HOSPITAL MAINTENANCE.
S DISCUSSION FY CONFERENCE I A RBI-Et/TSD REMIT. ' (F.t Telegraph.—jre-3 Assoc,.-.tion.) * WELLIUiTON. tiiir- day. - An interesting tec tiff, ion on lhc | . nation-.r.'iiatinn nf pblic hospitals inok place a! lhc Mun'uji.il Confere.in-c to--0 duy. vvhrn the lollojing remit was aub-m-itifd by the 'Pejtie Council: "That c (hv ni-csmi method,,!' levying nn local I bod ire for the irpkje.p o! hospital and chariuiblc aid 'be df-.ontin-ued. and that hospi'.-aJe. etc. be k.tionafised and the | whole upkeep he rtt ont of general I revenue, the whole real meat to be free I of cost lo pailients." The Hon. J. Baristrongiv supported j the mo.ion. and sld he regarded the I hrvrpiUls as 5 puny national insSitiition. They could' live no pttrelr local s s-phrrc because *ndt» of common i-j humanity compelled their door? to be ,1 j open 10 all who chic. 'Mr. MoGrath I iNitpieri said ha aperir-jx-e snggr-pted j I that if the hn?,p:t* -,v,->re narionalised 'there wnu.'d he so hn.-.h red tape thai ' j Tins: of ihe patient would lip dead before ihcr coulii ibo a-rhnltlrd. Mr. I j Michaels i \u-.-klan.ij a*-, opposed the ', liemiit. 1.e.-,ai:.-'e he id no; believe in j , I pauperising tire peaip. , I The remit was ffeJly rejected hv -20 j ' I v otce to lin.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 167, 15 July 1914, Page 5
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213HOSPITAL MAINTENANCE. Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 167, 15 July 1914, Page 5
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