PIO PIO MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 571, 28 May 1913, Page 5

PIO PIO MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

A LIVELY MEETING. A meeting of the guarantors of the ' Medical Association for that part of the King Go jntry of which Pio Pio is the centre was held in the Pio Pio Hall last Saturday, May 24th. It had been [convened by Mr at the instigation of several subscribers, and the secretary of the Medical Assuciattion also called a meeting at the same time and place. Fully 50 guarantors were present. The Association Committee was in possession of the stage when the guarantors assembled, and Mr Livingstone came forward, in the absence of the chairman, Mr Hall, and to open the meeting. Mr O'Dwyer objected, saying that as a public meeting it should elect its own chairman. He was supported by Mr Elliott. Mr Livingstone and Mr O'Dwyer were nominated for the chair, and upon a show of hands being taken Mr O'Dwyer was elected by a large majority. He said he had called them together at the request of several subscribers, and that the business was to elect a permanent com mittee. The past committee was merely a provisional committee, and when it had done the preliminary work should give way to another elected by the guarantors. Mr Elliot read the minuteß of meetings and all correspondence from the 24th August. 1911, to the present time. During the reading of these several lively passages-at-arms took place between Mr Livingstone and Mr Elliot, so much so that the chairman had to interfere. The continuous interruption from the back of the stage caused the chairman to remark it was the first time in hia life he had attempted to conduct a meeting from front and rear, and he would be pleased if the rear-guard would advance to the front. They did _so amidst great applause. Mr Elliot, who still held the floor, expressed pleasure at seeing them in front of him, as he could now talk t® their faces. Applause.) He coulJ not compliment the committee as constituted upon their efforts and zeal for the cause, where upon Mr Livingstone again interrupted, but Mr Elliot refuted his statement by reference to his minutes. Continuing., he explained the construction of the deputation that went to Wellington, but at this stage things got particularly warm, and Mr Livingstone flatly contradicted Mr Elliot, but the speaker again proved himßelf correct by reference to his minutes. He said the committee had not taken the subscribers into their confidence, and likened them to a Ministry with Mr Wall as Prime Minister, Mr Boddy as Attorney-General, Mr Burnell as Minister for Internal Affairs, and Mr Livingstone as Minister for Hospitals. A voice: ("And what were you?") Leader of the Opposition," was the reply. He stood up for the backblocker evpry time, and had done his utmost to get a doctor's residence, a doctor, and telephone commuication between the doctor's residence and the various outlying offices of the district. In fact, he had induced the lineman to come in, but he was not permitted to do the work because it would cost some £l2. Thereupon Mr Power remarked he was not always with Mr Elliot, but ha was in this case, and proposed a new committee be elected. Mr Collins seconded the proposition, which waß carried. Mr Elliot then proposed, and Mr Nelson seconded, that it be an instruction to the incoming committee to at once connect up the various telephone offices of the district with the doctor's residence. —Carried unanimously.

The following committee was elected all new members except three:—Messrs McKenzie, Wairere; J. Collins, Aria; Hack, Te Mapara; Elliot, Pio Pio; Power, Paemako; Moore, Mahoenui; Voyce, Mairoa; Bailey, Puketiti; Burrows, Mangaotaki; Pettigrew, Arapae; Nelson, Kaeaea.

At a meeting of the committee, held immediately afterwards, Mr Moore was elected chairman, and Mr Elliot secretary. Mr Elliot was empowered to get the telephone connections made at once. The chairman and secretary were empowered to sign cheques.