THE FEVER HOSPITAL.

Evening Star, Issue 4030, 26 January 1876, Page 2

THE FEVER HOSPITAL.

Thirty persons attended the meeting m the lower Hall of the Athenaeum last evening, to protest against the Fever Hospital being erected on the Town Belt. Mr E. Prosser was called to the chair. Mr R. Gillies, in moving— That the Town Belt having been granted for the noses of recreation to the citizens of New Zea- , this meeting regards the placing of the Fever Hospital on part of such Belt as an unlawful proceeding, and one calculated to injure the rights and privileges of the citizens, and in the opinion of this meet ing the reply of the City Council to the memorialists’ protest is unsatisfactory, said it was extraordinary that some thirty yearn after the Belt had been set aside for the benefit of the citizens, the citizens should be assembled to prevent tbe very men who had been i laced in a position of trust to preserve their rights and privileges. Mr W. D. Stewart, in seconding the motion, remarked that the action of the meeting was not only desirable but absolutely necessary for the welfare of the citizens. Mr W. E. Hat moved, as an amendment— That this meeting endorses the action taken by the Corporation of Dunedin in placing the Fever Hospital on the Belt, as being the most conducive to the interests of the people of Dunedin. The majority of the citizens were in favor of its remaining in its present position. Mr Millar was of opinion that unless they made immediate resistance to the action of the Corporation, they would have reason for regret. It had been proposed to cut up the Belt into sections to bring in a revenue, and it was neces sary for them to o. pose such erratic actions at the beginning. Mr Srerwin would have liked to have seen the building put up in sections, so that it might have been easily removed. The medical gentlemen at the head of affairs in Dunedin were going to lead the citizens to great expense. The motion Was carried by a large majority. Mr Langlands moved the second resolution, whi' hj was carried : That a committee bo appointed to institute sneb proceedings ns they may think advisable for protecting tiie rights of the citizens of Dunedin in regard to using the Town Belt, and to take such steps os may he necessary to restrain all parties from using any part of such Belt for the Fever Hospital or any oiher unlawful purpose: such committee to consist of Messrs E. B. Cargill, Hugh M'Keil, J. H. Harris, B. Gillies, P. Sherwin, and the mover. Mr E. B. Cargill expressed himself strongly in favor of the agitationiwhich had been made against encroachments on the Town Belt. It was a ' eiy good thing that the Corporation was prevented by statute from doing what they liked with the City reserves, otherwise they might have been cut up into sections long ago. He hoped the citizens would back up the committee in this matter. The idea of putting up a Fever Hospital on the Town Belt seemed to him to be a needless thing, as though done in response to a panic > ry. This concluded the proceedings.