WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 7922, 14 April 1887, Page 6

WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS.

[FROM our OWN correspondents. ' OHAUt»o, Wednesday. Mr. Pitt, of Auckland, the coutraotor, in making headway with the new public school to replace the old and now far too small building. The old building, though now perhaps the smallest of the publio schools in Waikato, was the first built in the district. A public hall, which was muoh needed here, is being built as a private speculation by Mr. T. G. Millars, and the frame work is now up. The new hall will be 76 feet by 25 feet, with 14 feet studs, and is being built entirely of the best rimu timber. Tb AwamoTo, Wednesday. A memorial has been sent in to the Telegraph Department, numerously signed by business people here : at Otorohanga, asking that the telegraph line may be extended to the latter place. The request is a very reasonable one, as under any circumstances the wires will have to follow the line of railway as it progresses, and there is a consider-able-amount of business opening up as one after another the various sections, of the railway are commenced south of this place. The survey of the Mokau section of the line, between the Waititi Beotion and Porotorau tunnel, is being rapidly proceeded with, and it is expected that working plans will be ready so as to enable tenders to be oalled for the construction of this seotion of the line in the course of two to three months time. All the men who had been waiting up country for the arrival of the Waititi contractors have got work, some of them with Coates and Metcalf, and a large number with Mr. Fallon on the Rotorua line. The railway station buildings, till lately used by the police, are now occupied by Messrs. Hurstbouse.Simpson.and other engineers and surveyors engaged on the railway works, and a police station is being built for the police. Cambridge, Wednesday evening. Mr. S. K Hughes is somewhat better today, but it will be a considerable time before he is in a fit state to be moved. At the meoting of tho Borough Counoil on Tuesday it was decided to let the Waikato County Council apply for a commissioner to inquire into the account said to be duo from the borough of Cambridge. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENTS,] Hamilton, Wednesday evening. A meeting of the Waikato Hospital and Charitable Aid Board' was held in the Borough Council Chambers to-day. Present : Mr. W. A. Graham (chairman), and Messrs. Chepmell, Primrose, Germane, and Gwynneth. On the reading of the minutes, Mr. Germann drew attention to the fact that his resolution of the 2ud'February, respecting the duties of the secretary, had been altered without being done in due form. It was explained that the alteration had been made at the meeting held in March, when Mr. Gormann was not present. The alterations made were then added to the minutes of last meeting, and tho minutes were confirmed. The Chairman referred to his visit to Wellington and his interview with Mr. Ballauce in Auckland, when he asked for the police barracks and was advised to go to Wellington and see the Premier. It was found that the police barracks allotment was gazetted in the early days as a hospital reserve, but the property really belonged to the Government, as it had never been vested in the Board. The allotments noar the railway, 475 to 4SO inclusive were then applied for, but it was stated that these had been granted to the Auckland Museum. At Auckland, he (Mr. Graham) pressed on Sir K. Stout, the exceptional claim of Waikato, and asked for a sum of money, or the police barracks, though the latter were only fit for temporary purposes. The Premier said he had no funds at command, but the Government might see their way to make an advance for building a hospital at a low rate of interest, spread over a series of years. The sum proposed by the chairman was £1000, to be repaid over a course of 15 years. The Premier replied that it would be necessary to hold a Cabinet meeting on the matter before the money could be granted, but that he (the Premier) would do all he could for the Board. The Chairman thought if £1000 could be got at 5 per cent., the interest might be met by the sum of £56 per annum, the estimate for rent. A letter was read from Mr. W. Johnstone, the RaglaD representative, declining to withdraw bis resignation, which was accordinly accepted with regret. A reply from the Government to an application for the subsidy of £783 of pound for pound was received, stating that the sum could only be paid when ' the Board's rates were collected. A letter 1 was received from a Mr. J. A. Lawrence, offering a series of 16 lectures on chemistry, 1 etc., in aid of the Hospital funds as a contribution. The letter was received with 1 thanks, provided that no expenditure on tht part of the Board be required. Letters wen " received from the Auckland Hospital, stating 1 that Waikato patients in the Hospital aftei ■ the 31st ultimo will be charged to the Boarc ' at the rate of 4s per day ; also, that n( ' rations for destitute persons in Waikatc 3 would be supplied by the Auckland Board 3 It was resolved that a number of appli 3 cations for relief by destitute persons b< taken in the order of petitions as pe: 3 standing orders. The Borough of Devonpor ' standing orders, slightly amended, wer< 3 adopted. The hospital by laws were left t< I stand over till after the appointment of th 1 medical men. Mr. Gwynneth reported th 1 case of Byron Duffie, treated on the cottag • hospital system in Cambridge. The cost o * nurse and medical man had been £6 14s fo 5 two weeks, He thought this showed th necessity for a central hospital, and wool' 3 not continue to authorise relief in such case • in Cambridge in future, tie thought the Boan 3 should establish a temporary Hospital at one e in Hamilton. The following application 8 with salaries required, were received for th * secretaryship and relieving officer: —Thoma a Robinson, £125; John Gilford, £100; Joh f Goodfellow, £150 ; A. Hardy, £150 ; Josep t G. Barlow, £150; James Galbraith, £200 W. D. Turner, £100 ; Andrew Nutter, £110 * William Nicholas Searancke, £150 ; M y Hickey, £120; F. Gaudin, £130; J. Ke »f low, £100; H. Roche, £130; J K. Mac d Donald, £150; John Wilson, £200. Thee <* were narrowed down to three namei 8 Messrs. Goodfellow, Turner, and Kellow 8 A vote was then taken, and Mr. Turner wa 8 appointed. For the office of medical ma ir there were nine applications; from th r - following gentlemen : —Doctors Evans (( '> Auckland), C. Wilkinson (of Christchurch '• M. Buttlnr (of Christchurch), G. C. Kenn li \of Devonport), A. Watson (of Wellington |« A. G. H. Buckley (of Patea), C. Lowe (i 0 Invercargill), J. Campbell (of Warkwortb 8 and H. Waddington (of Waikato). TheE ' e applicants were narrowed down to fiv " e namely, Doctors Watson, Kenny, Cam] 3 - bell, Waddington, and Buckley. Thei l " were again reduced to three, Doeto ' e Kenny, Watson, and Waddington. M II Kenny was appointed. Mr. Germann 10 notices of motion were seconded pro forn ■g by Mr. Chepmell, and after some discuasic were lost. The offer of Mr. Salmon's houi 10 and 50 acres of land in the Hamilton-Ohauj 3- road was received, for either three, five, i 18 seven years, at a rental of £100 a year, or ' lu purchase at £750, on easy terms. Op tl :e motion of Mr, Gwynneth, a sum of £50 wi g voted to Mr. Gelling for his services sin< 10 the Ist December last. It was resolved 1 a lease Mr. Salmon's house and land for thri * 8 years, with a purchasing clause, on the tern n submitted. The managing committee w; ! e instructed to make the necessary arrang ie ments for opening the hospital, and a sum < 1(3 £50 was voted for the purpose. 'd j. TudiKARAMEA, Wednesday. ]( j An interesting meeting of the supporters ie the Good Templar movement was held la s night in the Tuliikaramea Schoolroom, wh( ,p interesting addresses were delivered by M a Redfern and local friends, At the close m tho meeting 25 new members were enrolle !a '~':■'" Kikikiuiuoa, Wednesday. ,„ A social tea and good-bye meeting w given in the Bchoolhouse, Kinkiriroa, on tl ie occasion of Miss Stanton, the head teaohe ! . leaving the district, when that lady was pr in sen ted by the children with an address ai to silver bracelet. r , Otarohanga, Wednesday, at Everything is e;oing on quietly at the ra ,y way works, the natives offering no furth m interference with the getting of ballas aB Mr. John Ormsby has been down to Auc -, 0 land for legal advice, and it is intended f.. hold a large meeting of the natives t