WHERE IS OUR LUNATIC ASYLUM?

Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 98, 18 March 1876, Page 3

WHERE IS OUR LUNATIC ASYLUM?

(TU TllK kl>m»n ur THH IV.TKA IIML.) dm,— I believe t lie lime has now airived v/ben wu fn iy With some reason ask the aii‘Vc quest jolt, seeim,;- Lii.it, we, have a cniheieiit numbero!s ui>jwin m tin- district to war ran I it, a! h-a:;l, such were the inferences ilniv>-ji it>" me on- rckdiiiy; tie; rejiort -of tbe lasi balneation .'Board an TiIn;:; in t’arlvle. as ir'ven in your ’ pu'per.' Tim i'ao-a Kihiention iieual seem to have a hl l ilt of in.luieinu’ in soiu- enrimis v iL’-arii s. some of, which would-h" hiyiily cemsine- !o lii • iiniside pnbiii.. -'V -re if, mil tiiur Use saiii.ptrlnic has ro [mV ilm piper. A'-cordini: to yi.ic rep.el a. In.tion was e.-irrieii, (oim which I cannot eon sei 'Miimsl v rel'iain. i rom eomniem me on) Ice, ea iny; the .s.dncy of tile Secretary to ih" ii mrd !o -1 7b pe; ammm. .Now, f,lr I’ii I i'.ol', 1 ■ would ask you !mw he can jri ssi 1 1 y' earn it V i say m;, jiha! leal iy leeaiinol. and. 1 say more, viz, that tinSecretary previous to the im-rense, v, ns re ■ r, j-riuc; exaefly twiee ilm amontil ‘ (im otjiei was worlh. I .don't iiiaioc Ilm S ■cretarv, no, no! in liu; least, iail I t/n blame the members of (he Hoard, who. it ciiis to mm are h-ivini? a palm; ol the. tid/otr ai»'/h Ivy. .what I can U*id her Ihe whole [toard arc equally Idam.;aii'm, as. ! bosc.. who did no! Vole b,T it. 1 thin!-', 'im tinm has pone by -when v.-e niurhl i; i; n honed (‘or 'any reform under tie; j ire 11 1. adminisfralioii,ami unfort tnudi-iy i heir re rui of ollice ex I -nils (1 ln-lirve) over •another year, ami it is entirely nit of yi! reason to .-aipiios ; tie-y would e-jvi; r.p (heir seats, oven il ealicd mi in do so, until that time has expired, liar! 1 here been, one, only one, who bad jtismfui!y come forward- ami raised a dissenlient voice, I should then, even with such slip-lit imliciitioii, have had ‘lope lhai some, spark of 1 reason imiyl refuru to' Ue.hl up t!ic inrdlects pf. mir r.;prywent.-ifiveafs th ll llic Hoard. I .have been U>!d Unit liic Itmtrd b is so nui'-li money iluit. hay. arc actually driven to, the necessity' nio/iivvi/mr/ means ■for its disposal, but if Uni aid ion which i complain of is one of those inventions they ■may as* will ■ ve nj> that bus’mi'Hs, as it

■shows ior itself tluil'hU'f'iifioilti lire not in their line 1 . .if amy idea of niine Wiiuht ic o!' any assistance in disposing of a pirtion of the cash I would bo m'lost happy hj, assist, but I am afraid that niyAuggcstu n would tibsorb such athat it-would nut be thought worth no! Ira- Hut, hciwaviir, as the old saying is, ever// Hide -h. a- help , Lina; coe.s., .First, as 1 suppose the. Hoard arc aware, a school has been: established at. Kakaramea, and which now consists of some twenty live sc-.hiilarswith every probability of ho’mg increased; Second, 1 suppose tin; Hoard arc .also, awarep'it is intended to open. a school, at Manntahi on ihc Ist; April ncxl, and. that the master low <diiciatiii.tr at Kakanujiba will then hav- to attend both schools. Third, 1 doubt whet her 1 he Hojucl hjis over thought of, via., the great. ii.ijn.st.lco wij.idi. will be counnitlcd if sue!.* thing': arc to he a! lowedKi.iiv,' 1 ask why not; have.a master at each place? 'Hie Hoard cannot, plead- »»;<»</,. of fan<ls. Vfhv should s'c n a number of cnildrcii be. allowed to run wild, half,. the time they should he at , school ,(mid jor which their parents aml.lho general public have tb'pay), whilst those encrusted with providing for t.heir proper eoueat ion are playing at. ducks and drakes with, the means whereby, with (proper management, the purposes fur winch it, was intended limy .he Tul!v carried oed. Hefore conclusion, 1 hereby record my protest against. the injudicious maimer .in winch the lad lies, r ion fit! ird has decided to dispose' oT a T.oi tit'll oi’ their tuniis, and 1 !n:iy conjldeiitiv ass-'ii, that unless the Board reconsider lie ir ways, and he wise, hei.wcen this lime and the expiration of their term of oilier, few, if any, of ihc present, Hoard iced expect to!be atU>wi-dl6 serve aiioi her i ■.•no. Hy al lowing space for these, f.cw remark* in vour ■journal you w dimmed oblige. fd t ,'fj pi JjA* ■ ’ ’ ' Tours, Ac., P UATJeHAVKii. KaJ;manica, March 14, iH'fu. ;•; ■