fnttaumttt ifwilii. v i i TUESDAY, JULY 9, 18S9. HOSPITALS AND CHARITABLE AID SILL.

Manawatu Herald, 9 July 1889, Page 2

fnttaumttt ifwilii. v i i TUESDAY, JULY 9, 18S9. HOSPITALS AND CHARITABLE AID SILL.

The above Bill introduced into Parliament by the Honorable Air Hislop has beon read the first time. It will be of interest to ratepayers if we outline the proposals. The Bill is a subsidising measure and creates in lieu of the pre-ont Hospital Boards, fourty two " < ontrolling Councils," these Councils being generally one of the few local bodies propoped to be united for these purposes. To put this poiit c early we will instance how this coast would be affected. At present the Hospital Board, sitting at Wanganui is formed of representatives from the many different contributing bodies, but under the Bill this Hoard wili be swept away, and the whole management of Hospital and Charitable Aid placed in the hands of the Wanganui Borough Council. There is a provision that should a h spital be built at Palmerston the Governor may create a new district, of which the Borough Coimcil will he the " controlling council." Power, be-

yond that the Hospital Boards now possess, is given to the new Councils to Jjrdvide) local, homes. The new Councils have power to make levies for the cost on all the local j bddies comprised in a '' district," and if they object to the amdurii called up, they can appeal to the Colonial Secretary, who is to appoint a Commissio er to hold an inquiry The i Government also propose a new j system of subsidising these Councils j at present appears to be more in their favour than in that of the taxpayers. In moving the first reading, the Colonial Secretary said "It will be iil the recollection of honorable members that during last session and the session b fore there was general dissatisfaction expressed in the House with regard to the administration of charitable aid, and moi c particular with reg*td to the distiibution of the burden over different districts " We are aware that this dissatisfaction was expressed by nearly all the cojtribu ting bodies before the House met, andthe members only reflected the general fee ing, but the Honorable gentleman has missed the point of all the objections to the present system, and thus in the new Bill has created a much more serious cause for dissatisfaction. In the management of hospit Is • nd distribution of • charitable aid, it has been assumed, whether right'y or wrongly, we need not now argue, that the centres of population were too free with the iimounts they obtained so easily from the outlying bodies, and used the proceeds more to the advance-, ment of purely town interests than for the causes they were subscribed. On this coast, even the prestnt h-s pital board, though a representative body, has endeavoured, from the number of Wanganui town interests elected as members, to obtain from the countiy districts fourty and fifty miles away from Wanganui," money with which to build a large new establishment. This has been for a time frustrated, but if the Bill be-' comps law, and no hospital is built at Palmerston, on the fir t day" of April 1890, the " Controlling Council " will be the Wanganui Borough Council, «md we know then whatwil) be done. In this " distribution . i)f heritable Aid the same objection lies. In larger centres the cry is made, that the poor alw ys congregate to them, in the country that charitable aid need not be anything more but a small sum The countiy is willing to aid the needy, but the towns desire to build establishments for them to keep and provide for them, and indirectly to make money out of them, and so out of the cont ibu in? local bodies. The 1 ill makes these matters worse than ! before. The contributing bodie- ' have no voice whatever in th« man ■ i agement, nnd only a power of proI t sfc against the valuations made. I It is provided that ihe Controlling Council cannot expend more than £200 without the consent of the other bodies interested, but what does this amount to? the sum lias 1 only to be properly subdivided when ' anj r extravagance can be compassed. The almost universal practice of he who paj-s shall have a say, is done away, and '.he accidental collection of persons chosen for road overseeing in one particular spot in the district, is to be mad« a body to deal with one of the most difficult problems of the clay. Smalltr dist,ri§t§ a c better, *>ut the loss of repress, cation destroys the boon. In any case whether th • district is run by the Wanganui or the Pa merston ' >orough Counci , we have the pon trol and expenditure of a very large sum of money, placed unreservedly in the hands of the representatives •' of oJy ono of the contributing bodies, and whos;? payments bea but h sma 1 1 proportion to the >otal raised. This iippears to us to be retrograde legislation indeed.

To-morrow, at the R.M. Court the case against the man Shields will be heard. On Thursday next an auction sale of land and houses will take place at the Public Hall. Two properties will be offered. The first lot is that cottage and about half an acre of land on the Moutoa Road in which Mr Walter White is living. We understand it is for sale very cheap, and should certainly change hands on that day. The other lot is that house on Purcell Street in which Mr Thompson is living. The house was built by Captain Moore for himself, it was therefore erected of the best materials and had good work put into it- It is a very comfortable roomy residence, has a pleasant situation, and ought to sell. The auctioneers report that a large portion of the purchase money could remain on mortgage if sold to a responsible person. This should be a good opportunity to those who need a house, as buying is cheaper than renting. The sale is at half-past one. Owing to pressure of advertisements, for which we are duly grateful, we desire to direct our readers attention to the altered advertisements on the front and back pages. Messrs Ellis Brothers give an exhibition of boxing on Saturday next, at the Public Hall. There should be good sport as the chalienge issued has been accepted, ""instruction in boxing can be had from the Messrs Ellis', at Hunter's Hotel. The Rink opens on Friday instead of Saturday next. John Andrew Thompson was found guilty of stealing twenty lambs, the property of the Bank of New Zealand, This was from a station at Taratahi thil'Sir Bernard Gower is manager of. The prisoner was remanded for sentence. The Ready Money Store drew attention in our last issue to the arrival of new crockery, which is on view in the window of the store and inside. The advertisement reached us too late to direct notice to the Bame,_ but the advertisement is still in, and explains itself. The prices are reported fo be as low as the Wellington prices lor aimila> goods.

An advertiser is requiring a trap horse and set of harness. Mr Wylds advertises for sale three hundred sacka of good feed oats, j Mrs fitassefr isr m want of s nursegirl. On Friday the member's of ihe local--1.0. G.T. Lodge give a coffee sapper and entertainment at the Temperance HallPeter Mickiesoriy tor breaking into Mr Miller's store at PalmersfonV was sentenced to two years imprisonment with h&t'd labor. On Friday we shall commence a very interesting afltl able paper, specially contributed for us, entitled " The New El Porado," being a description of the South African Colonies, and thus throwing' rHach light on the Delago dispute, now attracting such serious attention. To enable industrious persons to obtain a home a;t reasonable rates, the owners have commissioned Messrs Thyime, Linton & Co. to call for written teriders for the purchase of those old buildings, with the land as . fenced that lie just opposite Mt G. Coley's house on the Moutoa Road. The buildings are dilapidated, but it is just therein where the speculation is good, if the buyer' is a handy man. See the advertisement. The remains of a human' body found 80 miles from Charleville, Brisbane, he's- been identified as those of Mr A. G. Fitzherbert, who, in January last, started to walk from Adv lo to Charleville, and was not since heard of.- . On the bottom of a pannikin found nedr the body, was scratched the following words i-~ " Write S. Fitzherbert, Wanganui, and tell him to provide for wife and children, ;MrS. M. Bskeiv the Clerk of » he Court, •informs us that owing to the Court sitting at Feilding on Wednesday, Snd also from his being indisposed, he will not be at Foxton on his usual days. We give our readers this information, but we think the Government could affofc! to advert se a fact like this, as the information pfdbsbly affects a good many, from whom they derive fees. We shall not act so liberally again. A very useful double-seated express and double set of harness, is advertised for sale in- this issue. The state of the toads, is the snbjaet matter for conversation with" everybody. North, sonth, and east the roads flre very bad. The main road to Carnarvon is in a disgraceful condition, so Is the Moutoa road, yet the unfortunate ratepayers are paying three half pence in the fJontid of the I rateable value to have them kept in order. The Manawatu County Council should have some explanation as to where the rates go, seeing they assert that the tramway is making money. The road to Kereru, through the Wirokino Eoad Board District is very bad, but then it has not been formed any length of time. In justice to the Kailway Commissioners we state that we find that the wharfinger did handle the goods brought up for Mr Gardner and placed them in the store. [Though this has been done, four shillings a ton seems a good paying price 1 Yesterday one of Mr Walls' little girls, tumbled off the cattle yards, where she had no business to be, and put her wrist out. Mr Walls had a bad- attack on Saturday, which has placed him on the invalid list for a few days. We hope to learn of his being able to resume his regular work soon. j The telephone has been placed in one of the Post-office lobbies, and is now ready for the use of the agents and captains of vessels trading here. On Saturday morning, we are informed' a horse was having his bridle changed at Rutherford's mill, and during the process got frightened and bolted with , the dray. A driver of another cart passing along made a good attempt to stop it, but was not successful, and narrowly escaped being killed. A person employed in paddocking, named James Smith, ran after the horse and caught it by the nose. It was fortunate that he managed to do so as it had but a little distance further to travel before it would have been over the river bank, when a serious loss would have been occasioned. The Bush Firing Bill, which Mr Marchant introduced, empowers County Councils to appoint a bush-burning season each year, by special order. During the period covered by such order it is made lawful for ( any owner of felled bush to fire it provided , he gives written notice to all his neighbors within a radius of one mile from such bush. The Bill is not to be held to affect the Malicious Injuries to Propery Act. " Iron " gives the following: — Everybody has probably noticed that horses are often obliged to use all their weight and strength to start a vehicle which moves along easily enough when once set in motion, and it is quite conceivable that springs in the harness might make the work easier by distributing the movement of starting over a longer period of time, and prevent horses falling into their harness. Acting on the suggestion of M. Celler, chief engineer, the directors of the Eastern Railway of France began, six year 9 ago, to harness all the horses employed in moving goods vans at their Paris station, with traces made of chains having a strong spiral spring inserted in them. The effect of the change has been very satisfactory. A considerable gain has been made in the durability of the harness, while the horses have done their work better and with less fatigue. The blow on the skoulders at starting is far less violent and ißfjurious to the animal than under the old system, and the horses, finding that a strong continued pressure will effect as much as the jerk which was form rly necessary, stem to gain courage, and pull steadily and directly, instead of wasting their strength in ineffectual plunges. M. Celler's is ot a new arrangement. We remember a similar invention being brought out some fifteen years or more ago by a German; but it was never introduced into this country. KEATING'S COUGH LuZENGER'S bure Coughs, Asthma, Bronchitis. Mcdi cal testimony states that no other medicine is bo effctual in the cure of these dangerous maladies. One L z j nge alone gives ease, or two at bud time ensure* rest. For relieving difficchy of breathing they are invaluable. They contain no opium nor any violent drug, "-old by all Chemists in Tins, Is l£d and 2< 9d eace.