PONGAROA COTTAGE HOSPITAL.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5352, 8 February 1916, Page 5

PONGAROA COTTAGE HOSPITAL.

FINDS FOR THE BUILDING

The financial question in connection with the Pongaroa Cottage Hospital was brought before the Akitio County Council last Saturday. The secretary of the Akitio County Queen Carnival Executive wrote stating that at a meeting of the executive the- previous day it was decided to recommend that the .sum of £.500 be advanced to the Pongaroa Cottage Hospital Association out of the Carnival funds, at 6 per rent, interest, the advance to bo repayable upon demand and the security to consist of a personal guarantee by Messrs AY. A. B irling. F. Herbert. A. C. Herbert, H R. Poole R B. Robertson, C. R. Burling, AY. Pickett, R. Martin and many other influential residents of the Akitio G’ountv. The Cottage Hospital Association made application for'tho. £SOO. The Council is acting as trustee for the carnival funds and the money was required for the purchase of a suitable building and site-, vim*, of the councillors did not think it right to touch the funds for this purpose. but the chairman (Cr. R-. B. Robertson) pointed out that the money would be interestearning and was available practically at a moment's notice. Cr Liverton sai<? that alterr-3 the position, and he would support the proposal which was carried on the motion of Cr. M. Fer-

rick without opposition. It was pointed out that the property of the guarantors was worth upwards of a quarter of a million pounds sterling.