AUCKLAND SPECIAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 194, 23 August 1901, Page 3

AUCKLAND SPECIAL.

MAORIS WANT TO ATTEND COJtO XAT IO X CE U 1 •: MOX Y.

(Special to Times.) Auckland, last night,

The Maoris lire discussing the question raised at the hie Koturuu meeting as to going t.j England next Mu,/ for the coronation. In tiie I’ipiwharauroii newspaper, of ( iisliomo, a writer from Te Whaiti, L’rewerii country, says that two hundred of the .MuhitU'i tribe "canoe " wish to «o to England, hut the question of ways and means has not yet been discussed. hi the same paper is published a letter from the late Major Fox, who died lately at .Makutu, advising his people not to go to England as proposed, " lest they be made as dops." I understand that the Gisborne .Maoris, who are looked upon as very grand people, were very keen on this proposed trip to England. A number of their leaders, during their visit to Auckland recently, said that they would rejoice to do everything in their power to be able to attend, in their war costumes, the coronation of the King. TilK GHOST.

The “ghost" is said to be still masquerading in the suburbs. Uuegood effect of the ghost scare is that children who usually roam about in the suburbs at night are keeping to their homes just as if the curfew law were in force. Till-. TOMOANA. The agents are in receipt of advice, stating that none of the Auckland cargo by the Toinnana was damaged when the steamer met with her recent accident at Gisborne. (iRJEUTLOXABLE Tlx I IMS. A ease exciting some interest at Waihiis that of dailies Carter v. two brothers named Ward, charged with using abusive language in a public place. The Waihi Miners' Union have lately been ill the habit of posting names in the Union llall window of those miners working against the expressed wish of the I’nion by taking private mining contracts, etc., soldi names being in full view of all passers. The defendants were accused of calling the prosecutor a “ black-leg." " scab," etc., hence the present proceedings, I’.efure Messrs Holmes and N’cwdick, justices, O. and M. Ward were tilled TVs and Jcosls each for using the words blackleg and scab to dames Carter, whose name was posted by the Union as working against the interests of the Union. HOSPITAL MAX AG EMEXT. A short time ago there was an interesting discussion in Gisborne as to the appointment of an honorary stall' for the I Gisborne Hospital. Therefore, the fob j lowing article from the Star, in alluding to the had slate of affairs at the Auckland j .Hospital, should be yd' special interest to 1 Gisborne people There may be something to he said for various arguments urged by members of the Hoard in cxpla- I nation of these disquieting facts. The gumlieids probably supply an unusually 1 high percentage of bad patients; the isolation of much of our back country compels the concentration of a large number of incurable patients in the Auckland llos- ; pita!. There is little doubt that the mild and genial nature of our climate lias j attmeted manv invalids whose inevitable j

fate has affected our vital statistics in a \er\ prejudicial way. But none of these reasons—nor all of them combined —are sufficient to explain the unsatisfactory condition of things disclosed by the figures of the Inspector-General. We arc in full sympathy with those members of the Board who point to the need of a responsible medical superintendent as the most urgent want of the institution, mid we think that it is partly due to the absence of such an official that our hospital compares so unfavorably in the Inspector's report with similar institutions elsewhere. We have previously pointed out the urgent reasons that render such an appointment an absolute necessity. Both Board and honorary stall have agreed that the step we advocate is desirable. and that the appointment of a resident-, experienced and well-qualified, would not only improve the discipline and promote the efficiency of the officials, but would in the end prove to be much the most economical way of conducting this most important of our public institutions. The members of the honorary staff have, as far as we know, discharged their duties conscientiously. But it is manifest to the most casual observer that it would be a most serious error to throw the total responsibility for the successful management of such an institution into the hands of men whose personal daily occupation lies outside its walls: apart from the fact that in age, experience, and maturity of judgment such a staff frequently leaves much, to be desired. We trust that in the best interests of the community every obstacle to the appointment of a medical superintendent will speedily be removed."