TAURANGA NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18174, 21 August 1922, Page 4

TAURANGA NEWS.

HOSPITAL AFFAIRS. [BY TELEGEAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] ' TAURANGA. Saturday. The Tauranga Hospital' Board at its meeting this week decided to agree to the request of the Bay of Plenty Hospital Board to support the following resolution :—" That representations be made to the Minister for Health with a view to having established in New Zealand one or more institutions for reception of incurable consumptives." The board aiso agreed to support the South Otago Hospital Board's resolution that the Government be asked to undertake as a national matter the care and treatment of all tubercular cases. . Replying to a letter from the board m regard "to defaulters in the matter of ir > a j n ' tenance orders, the Minister for Health advised that in this connection a resolution passed at the Hospitals Conference ui 1920 was referred to the Minister «> T Justice, who replied that where a bread* winner of a family was committed to prison it was hoped to meet the position in a practical way by making payment of wages earned by the prisoner less cost of maintenance and supervision, and that this might cover tlie case of a wife deserter committed to prison. This, however, would not affect the position while such offenders remained at large. The question was one that received the attention of the conference of th© four chief hospital boards held in Wellington last week, and when ho was notified of the result, of their deliberations h4 would be pleased to again approach his colleague on the matter. At 'a. general meeting of the Western Bay of Plenty Returned Soldiers' Association a motion was adopted that the Pensions Board be asked to visit this district annually with a fully representative board, and "that every pensioner bo examined annually by a fully representative board. The Tauranga Harbcrur Board has appointed the Public Trustee to be sole commissioner to administer the boards sinning fund. , . Copious showers fell last night and 11>day. Warm moist conditions have prevailed all the wee"k with the result th»« the whole countryside now bears a dant appearance. Fruit trees in many orchards are in full bloom. upnng h come early this year, a fact which wiu bo welcomed by dairy farmers.