HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE AID BOARD.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9135, 16 July 1891, Page 2

HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE AID BOARD.

This monthly meeting of tho Hospital aud Charitable Aid Board was held on Wednesday. Present. Messrs Bellringer (chairman), Price, Lomax, Davidson. Heslop, Lepper, T. Elliot, Corkill, and Gibbons. Held Over. — The question of a grant of 5s a week to M. Potroz, of Inglewood, for support of a child named Thomas Wolfsboor was discussed, and finally deferred till next meeting, pendingf urtherenquiries. Hawera Cottage Hospital. — The Board resolved to .deduct £3 from the account due to Mrs Hughes, of the Hawera cottage hospital, being amount refunded her by George Hay ward, a patient. Expenses Paid.— W. C. Wright, of Melbourne, forwarded £11 3s 9d, refund of expenses incurred by the Boaid in connection with,thelate W. C. Wright, sen., of Hawera.

Wwleato Board.-' Some correspondence was read from the Waikato Board with reference to a charitable aid recipient. — The Board resolved to send particulars to the Waikato Board.

Tran*fer. — Miss S. Rossiter wrote asking the Board to transfer her contract for supply of meat to charitable aid to Mr W. Bayly — The transfer was agreed to. Allowance Continued — The Board decided to continue an allowance of 5s a week to Mrs Evans, of Hawera, towards the support of an illegitimate child she is keeping. Honorary Medical Staff.— lt was resolved to invite Drs. Christie and Valintine to have their names put on the honorary medical staff list.

, Missing Articles. — Inconsequence of tho theft of some blankets, knives, forks, and other articles from the Old Women's Home, it was considered advisable to mark all the Board's property. Improvtments. — Some necessary im provemeuts for storage of coal at the Hospital was left to the House Committee to dial with.

Charitable Aid Casts.— The Chairman's action in supplying the following persons with relief was approved : — CharloH Hughes, Robert Griffiths, Mrs Oughtou t>nd family, and Mrs Hannatn. Hawera. — It was resolved to supply Israel Jordan, of Hawera,' With a weekly ration, or in tlfe alternative to remove 'him to the Old Men's Home in JJew Plymouth. Assistance Dcclined.—T[iQ , Board declined assistance to the following peraons, who had .applied: — Amjio Robinson, Mrs James Marab,and Mru Friend (Midhirst). . Accounts,— Acoounti — Hospital, £160 9s Id; Charitable Aid, £83 0s Id; Hawera Cottage Hospital, £18 ; Industrial School, £27 6s ; and travelling expenses, £i 19s 6d — were passed for payment. , The Board adjourned. .... ' »

PROSPERITY IN TARANAKI: Under the above lieaclingthe freto Zealand Mail has the following article : — "The Garden of New Zealand " is the favorite designation of Taranaki by its residents ; and as the Garden of 'New Zealand th» Province has of late been t airly well advertised in the world's metropolis. Big apples, bea-itiful butter, creamy cheese have been shown in London aB products of Taranaki, and have been duly commented upon. Thore was a time when cruel critics i said that Taranaki and Nelson were the two Sleepy Hollowb of tho Colony. The Taranaki people promptly repudiated the statement, and tho annual report of,, tbe Prcident of the local Chamber of Commerce shown unmistakably that the Taranakians a)*e particularly wide awake .when business is concerned. It is perhaps true that Taranaki has, in common with the.reet of the co. ony, passed through a period ot severe depression. Butter was' a 'drug in the market, fungus was neglected, grass seed was not wanted, sheep and cattle fetched low rates, and Taranaki's prospects were not over flourishing. But time went on — it it* a ' way time lias— and matters improved. A careful perusal of the Chaaiber of Commerce report, shows that matters have considerably mended of ,late, and the province is now in a fine healthy financial state. First and foremost there is most land. in Taranaki, bud people from other districts are finding it out. There has been of lace Bouiething like a rush for land. New country has been and *is be'iner , opened up. . '-Inroad acres, already settled upon, have changed hands at advanced 'prices. The i-• Government cannot ' meet ' the demand for land ; as each block is thrown open it is eagerly snapped up, Hud enquiries made for the next, no, matter, in what direction or how far off it may be. Now this is all very satisfactory. Tara'nuki in the past has been crippled lor want of people ; now people are coming as fast as land can be got ready for them. With this increased population the gardon of New Zealand is bound to ; flourish. A good sign of a district's prosperity is the goodly ahovr of its exports — that is produce shipped across sea. The concentration of the trade in sheep and cattle at Waitara is shown by the large increase in the exports of those two items last year over the previous season. The timber trade has also rapidly increased, and the export of wool has increased over fifty per cent. Taking one consideration with another the people of Taranaki ar^ to be congratulated upon the pleasing prospects of their position. The prpviucehus a grand future before it. Ita shocp and cattle are equal to those in any part of the colony. Ita butter is unrivallod. There are hopes of "striking ile" before long, and some day perhaps the wealth of ironsand will be utilised. By leavt"g these two factors out of the question, the, pro • ductivenessof the soil and the wide stretch of back country capable of sustaining a population of many thousands will, in the near future, make Taranaki one of the moht desirable places of residence in New Zoulund.

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