Palmerston Hospital Board

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 73, 8 December 1892, Page 2

Palmerston Hospital Board

The first meeting of the newly elected Hospital Board was held yesterday. Present — Messrs Lethbridge, Taylor, Saxon, Snelson, Bavenhill, Ransom, Goodbehere, Purkiss. On the motion of Mr Lethbridge, Mr Park was voted to the chair. Mr Bavenhill said he took his seat under protest against the recent « election of representatives of the Oroua County at Feilding. The matter, he understood, was being enquired into, and more would be heard of it. Mr Snelson was elected Chairman on the casting vote of Mr Park. The voting was — for Mr Park, Messrs Lethbridge, Ransom, Goodbehere, and Purkiss ; for Mr Snelson, Messrs Bavenhill, Saxon, Taylor, and Snelson. Mr Snelson thanked the members for the honor conferred upon him, and regretted that the late Chairman, who had carried out th« duties so well last year, could not see his way to again accept the position. Mr Lethbridge thanked the Chairman for his kindly expression of opinion. Although he would have been pleased to have seen Mr Park in the chair, he would do all in his power to sifpport Mr Snelson , in the position. Correspondence was received as fol- \ lows : — From various local bodies, notifying elections of representatives to Hospita , Board as follows: — Manawatu County, ; Messrs V. C. Ransom and J. Saxon; Feilding and Foxton Boroughs, Mr E. Goodbehere ; Palmerston Borough, Messrs G. M. Snelson and W. Park; . Oroua County, Messrs F. Y. Lethbridge, T. B. Taylor, J. Purkiss, and G. W. Bavenhill. From Land and Income Tax Department, forwarding corrected schedule of ! rateable value of districts contributing to the Palmerston North Charitable Aid Board, as follows : — Oroua County ( .±'2,100,848, consisting of— Kiwitea Road ( District, £547,495; Halcombe Town ' District, j>14,291 ; Manchester Road ' District, £274,704; Manawatu Road District, £539,278; Fitzherbert Eoad ' District, £275,080; Manawatu County, £791,874; Palmerston Borough, £478,---05 1; Feilding Borough, L 140.279 ; Foxton I Borough, L 83.693 ; Total L 3.594.745. i From Manchester Road Board, for- < warding L 108,145, amount of contribu- i tion for year 1892-93.— Mauawatu Times. 1