HOSPITAL BOARD

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 May 1916, Page 3

HOSPITAL BOARD

AM) riii> cUL^Nvii-. TlKs llott le.y made »S t.io ..oil. i D toil ilospituj mzhli Cni"liable Aid Boaru lugiuai has brought Uie question to me 11 out and at Saturday s meeting 01 tuo Council— Councillor Latley moveu tJiat M< »>. 11. i' lola be reqweoteu to give Ins assistance ill getting a -bill past*xi Unougn I'.i. lkuno.it granting the county stipulation lioni tlie Wellington lio.-tpit.ii d.strict. Speaking to tho motion Coiuieil'or Cat ley said that it was an urgent mattor owing to the levies constantly ;'.o my up. lie was moving iu the m ittor ill order to draw councillor' <it tontiun to it. Councillor Ryder seconded the :mo tion. ' . Councillor Freeman said that -Mr Rhodes, formerly .Minister of Heal til., had recommended thorn to appro it'll the hoard, hut they had been beaten by two votes It woiud bo no use opplynig to the board They sho ihl now approach Mr Russell, the present Minister, and see if thev could get ;i hill through Parliament granting iliem .separation. The chairman said, tli'it it was ■ nsperative tint something he dime. He | considered it best to set up a committee of representatives ol local bud ies throughout the district to gather evidence to place before the Minist-r.

Cotmrilinr Kebbell , ,i. n-rliit they should get the present Minister's assist*! nco if possible. Coimieillor Venn did not think tliey would succeed in getting a bill through Parliament. Already two had been thrown out. Wellington wars too strong. If tlu> council paid Jf.'ss Wellington would Imrr to pay more. Councillor Catley withdrew his motion in favour of 0110 i>y Councillor Kebbell that a deputation from the Horowhenua district, accompanied bv Mr W. H. Field, M.P., wait on the Minister of Health, and that a committee be set up to act with representatives of Levin Borough Council anil the Otiaki Town Board, the committee to consist of Councilors Freeman, Stephenson, Retter and Catley. The motion was carried The above resolution en me offic: i!ly under the notice of the Levin 13 ro.igh Council last evening when on the ?io tion of the mayor, a committee wis set up to confer with the county wineil as suggested and the mayor. Coineillor Robertson and the town clerk were appointed as the committee, and Councillor Robertson and the town clerk to net as the council's representatives on the proposed deputation