OAMARU NEWS NOTES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13180, 13 January 1905, Page 5

OAMARU NEWS NOTES.

(From Ouu Own Coriiksiwdent.) OAMARU, January 12. The North Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Association on Wednesday afternoon endorsed tho protest of other associations agaiiffit the free importations ol liones anil bone-dust, owing to tho danger of tlio spread of anthrax in tho colony, Ihe committal decided to .write tho Government urging cither that the imnorUitidn should be stopped or that sterilisation plants should be ercctcd. Tho report of tho trustees of the Oaroani Hosoital shows that during tlio year ending Dcccmbfr 31, 190*, 241 indoor patients and 71 outdoor patients had been treated. Tlio cost of maintenance during tho financial period ending on March 31, 1904, had been 5s 7id per head per day, and tho amounts recovered from patients for tho attendance, etc., reduced this cost to _Is Tho report includes the following paragraph, which is of more than local interest:-"Your trustees take the prccent opportunity of drawing your attention to a matter which they treat with diffidence; it. is not confined to this hospital, but is general over the colony —t.bat is, question of fees from patients treated in tho institution. The averago received from patients during tho past financial year was 9jd per patient per day. This certainly means that a greater amount of destitution exists than we are generally led to believe, or it shows a very decided tendency to rely on publio institutions in coses of sickness or accidents by persons who are quite able to pay the small charge of £1 per week. It is neither easy nor pleasant for the trustees or their employees to discriminate between those who should pav and those who cannot pay. Now that the' reserve funds of the institution are being drawn on to meet ordinary expenditure, the trustees will probably have to raise tho charge, for maintenance, and insist on patients paying according to their means." As to finances, tile report also mentions that tho expenditure exceeded tho income in tho last financial year by £65. A building for a nurses' quarters, their previous accommodation being inadequate, is now nearing completion, entailing a. liability of £153 9,5 6d. . ' The draft programme for the proceedings on tlio day when the Troopers' Memorial will be unveiled (February 2) has been submitted to his Excellency tho Governor for his approval, and in other respects ste|M are also being taken to ensure l.ho success of what should lie a memorable occasion.

Warm weather has done a good deal ill file past few days to improve the prospects for the coming harvest. Winter-sown wheat looks well, but it is only in the last week or so that the spring wheat lias borne a very encouraging appcaratico. Occasional showers and a week's warmth Ims dime a good deal, and the yield in North Otago will he very fair, even if not a record. The Kurow Hot-el was destroyed by fire on Wednesday afternoon, the outbreak being first; discovered by the licensee, Mr A. W. Simmons, about 3.39. No pressure of water was available, and the flames spread' rapidly in spite of attempts to ((tieiich them with buckets of water. Some furniture was saved, but tho lodgers lost all their effects, and the licensee and Mrs Simmons lost all their perrotini effects, including « piaiio. The neighbouring bui'dings were saved by the wind carrying tho heat acres; the street, and also by the strenuous efforts of the salvage corps. The insurances, which were all in the Royal fcohanpo office, were £1200 on the building and £fWO on the stock and furniture, including £80 on the billiard table. The building, which is only about 12 years old, was valued- at £6000, and .Mr Simmons estimates his loss at £1000 above tho insurance. The whole property, including stables, tlie Kurow Hall. eto„ is owned by Mr W. Goddnrd. a well-known resident of the district up till eight vears ago. when he removed to Sydney. Mr T. A, Munro has a lease of the whole property, and he lias sublet the. hotel to tho •present licensee. Tho outbreak of fire k a mystery, it having been first observed in the neighbourhood of the linen-pre.=6 about 3.30, an hour and a-half after the housemaid had deposited some linen there. (Q oLti3 EASILY CURED. " TUSSICUIiA" has the Largest Sale of any Throat and Lung Medicine in the colony., Tile merits of-this Preparation^ are heralded by thousands of sufferers who have been benefited and cured.' What is wanted is a Medicine which mil soothe the irritation of the Throat and Lungs and Bronchial Tubes, and for this • purpose no preparation can equal TUSSICOBA. For Coughs ahd Colds its . effect is tnsgicii.