CONSUMPTIVE SANATORIUM.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13531, 28 February 1908, Page 7

CONSUMPTIVE SANATORIUM.

DISCI SSION' ]!V XOKTI-I CAXTKi: Bl'liV ItOAI'l).

The Xorth Canterbury Hospital TJnard I'iseit—vd :it length |»M Wednesday liltwork don,- by ill- ivi* lit. conference regarding ill.- Consumption Sanatorium. Mr Dnnlop nioveil tlial the notion taken I>y the delegatir> should I):' approved. Mi- Davidson said thnt people thought tiiat incurables were admitted to tlie intittutioii.

Mr Harris .-aid lh:u it was israndalous thai im arable coi . niiipt ives should beallow ,i| to M';ttitlel' a'. :alg--. 111-- chairman said that- the Bcat'd should seize ttie opponiinity ami take the institution over. A portion should lie >'t a11,1 ri for incttralili-s. and that would hardly lit- practicable unless tin- (sanatorium were taken over for Xorlli Can-t-rbuiy alone. It hail been said that there well- 500 consumptives in Canterbury. and lie Ivlieved that there were many more in C'hrisu-hurch alone. Tt was the bottnden duty of tin- Board to try to deal with those people. He would rather ■support the amalgamation scheme than see the matter fall through, hut he thought that Xorth Canterbury should do its utmost to secure such a place as the sanatorium for itsc-lf. If fionie energy were shown there should be no difficulty in getting plenty of money for the support of the sanatorium. Only £4COO was required. and he would advocate the placing of collectors even - where to get the money. Mr Wolfe said' that he was surprised at the chairman's action in supporting the delegate*. and then asking the meeting to make the sanatorium exclusively a. Xorth Canterbury one. The chairman said that, he voted for tin delegates' action rather than see the matter of tin' sanatorium shelved. Mr Morris said that if the Board passed a resolution in accordance -with the action of the delegates, it might lead the Board into trouble regarding its concessions from the CVolimeie Estate. He moved that further consideration should be deferred until the next mc-eting. Mr Morris' motion was carried.