NEW HOSPITAL BOARDS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 750, 24 February 1910, Page 4

NEW HOSPITAL BOARDS

FRANCHISE .AND FUNCTIONS. SOME PROBABLE CANDIDATES. -Dmtsua'Uy important functions will dsv - ... volve upon the boards to be elected next' -. month under the' • new' Hospitals ' and - ■ Charitable Institutions Act. A single board, 'in Wellington;' will perform all tlio work which is done":now .by' the 'Hospital' Board; Hospital Charitable Aid ■' .Board,', and ' Benevolent Trustees. It is estimated that the hoard will control an ; expenditure,of between JE-10,000.and JCSO,-. -T 000". a: year.' It' will ' consist-' of' twenty members, representing the following dis- -: trictsCity, Miramar, and Karori com-;:" . bmed. 14 members; HorowhenuaCounty and Levin Borough, 2 members: Petona v: Borough,- 1 member;; Lower Hutt. arid.!. . •Eastbourne Boroughs, 1 ;member;' Hutt , County and "Upper" Hutt' Town Board, 1 member; • Onslow Borough, JohnsonvjUo.v Town Board, 'and Makara County; 1 mem- : ," her. :. The election, which,is to take,effect.on. Marcli ; IG," ..will be -' according : to;- tlio' municipal rolls ' The qualifications i-oi-'.': voters,: therefore,-willnot boentirely uni-:. form,' more -for,, the;purpose .of appoint-;: ing. local bodies,' different franchises exist: in boroughs, [counties, and : : town bojinls.j The preparation; of a roll would , entail great expense; : and; therefore," the ' : ordinary»rolls; for, - the j election \;o£ local i■. •go^erning;.-bodies;.T^'fc'-'ii^ r ;.fori;thw.-r'' : . elections. The membersj.who ;iire, returned... ; at next month's elections will hold their • watsl for three years/.tad' : after . the>'ex-" ' piry-: of .that , period,:, members;, will.'.be": appointed. to - the board;for.'.threo years, -. . ■ if - they are representatives ..of'couiitiee,,- .- and. .'two;/ years vif. fepfesenfativcs'"'.'of boroughs' ;or' town boards'; so tHat' tho */ board elections :hiay b6 ; -!ield simultaiuv' puslv--. in.'every.-.-ease'! iritl<i :th'dse' .'of. : local; bodies., Tho ratepayer ':-\vlio; has. : 'property it two. distriets cntitied. -to' ' prftsei'ita tion' on the "board* willhave only,';. one'votSi M the rieir. ; ' : bohrd'h.as-been'fixed at . the;,-office, of , the-' present -/Wellington." Dis.trict. lJpspital';B.oard4; :: Prom ; ;.general ; ,^uin^;.'Jgaffe,-. by 1 a DoKixroN repi-esentative, - it'.'' anpeaW that fhe; ; .follOT^'.;"Mto^/'']iaTC^;^d tioned as-., those 'of ' probable 'candidates ! for the board:—To represent ■ the ■ city, V Messrs; George. Nash, D. M'laren, M.P., f ?-• Fitzgerald, J. J.; Devinc, R. C;' Kirk, '. and J. Trevor ; Johnsonnlle,. Makara; .and :■ ' Onslow,Mr:' J:' ;T. ' : Mbore ■ (who'' has-'- al- ' : ready -announced .that' .ha Will stand); Pb- V; tone,-'.Messrs'.,',-:T.';Lundon- andiMißjyanj Horowlienua and-Lerin, 3lr.' B.VI^-Gar-' ■ diner; ..Welsh.".' It.'is-. 'ex.<aedingly:;.imp;ortan't 1 .-,tl!at" of strong "board' : shguld iba -returned);-not loniv in; tow biv : -V 'hft, : varied-quid, / important duties':fl'liicU.;! its,-members'.ipll,;.,^be .'.'called .on-"to "diS'!. ■' charge,/but' new; system: of ,hospital: andveharitable aid~;''• a'dministr^Uqii. must: depend ; ve'ry,largelj-v on, ;a .good.-, start Ibeing, made,". j ; : ;'' -\ -