HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE AID BOARD.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 225, 28 September 1897, Page 3

HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE AID BOARD.

The ordinary meeting of the Auckland Hospital and Charitable Aid Board was held yesterday afternoon. There were present: Messrs J. Sfl h'tury (Chairman), Swales, Bruce, MeCabe, Jamieson, Lennox, Becroft and Gordon. Leave of Absence. —On the motion of the Chairman leave of absence was granted to Mr John Bollard, M.H.R., a member of the Board, for two months, on account of the Parliamentary session. Donation,—Mr T. E. VVayte, of Tauranga, who acted as agent for the Australian Natives Association's fete, wrote to the effect that he had handed over the donation, £5, sent across, to the funds in aid of the proposed Tauranga Hospital, being under the impression that the amount was intended for that purpose. — It was decided to inform the writer that he was in error, and to ask that the amount be handed over to the Auckland Hospital Board. Subsidy. —A letter was read from the Inspector of Hospitals, stating that the Auckland Board's claim for subsidy on Gamble's legacy (£464 8s lid) could not be sustained, this body not being entitled to a subsidyunder the Act. Conference. —On the motion of MiLennox Messrs John Bollard, J. J. Holland and W. Crowther were appointed to represent the Auckland Board on the Conference to be opened in Wellington on October 18th. It was decided to communicate with the authorities at Wellington as to the subjects to be discussed at the Conference with a view to instructing the Auckland representatives as to the issues.

Case for Rotorua.— The Honorary Medical Staff recommend that Joseph Neylon should be .sent to Kotorua for one month for treatment. —It was agreed to give effect to the suggestion. Hospital Inmates. — The Medical Superintendent of the Hospital reported that there were at present 74 males and 37 females in the Hospital as patients. Since ' last report four male patients had died, and one case of German measles and two of diphtheria had been admitted. Charge Nurses. —Nurses Sutherland and Bagley wrote accepting the positions of charge nurses at the Hospital. Costley Home. — John Lawrence, formerly sergeant in the Royal Artillery, was appointed male assistant at the Costley Home, Epsom. Hospital Endowments. —On the motion of the Chairman it was resolved : "That the Government be requested to oive the Public Trustee the same powers Tii dealing with leases of hospital endowments as are exercised by local bodies as leasing authorities under the provisions of the Public Bodies' Powers Act, 1887, and its amendments, or in other words, that he be made a leasing authority under that Act." It was decided to send a copy of the resolution to the Premier, and to Mr John Bollard, M.H.E. The Children's Hospital.—ln regard to the plans for the proposed children's wing as an addition to the Hospital the honorary medical staff recommended that the Board should put up as an addition to the Hospital a circular two-storey building ■at the north-east corner of the Hospital, with a ward on each llour, the building to be fully connected with the main building, and to be fully supplied with balconies and verandahs. This would give the patients the benefit of sun and ventilation, and oould be attended to by the present staff. —It was decided that the architect should give a rough estimate of the suggested circular addition before taking further action.

Walter Bently—you all know Walter —was at his highest one night in King Henry VIII. at the Wellington Opera House: Farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness, , This is the state of man: To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, , And bears his blushing honours thick The third day comes a frost, a killing frost— . . . , Voice from the gods (mimicking Walter) —"Then try Wood's Great Peppermint Cure!" It brought down the house.—(Advt.) (1)