HAMILTON.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 260, 9 November 1897, Page 2

HAMILTON.

HAMILTON, Friday.

The usual meeting of the Waikato Hospital Board was held on Thursday. Mr Thos. Sladewas asked to supply, an Orion range for the Hospital, and a new chimney is to be built to accommodate it, A sum of £2 2a each was passed to the medical men who conducted the late examination at the Hospital. The Chairman said as this was the last meeting of the Board as at present constituted, he wished to thank the members for their assistance during the past year. He wa.s pleased to report that the institution was gaining in popularity, and during the present year "M patients had been treated, showing an increase of 35 on the previous year. The statement prepared by the secretary showed that the amount due from local bodies was £470 ; from the Government, £684; to this had to be added cash and hank, £169 11s lid; hospital fees, estimated £200; rents, £35; less accounts to pay, £178 ; total, £1,19G Us lOd. An outbreak of typhoid at Whatawhata was reported. The' fever appears to be confined to one spot, as three members of one family are at present in the Hospital, while another has been discharged as convalescent. At a meeting of townsmen held for the purpose ol organising a regatta to be held on the Hamilton Lake on December 30th, Messrs Manning and Gwynne were appointed joint secretaries to carry out the gathering, and an influential committee was appointed to arrange all preliminaries, It was reported that the various Auckland Rowing Clubs had been communicated with on the subject, and the matter was favourably entertained by one and all, several of them already promising entries.

Miss Church, of Dunedin, who was appointed to fill the vacancy in the nursing staff at the Hospital, has wired to say that she had accepted a previous engagement, so another selection will be necessary.

Schedules for the Waikato Horticultural Show, to be held here on the 24th inst., may be obtained on application to Mr A. Swarbrick, Hamilton.

Mr Blackmore, the Government pomologist, is at present in Waikato visiting the leading fruitgrowers. His object is to impart information on fruit culture and orchard pests, and he is prepared to deliver lectures on these subjects if desired.

Mrs Gwynnc, so long and favourably known in connection with the Hamilton Hotel, left for Auckland this morning, and a large number of old friends assembled at the station to wish her good-bye. Previous to her departure Captain Steele, on behalf of a number of subscribers, presented Mrs Gwynne with a purse of sovereigns. He asked her to accept the gift as a token of the esteem in which she was held by a large circle of friends who had so often enjoyed her hospitality, and also as some slight recognition of the many kind and charitable actions which marked her long career in Hamilton.

The sale of work and concert in aid of the funds of the Presbyterian Church was most successfully carried out by the promoters. A very creditable display of goods had been prepared by the lady members of the congregation, and these found a ready sale at the hands of visitors. The entertainment in the evening was largely attended, and no doubt the sum raised will be pretty considerable.