HOSPITAL TRUSTEES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2408, 26 April 1900, Page 65

HOSPITAL TRUSTEES.

The monthly meeting of the Hospital Trustees was held on the 18th, and the members in attendance were: Messrs P. Miller (chairman). James Smith, James Green, and W. Wright. Dr John Macdonald wrote stating that he was about to take a trip to England for the benefit of his health, and asked for leave of absence till the end of October, Dr O'Neill having agreed to do his work during his absence. — The application was granted, and the secretary was instructed to write expressing the trustees' regret that the trip was necessary, and thanking Dr Macdonald for his services to the hospital, for so many years. The Finance Committee reported that accounts for the month of March amounting to £500 7s 2d had been passed for payment. The leeeipts for March were: In-patients, £100 9s; out-patients, £10 ss; sales, £1 8s; donations, 10s; subscriptions^ 7s 6d ; — total, £112 10s 6d. The committee recommended that application be made to the Hospital Board for the usual monthly payment of £450. — The report was adopted.

The House Committee reported that the whole of the walls in the basement of th? main building had received a dressing of hot limewa&h. Pasteur-Chamberlain filters had been placed in the new children's ward. The committee had authorised the purchase of instruments at a coit of about £20. — The report was adopted.

— Hindoo young men are turning to Japan for instruction in science.

— "Not onlj- is il healthy to yawn," says a French physician, "but artificial yawning should be resorted to in cases of sore throat, buzzing of the ears, catarrh, and like trouble." It is said to be as efficacious in its way as gargling- the tin oat, with which process it should be combined.

— The coincident membership of two brothers is less frequent in the House of Lords than in the Commons, but Lord Iddlesleigh and his brother will no! be the only pair in the present House, another instance being Lords Ardilaun. and Iveagb. Among notable pairs of the past were the Earl of Eldon and Lord Stowell, the Duke .of Wellington and the Earl of Mornington, the first Duke of Sutherland and the first Earl Granville, Viscount Hempden (?ome time speaker of the Commons), and Lord Dacre, and Viscount Cromer and the late Lord Revelstoke. Since old Oom Paul has gone to war, We'll make it hot for every Boer. But soldiers find there'p else than lead To hurt a man or kill him dead. Tho hard, rough life, climniic ills, Are apt to bring on grievous chills, To ward off which there's one thing sure, A dose of Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.

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