TOWN EDITION.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5912, 18 August 1890, Page 3

TOWN EDITION.

At present there aro 12 males and 12 females in the hospital.

In tho refuge ut present there are 30 males, 2 females, and 5 children. In receipt of outdoor relief there are 20 families.

Wo havu beeu requested to state that thero will be a musical rehearsal of " Rip Van Winkle" this evening utthe Athemeum Hall. A full attendance is desired.

A meeting of the Hospital Trustees was held this afternoon. Present: Messrs Sw:ui (in the chair), Colvn, Begg, Bennett, Faulknor, ami H. Williams. Mr Bennett for the Visiting Committ- c slated matters at (he hospital were ,■ iU-i'a-.tuiy. The chairman said when the now arrangement was mad,' with ''r. Menzies it was ui/reed that the Trustees pay to the Charitable Aid Bojivd the rent <>f the bouse occupied by the d< dor. but thai had not been done, and the'v were arrears of two years and a-half. '.tie-vent whs iirced r.t .£4O ycr annum, and arrears were ordered to bo paid. Nurse I've, wrote stating siio had served six months, and requesting to know if Mm would receive :i gratuitj'. Dr. Motizics >.tro>i:rly supp-'U'ted tho application. It was deej.i'ed to l.'ii-o the matter in the hands of til - eh lirmtm, ••'•ith ;">v,'T to act, after conf. ,■]■'•••■« 'ii '.' r M' n>:i'--. A. leix.rt was „.,',) i ri .:., ;.;■. 11' c . U.v.ner in reioivm-o Im t'e ~iui!j <1' >i,i' bite secretary. He had ' -rout dill'm-Uy iv making up tho books

through the absence of some necessary entries, probably owing to the death of Mr Mahon. He suggested oertain alterations in the keeping of the accounts for the future. Numbered receipts would be a preferable plan to the issue of tickets. The report was adopted. Vouchers to the amount of £139 16s 7d were passed for payment, of which £61 2s Gd had been recovered from patients, leaving tho net cost of the institution as £78 14s Id.

The Charitable Aid Board mot this afternoon. Present:—Messrs Swan (in the chair), H. Williams, Bennett, Carnell, Faulknor, and Cohon. A vote of £50 was passed to Mr Mackersey for distribution in Waipawa district. Relief was granted to a family where the husband was recently sent to gaol for receiving stolen letters. A disgraceful case, as it was termed by the ohairman, from Clive was brought before the Board. There were eight children in the family, including a youth of twentyone and a girl of sixteen, who would do no work. They all lived in a two-roomed hovel, and all slept in one room, in which there were two beds. There was no food in the house, and

the children were without clothes and shoes, but the mother declined to part with tho children. Mr Cohen said the Board were powerless to deal with the matter; the polioo should take action, and compel the children to attend school, which was only a quarter of a mile from the residence. It was decided that the chairman should interview the R.M. and tho Police Inepeotor on tho subjeot. Arrangements were made by whioh a kleptomaniac was boarded out at a cheap rate so long as she did not steal from tha neighbors. Tho police were asked to report on a Hastings case where a gentleman had cleared out, leaving a wife and eight children unprovided for. Mr J. H. Williams to be requested to accept the seat vacated by Mr J. N. Williams, through the latter's absence in England. Mr Cohen moved that a oommittee bo appointed for the purpose of raising funds to improve the buildings used- as a refuge in Napier. They had now got rid of the travellers who formerly patronised the refuge, and the present inmatos were old and infirm poiple. In tho hospital room at tho refuge on a recent visit there wore seven inmates,

tho youngest of whom was sixty-five years of ago, and these inmates were all in bed, because thero was no warm room for them to sit in. Patients in the hospital cost five shillings a day, while in tho refuge the cost was only one shilling, and many cases in the former should be inmates in the latter, whioh would be economical. There would bo no difficulty in getting subscriptions, and they need not trouble themselves about getting a freehold. All that was necessary was to raise a sum of £300, which would be subsidised by the Government by an equal amount, and that would do all that was required. Mr Williams repudiated tho idea

that the quarters were wretched. It was only a few months ago that Mr Ballance was shown over the refuge by Mr Cohen, and the buildings were not then spoken of in anything but complimentary terms. Mr Faulkuor thought if they put up a fine building the old people would have great restrictions placed upon them. Mr Carnell seconded tho motion pro forma. Tho building proposed could not be put up for anything less than £1000 or £1200. Mr. Bennett moved ns an amendment that the Board meat iv committee at the refuge (date to be fixed) for the purpose of ascertaining what improvements aro necessary, and to report on same, with an estimate of the cost; in tho meantimo tho chairman bo requested to ask the Government to convey the refuge grounds to tho Board. Mr. H. Williams seconded the amendment. The amendment was carried. Vouchers to tho amount of £102 lis 8d were passed for payment.

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