Our Borought Hospital.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 169, 17 July 1883, Page 2

Our Borought Hospital.

In t'ne official report presented to Parliament by the Inspector of Hospitals our local institution is thus described :— Palmerston No'th. A. reserve of above three acres has been granted for the purpose of aho .»ital. The land was formerly covered with heavy bush, of which the stamps still remain. On it are four cottages of two rooms each, eected for emigration purpose. The re-erre fronts the principal street of the town, down the centre ef which runs the rail way-linp. it will m coarse>r time be surrounded by a densely* populate 1 neighbourhood, and the munj*—' cipal authorises, not without some sHow of reason, object to its use tor hospital purposes. ' Consequently the buildings upon it- are only occasionally and temporarily used for patients, for whose •d mission into the hospital at Wanganui an annual subscription of £25 is paid by the Borough Council. The cottages have been, taken care Qf^by q woman, who has been allowed foih've rent-free, and lor whom some subscript tions have been collected,, she being herself an object of charity. The local authorities wish to erect a hospital on a portion of a reserve adjoining the land set apart for a public park. This re* serve is claimed by the Wellington' College Trustees, but they pay no rates upon it, and are said to have no title. The hospital reserve could .perhaps be sold for hospital purposes, if a new site be granted; or an exchange ot land might be made. The township is surrounded by dense bush, with numerous saw mills. Severe accidents are not in* frequent.