HOSPITAL BOARDS
QUESTION OF. FINANCE. (By Telegraph—l'er Press Association) WELLINGTON, June 16. in a letter io the lheimer, (fcLon. G. W. hordes), the Hospital Boards Association again draws attention to tlic unemployment' portion, the curtailment of the Hospital Board’s financial requirements aud grave situation in which they will now be placed as a result of the closing down of the No. o Scheme.
The letter asks to know the Premier's wishes as to the extent to which Hospital Boards are to provide for unemployment relief out of their curtailed finances, and to bo assured, in the event of their legitimate hospital activities being absorbed in unemployment relief that the Government will come to their assistance in the ordinary functions of the hospitals. In a letter to the Minister of Health (Hon. A. J. Stallworthy), the Association points out that at a combined conference of Counties Association, Municipal Association, Farmers’ Union and Hospital Boards Association, the principle was affirmed that outdoor relief occassioned by unemployment should be a charge upon the consolidated fund and not a burden on the funds of Hospital Boards.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 June 1931, Page 5
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