Hospital Boards’ Association

Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 66, 20 March 1935, Page 7

Hospital Boards’ Association

SMALLER BODIES’ GRIEVANCE Per Press Association. STRATFORD, Last Night. The allegation that the New Zealand Hospital Boards’ Association was ruled by the city boards, and that the smaller boards received scant consideration at the annual conference, was made by Mr. T. R. Anderson, the Stratford delegate at the last conference. Reporting to. the Stratford board, he said it seemed that the small boards, such as Strat-„ ford, were expected to support everything tho city boards brought-forward, but the latter gave no support to remits from the smaller ones. It appeared that the small boards’ political ilifluence was being exploited without any return being made. Mr. Anderson said lie left the conference before its conclusion, because it seemed there was no chance of getting remits satisfactorily dealt with. Air. J. Cormick said the association was merely for the benefit of the large boards. He moved that Stratford resign from tho association as a protest. If other boards followed their lead, he declared, they might get a fairer deal. The chairman (Mr. W. L, Kennedy) agreed that the position was unsatisfactory, but thought resignation unwise. The trouble was that the small boards did not pull together. Other members agreed that the position was unsatisfactory, but after a long discussion the motion was lost.