"A BURNING VOLCANO"

Timaru Herald, Volume CIII, Issue 15741, 27 August 1915, Page 5

"A BURNING VOLCANO"

IX WAIMATE. I HOSPITAL AFFAIRS AGAIN. I "What Mr J. JJitehener described as j "a burmii-1 vo.cano." at the meeting at the \\ a.mate County Council on "Wednesday, formed the subject, cf some dtsctisskon. the "volcano" referred to btMi£ the Waimate HospitaL A deputation eonststmg of the Deputy Mayor (Dr Hayes) and Councillor Manchester warwd on the County Council on behait of the Borough, and asked for support in taking steps to p'-aco before the members of the S.C. Hospita". Board (who are to visit Waimate next week), the necessity of njamtaining the- local hospital as at present. Dr Hayes gave an outline of the history of the hospital to show that it was purely a Waimate institution. Lately the Central Boarrd had taken «T;c?ptioa to. the,, management of the ]c:-al committee,"he said, although the committee was only carrying out the provisions of a i>y-jAH; approved by the Utmrd and s.gned by the chairman of tae Hoard. There was a. throvt to take away all power of we committee and even a threat to shut up the hospital or to so alter its scope that it would i.ot be- of the same benefit to fhe district as'at present. The County and Borough contributed about i 2200 per year to the Board, which with the Government subsidy, meant an income to the Board from Waimate County and Borough of about £4OOO per year. The cost of the np-keep of the local hospital vi'ss only £I7OO so that the Board made i good profit. It was a question if matters could not be adjusted satisfactorily, whether Waimate should not- try and pet separation. , •Mr Manchester epoke to similar effect. The Council discussed the matter at ■lenjjth. Mr T. L. Hart considered that there v. ere two sides to the qnestion as far as the County was concerned ps three of the ?;arsrest ridings were not interested in the Waimate hospital. It was a troublesome question to interfere with. Mr Bitchener said ihev should be careful.

j . The fiiairman (Mr R. H. Rhodes) isaid that while the statements of the (K'puty-mayor were qu.te cone;:*, they must, remember \hat Pareora was servIrd by Timaru, and Hakataramea by Oaniani, and that the charitable aid expenditure was mostly administered from Timaru. They did not want to have any warfare with the Board, j It was finally decided on a vote of I five to four" that two members of the ; Council join with the Borough deputa- > tion in waiting en the Central Board • on its visit to AVaitnate. j Messrs Wnatman and W. Lindsay were appointed to represent the Couiien.