The Ensign. MONDAY, JULY 19, 1909. THE GORE HOSPITAL.

Mataura Ensign, 19 July 1909, Page 2

The Ensign. MONDAY, JULY 19, 1909. THE GORE HOSPITAL.

I! is sai<i v\ j \ 111j11nunrs tu a lliiiso n lui kiiuu h<»\\ («> wajl. Tin* I [Miblii* lifive luul u» wail lur nrarl.y lour 6 vt.'ai i ior auU v. ijj l.a' 1 Lhutiklul, «(.* uuiv mat tlH'tv a ot" it ojhmhml during 11 to noxi ii'\v l'>arly jn j.!'UU during Lin- nnnoraliy oi -Mr J>. L. t'ii the agnation lor tliv cstablisUinotu oi' ilic institution was rovivt'd. .Many ln-iorv a nMo sum liail bri'ii raised lor a cottage hospiin!, and tin* money had been deposited at interest, in tiie Bank ol Auslra]a>j;i by iln- treasurer (Mr Synie). 'l'iii.s i'ornn.'d a round whieli il was desired io gather a bum lo iustdy die Hospital Board m electing a substantial building in Oore, The matter A\as enliuisiastieally taken u|» and in Die committee was able 10 enmply with the LJoaru's eojulitiou lhai the local comniiUee should lurni.sh LIOOO Iftuards the vo>.i <>V a hospital. | 11 was not thought possible l»y soiue ]n"mher.*s <»i the .board ior the local re-sid'-iiis to raise sitilieient. money lor the purpose. <»r they would not have so readdy a« cciied i*> the proposal made | bv tlie tiepuiiitHin who waited <>nlhein.j 't he v\ h«>le rose to ihu hov,< i vcr, and was not the Jensi j ddlicully in the aniomn re-1 umred. Indeed, there wa.s a wry ihmi-; sideiaiile uhieii it was priipo.;-1 ed to us,! in tiie envuon oi a mater- \ nity ward in connection with the ho.v | pit a I. Tin » >uni has since liven added j to by hi'ipuM. and ai all probability! we shall see tiie addition made within j' a year or so. That a hospital was re- j \ mil red i here ean bo no doubt. Within; the h»<t Jew week> ae<*i<lent?» have oc-J 1 enii<t{ in ihe Mnv;> which would have!' been better attended in a properly-j' equipped in>tiuniou liiau iliey can pos_! I >;hilie in a private house, no maltwjl 1 whal attenhon may W % dovoted lo tin';' | Mdi'erer--. The has been com-f I pleied jMf maiiv months, but. toithe transition the electric light-j' «»i jlim town, il <-*>nld not lie i used, I 11: fiiifieully having be( it Mir-j ni nmied and the electric moi«»r to dt iv ! | r!u% pump:- No- -••upplvii!:: water to the,; in.'tiiution liaMtii'. arri\cd. re- 1 1 m.uns h\\\ io id:i» nilly open lie* ho>pit»l. j _ L'iiis sliould be done with all due cere- j :1 uiony, for it is an event which marks i J an ej><X'h in the history oi the. town. | " \\e. would tv> the Hobpitalp fJoard that -thai body, in conjunction j niih tlio Gore. BoroUi;lj Council, should iuvite iiis Excellency the Governur toi u

he present on the liiterestiue oecasiou I.ord I'lnnkct has not oilicially Msited (Jure diiriqe his tvini ollicc, and as Lady I'hinket has inierested herself in the care and nurture of the inlauts oi llle Ijoiuinioin il unit Id he pa rt ieiilarlv appropriate iliat ilieir Kxcellencies slniuld he invited to periorm the ceremony o) declaring the ho-pital open. The ;.;rounds have l.icen Hell laid nil and planted, and the district haseattse lo ilsell vnion having furnished not onl.v a la sum towards the erection ol the itself hut also lor llle purpose of heautifyinf; its -nrrouuitiiiLis. .N'oihiue lends mole | n assi-t rapid com alcseence than pleasant, surriuiiidiii.u-, mid these luue hecn pro- > "!<'d 1.1 1% in, the (Joro hospital. Ihe la test mode of a"rat.in;; tin- wll uaii'i' hi h,-; u,cd in Ihe lie,! il u I ion has '"'''ll a.lopl,al. ..Ml ihe waie,' ~,|| he lorce'.l lhrou;di sprayers into large s«t •liiij. I ;inlss open in the -.iin and'air, -o tlial it Hill he sofleued and purified and rendered snitalile f„r all purposes. As' u '" he seen liy an advertisement 111 our hiisincss coluiiiiis a|ij)lication.s arc r> ' 'icalled lor a medical oljiccr and lor iiur-.s and oilier at teinliints. ! '" ituin.ii Hill ind I I e r ,„, '.""Hi ! o i he <ll>,! rid ,