THE THAMES CHARITABLE AID BOARD.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XXI, Issue 6338, 11 June 1889, Page 2

THE THAMES CHARITABLE AID BOARD.

Thb ujuhl monthly meeting of the Cliati* tahlo Aid Board was held last evening. Present: J, Renshaw (chaiiman), Messrs MeAndrew, Koefoed, Dearie, Couth and Wultnn, The miiiotes of the previous meeting were read and coiifirmtd A COROMANDEIi OABB. A letter was received from thoconsiablo in charge of Ooromandel district stating that »resident in Cabbago Bay had been committed to the Lunatic Asylum. I earing a wife and six children in very bad circumstances. The wife had applied for assistance. She has no money owifcg to her hu*band not having been able to #otk for- the lust two, years. They Iwd been S8« aisled. by neighbours. It was agreed to allow her £1 per month for. the present. THE ORPkANAQB. The following report from the Secretary was read and received. "Everything in connection with yout Orphanage is in a satisfactory state, The case of fever, mentioned in my last report, has fortunately not spread to any other of the inmatei, 'I he patient is now quite recovered,

OLD MEN'S BOMB.

The following report from the Secretary was read. " The additions and repair* to the Home have been completed, and the somfort of the inmates hat been increased thereby. Since last meeting of the Board .Joseph Bams, John Coghlan, and Bryce Hopklni ha;ebeen admitted to the Home.-' Thece

are the Coromandei cases which jou in* strutted me at laafc meeting to convey from that distriot. Oo the 15th ultimo I received a notice from the Secretary of the Auokland Charitable Aid Board that a person from this district, affected with "imbecility/ 1 named Hugh Smith, had been admitted to the Refuge there, pending instructions from this Board. .1 enquired-into the. mattef, ■ and after consulting with the Chairman, I had Smith conveyed to the Thames, and admitted him to the Home. Dr, PhiUon in his report on the oaae says that the man is unfit to take care of himself. This case and; that of John Coghlan are similar, theoien are able bodied enough, and to all appearance there is nothing wrong with them, th» trouble' about them .Is -that if they .are not : looked' after they become vagrants;' The cases are not properly'speaking those .for an Old Mens' Refuge, bo I think it would be' advisab'e to alter this cognomen/and hayt : the "Old Men " out and call it the Thames Refuge, under this iiame it wbuld-bepVopef to establish some industry so that able bodied men would be compelled to do soma work towards pajing for the coat thoy put the ratepayers to ia maintaining them. Under the present name the interenoe ia tfyst no one but infirm old men are inmates; aai when it is advocated' to make them Work

there is a false sympathy aroused, >whjgb\ very muoh hampers thtee,who know, tte'true state of affairs and would 'like tbhavQßQ alteration.. At present there arc 19 the Home, arid more the'o ari : -! fit and able to do some kind of work; and they certainly wonld beraori conteiited and ' in better health it it was found for them and they were compelled to do it.. *' i•; Mr.Koefoed thought soiiie steps should be taken to find tinploytufm for able bodied men, u. building May from the town with a piece-of hind on which they could be employed in gardening would U a good idea. \ f . Mr Reuahaw said that the 0 { having the building wht;rfi it waitlut. the aitetidaDce of, the Hospital, tojrgeoa/i'oold be procured when He hoped nothing would be dono hurriedly, md moved that the Keleivicg . officer's report be received and the matter of employment referred to General Purpose Committee to report,' l ' ' , - Mr MoAndrew in seconding the motion . said he thought that Mr Bruce should find, out what work thp inmates in qaestion were " capable of, In his opinion the system had been propcsteroiw all along Herii glad to find that Mr Bruoe agreed with hira. : Mr Coutta oould fee nothing elsei for the old men to do but stone breaking,.. ' : . ' v ' ; The motion wis then put and carried, : REPORT OF GENERAL PURPOSES COHHITTBB.' ;"Your Committee have drasn up B specification of the daties to be performed by the Caretaker to the Old Men's Horn® which they submit for your' approval, th» ' remuneration to be £26 per an»um. oavabls ■ • monthly, The Trustees of: the.fiiSl having a quantity of quilts for sale, rod the' i Old Mens Home redwing some, your Com*, mittee have decided to purchase them, and left the mutter in the hands ,of the Chairman at\d Seoretary with power to aotj: • You? Coinmittse having • examined the 1 accounts amounting to ,> £170 5s 64, and, - found them correct recommend that they • be passed for payment," • Received and adopted, RELisyiso officer's rjpobt, " Rations to the value of £3<J 4s Uhm ■ bpfict issued ub fhainos for agaloßt £27 ,3a 2d issued during the prt» • vjooa four weeks, and at Coromsndql fat th<r . nonthof May the £?;|7# 7dogainßt £9 lis odiasued Lvisited Coronmndeloufcliq 16 th • S|ay, and after enquiring into .the, several ,cjb«s re« u'eivinf relief there' I l ' was' qiiite aatieSed with the exception of an'e perßbn. i who - has since been strnck off," V- *

Received and adopted." rr<..*wf <■', .v. OBPHANAGB ANI> OLD MENVHOMB '% . The following letjer : from Dr .ilcQregw Inspector General of Hospfols'wasw^' ferred, till a,reply is reotiivfed tci"i tettS ® the Secretary on the tylgfjoK " Advertiog to ypu? letter of (he 25ib pf " February in wbiQh in refeienoe to pate hfttweeu the Board and (his Tfanjr V Boiougb CoQDoil regarding the freehold C the Orphanage and Old Men's Refuge, forwasd. copies, of the conveyances o£ tW * sitos, I have the honour by direction o! tb» - Colonial Seoretary to inform you thit he ip, advised .that the Orphanagu would appear ' to be subject to (he "Hospitals and Cbari." table limitations Act, 1885/' but not tta Refuge, The former would consequently vest in the Bavd under section 40.0f the Act subject to any existing debts or charcea* Wh&t these debt# and 'charge# i\ro it U cloarly the Board's duty to asoar». tain {vi.le roctions sft aiyi- 8J). /As to tb«' non-pay mint of omsiWiintis t>y tlie iorougli, the Bkwd has its rornedy under 1 sections 88 and 29, The whole matter.

however, appears to be one for the Boerd taelf to settle withtheassistance ofits own logal advisors, as it is impossible npos. in ex parte statement to.say what are tbs oxact legal rights of tlif) prrtios inter s? It was proposed by IVtr Walton and sec« ended by Mr Dearie that the nest meeting; to held on tne 2nd Monday in Juljr,