Familiar Unknown

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 177, 24 June 1940, Page 5

Familiar Unknown

Did you know that approximately one third the total maize crop of New Zealand was grown in the Bay ol' Plenty. treatment, would be raised by a special tax and property owners were not to be under the burden. "It seems as though the burden is increasing," concluded sMr Smith, "and that the tax is not sufficient. If that is so, the tax should be increased. Favourable Cost Per Bed. "This conferehce has been a great benefit to us," said Mr McCready. ""Ratepayers are asking 'Why the increase?', 'What do they do with it?'. Wei will now be able to go back and tell them."* Mr McCready added that something should be done by Local Bodies to effect an alteration in the present system of hospital administration if alterations were needed. In reply to a question, Dr. Dawson said that the average cost per occupied bed at the Whakatane Hospital compared favourably with others in the same class and more than favourably with the bigger hospitals. Before the conference concluded Mr Sumner said that it should be realised that every member of the Hospital Board was a ratepayer and was just as concerned about rate increases as the Councillors. In thanking the members of the Board for their courtesy in attending, Mr Burnett said that the position had been cleared up. He was convinced, however, that the whole system of hospital administration was wrong and that the Social Security scheme should bear the brunt of necessary expenditure.