of the province of the Board to grant free medicine. Ho thought that Bone- I volent Institutions ceased to ba euch when they got the means with which to be bonerolent for nothing —The additions to tho Hospital : Mr Suitor moved, "That the Auckland Institute of Architects be requested to submit conriitions to the Board on or before Monday lebruary Uth, under which they think it advisable to call for dcsi K ns for the erection of addition to the Hospital the said conditions to bo subieet to- revision by this Board" —Carried A letter from Mr Bogan, of the Kohimarama Industrial School, claiming £551 for certain children committed under the Act by the Went Magistrate and by the Relieving Officer. Mr Graham reported that three of these children were not chargeable upon the Board.-Matter to etand over for further mqmry.-One Charles Dillon applied for passage money to enable him to reach Timaru. - Referred to Committee to report on - Ihe accounts for expenses connected with I George Amos and Michael R yan were for- I warded and ordered to bo paid. These two men were patients at the Hospital, and the expenses incurred wore £2 7a.-It was then agreed that the site for the new Refuge should be visited by the Board on Wednesday, when the position of the buildnga Bhould be decided upon.