A Gross Job.
The appointment of Dr MacGregor as Inspector of Lunatic Asylums for the polony is one of the most flagrant jobs ever perpetrated, even by the present jobbing Ministry. Dr Grabbam, the lata Inspector, recommended that Dr Neili be appointed Inspector for the South Island at a aalary of £BOO, and Dr Levioge lot the North Island at £7OO or £750, those psntlemen retaining the superintendence of ttioSeacliffand Wellington Asylums respectively. Dr Grabham pronounced them tbe hj men iu the colony f'?r the poat of Inspector. do not think thaf Dr I.eviugo possessed any dualification 1-r the office of Inspector; but tue “ skid in.l experience of Dr Neill were uuundoubted. Dr Neill is emphatically the v.iry ablest man in the colony with respect t > the treatment of lunacy. However, the Gweramegt pweed over Dr Neill, and
appointed Dr Macgrcgor as Ins n-c‘or if Lunatic Asylums. Yet it is the fact tint Dr MacGregor possesses no special knowledge of either the treatment of theinsane or the management of Lunatic Asylums. Dr MacGregor owes his appointment entirely to “ hack stair’s influence.”
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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1853, 5 July 1886, Page 2
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181A Gross Job. Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1853, 5 July 1886, Page 2
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