Wairoa Hospital.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5211, 4 May 1888, Page 3

Wairoa Hospital.

ASTONISHING DISCLOSURES

A meeting of the District Hospital Board wa7 held to-day at noon Present: The Mayor (in the chair), and Messrs Graham, *K£?S£ Wairoa Hoful were under consideration. Out of £200 voted for furniture, £120 13s had been expended, but only iwo items for spouting and books could be fairly classed as furnishing, and Sio totalled only.Borne £10. To subscriptions amounting to £0 Is there had that the accounts ihould be forwarded to the Government aU M'°MiUer asked if Dr. Wilkinson had beoncngnged by the Board ? The Chairman said they, had nerer been consulted, nor had they in the matter of So appointment of Dr. Keyword,. Nor had the Board sanctioned thts expenditure Of ThfseSetory explained that £138 had been raised by a bazaar, and a subsidy was Sed on that amount, but not a trace of the £133 could be found in the accounts. The County Councilhad voted £100, the Governtnent Rave a subsidy on that, and then the County Council was repaid the £100 that Dr. Keyworth (£225 per annum) had been guaranteed by various bodies, but the salary for a fortSht was charged solely to the Board llr Button thought the accounts ahould boat once forwarSed to Government, for a they were returned to Wairoa the chances wero that tliey would never see them again. Mr Miller said all the expenses of canvassing for a guarantee, and the advertising for a doctor m varioiw. papers, and been charsred against the furnishing fund T&secretary mid the moneys voted from the United Charitable Aid Board for Writable relief were allpaid into the Wairoa iSal account, so that the moneys rS in Woodville and Waipawu for Stable purposes were going to support VSSSSEIm 4s of the charitable aid Loney had been paid into the hospital said everything was signed by Mr Shaw for the County Chairmen. y The secretary eaid only £9 had been «- twroded last year in charitable aid at Wairoa, Kh had all been expended in forwarding wmen »"" m. Jj ad a balance in hand otErday they applied mmm. £10 Sbeen spent on furnishing and part of that money should have been in the building contract. The motion was earned. jK Secretary eaid there was no furniture Stat action be taken on their advico.

§"55' decided in future that monthly accounts ehould be rendered. The meeting then-adjourned.