WAIHI NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13147, 9 April 1906, Page 6

WAIHI NEWS.

[BY telegraph.OWX CORRESPONDENT.] Aim, Saturday. The monthly meeting of the Waihi Hospital trustees was held oil Friday evening. The resignation of Nurse Rita Graham was accepted with regTet. The town clerk wrote advising that the Hospital Board had passed! the sum of £900 for the maintenance of the hospital. It was decided to thank the Premier for his proposal that the Board should take a number of probationers for the purpose of being trained, the Government pav- j ing £25 per annum towards the keep of i each probationer. The matter was referred j to the House Committee for consideration. ! The appointments of Dr. Oiaridge as medi- I cal superintendent, and Drs. Craig and ! Robertson as assistant- officers, were I confirmed. It was decided to send a testi- i monial to ex-Matron ilurrav. Messrs. J. ! Henderson, J. Hume, J. Brown, and chair- ; man were appointed a House Committee, i Accounts amounting to £233 16s 10d were ! passed for payment. A donation of £10 ! was received from the Waihi engine-drivers. ' Messrs. Donaldson, Clark, and King were ! appointed to canvass the town for annual i subscribers. I One of the monthly series of socials tin- ' tier the auspices of the Waihi branch of the I Liberal and Labour Federation was held } last night in the Union Hall. A most en- ' joy able evening was spent, the music being I supplied by Mr. Christian and party. ° ! An organ recital was given last evening in the Presbyterian Church by Mr. Tracy! Knight. The recital was greatly enjoyed". ' and Mr. Knight received an emphatic encore - tor his playing of the Te Drum and other ! numlwrs. Vocal items were aWo eontri- I but(d. which added much to the "eueral ■ yajojaiont of the. evening. °