WAIPUKURAU

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 354, 14 February 1917, Page 6

WAIPUKURAU

(Own Correspondent.) The Rev. N. O. White left AAaipukurau on Monday evening to >■ » before the Military Medical Board. rhe. names ot five local mpn .appear m the last ballot list, bmeral ot them have volunteered previously. and one is proceeding to camp next month. Trie Rev. A. IV. Stace is exchanging next Sunday with the Rev. Oliver Dean, ot Port Ahunri. Considerable reeling' is felt that the determination ot the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board ot this d.sti t u ds last to go m lor an elaborate building programme. It is thought that not only is the time inopportune for expenditure winch till now has been done without. but the one-sided nature of the programme has aroused resentment. All the projected expenditure is tor Dannevirke Hospital. The Waipukurau-Wamawa end o! the. district is said to have the larger valuation and therefore provide.-, the most money, yet rhe adjourned application for an infectious diseases ward is not even mentioned. The proposals, especially for the estimated expenditure of £3050 on a nurses’ home, and £l4OO on a laundry. will meeting with opposition, and probably the whole matter will come before the Minister, whose consent is required to a loan proposal. A meeting of the committee was held on Monday evening to arrange for the coming school excursion. Mr. R. J. Pellow wrote agreeing to give a picture show on the 16th inst. in aid of the funds, and donations were received from Messrs. G. Hunter. M.P., £2, Paul Hunter £2, G. H. Wood £l. The Railway Department agreed to provide train accommodation for the excursion toNauier on the 23rd inst. A letter was received from the Education Board notifying the appointment of teachers to vacancies. A resolution was passed expressing the committee’s opinion that local applicants for a pupil teacher’s nosition should have prior consideration when qualifications are equal.