PARK ISLAND

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 206, 25 August 1932, Page 8

PARK ISLAND

JOINT COMMITTEE MEETS ESTIMATES ARE APPROVED The bi-monthly meeting of the Park Island Joint Committee was held at the Napier Hospital yesterday. Present: Messrs A. E. Bedford, W. H. Rathbone, L. stein, D. Eddy, and C. O. Morse. Leave of absence was granted to Messrs J Millar, H. Hill and C. H. Williams. Ministerial approval of the maintenance estimates totalling £4,300 for the current year was received. The committee congratulated the chairman on the excellent anangements he had made for transferring 25 of the cx-imnates from the Greytown Old People’s Home to a house at Ormondville. The chairman reported that all the inmates now at Ormondville had settled down in their new surroundings and were comfortable and cheerful. A vote of thanks was passed x o the National Tobacco Co. and to Messrs W. D. and H. O. Wills for generous gifts of tobacco.

A MATTER OE URGENCY ADMISSIONS TO HOME The question of what was to be done with future applications for admission into the Old People’s Home was raised yesterday by Mr L. Stein at the meeting of the Park Island committee when he stated that the position was urgent and would have to be dealt with immediately. Mr C. O. Morse in agreeing with Mr Stein, said that the independent boards were making their own arrangements for the time being. He suggested that at the next meeting of the committee, applications for fresh admissions made through the respective boards might be considered. Mr. Sein asked what should be done in the meantime with an urgent application that might be made next week. Mr. Morse: Make temporary arrangements for boarding at. 25/- a week, the same as we’re doing. “I am not altogether in favour of these boarding-out arrangements,” said Mr. Stein. ‘‘They may lead to a flood of applications.” Mr. Morse: There must be a tightening up of the conditions regarding admission. It is the duty of the committee to care for those who are unable to care for themselves, but at the same time every avenue by which we could receive payment should be thoroughly explored, so that relatives who can afford to pay, should not escape their responsibility. The committee decided that the secretary should be empowered to admit undomiciled applicants after a full enquiry.