OAMARU HOSPITAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1064, 17 September 1879, Page 2

OAMARU HOSPITAL.

The monthly meeting of tho Committee of this Institution was held last evening, when there woro presentMessrs. T. H. Brown (President), Jle.nlland, Townsend, Montagu, M'lntosh, D. Sutherland, Dunn, and Church (Secretary). The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, the following report from the Visiting Committee was read and adopted : " Your Visiting Committee have the satisfaction to report that at their monthly inspection on the 13th instant they found at the Hospital everything in a statu of cleanliness and order. " The in-door patients were eight—-Mi-males and two females. " Tradesmen's accounts aggregatin'/L2o' 15s 9d for supplies arc herewith submitted, for payment. " The Hospital is indebted co tho Misses Orr, of Station Peak, and to Mrs. Clowes, for a quantity of illustrated and other papers ; to Mrs. M'lntosh and to Mrs. Lemon for a needful supply of linen and baby's clothing ; and to Mrs. Andrew Gray, of Chelmer-street, for a present of fresh vegetables and rhubarb roots. "Mr. May's complaints as to damage to his property by alleged defective drainage from the Hospital grounds having been looked into, it was found the Hospital was not responsible, but the matter has since been attended to by the town authorities. "Your Committee recommend x. \- Williams be written to, to reum ira, balance of his stack of hay, its si "being detrimental to the growth of In this latter connection they « '-;o wish you to consider wheth(j£ it is desirable or not to keep a cow, as well for dairy use as for the improvement of the grass. Other matters which require attention are repairs to the outer gate, and the weeding and digging round the roots "I the arbor vities along the main avenue." Mr. Sutherland expressed his willing' ness to make a present of a co\vto tUB Hospital, when the proper time arrived. The Chairman, on behalf of the Committee, thanked Mr. Sutherland for his very kind offer, and said the Committee, when in a position to do so, would be happy to avail themselves of the offer. On the motion of Mr. Headlan >• seconded by Mr. Dunn, a vote of t " an , • was passed to Mr. Sutherland for kind offer. f .. A number of tenders for supplies the Hospital for tho next six months opened, and the following accepts • Groceries, &0., Messrs. Spence and be* medical comforts, Messrs. Spence Bee ; coal, Mr. J. Orr ; milk, Mr. Black ; meat, Mr. Fry. a I The meeting terminated with the us" vote of thanks to the Chairman.