OHINEMURI. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 207, 18 June 1887, Page 3

OHINEMURI. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT .)

Paeuoa, Fiiilay. The amount contiibutcd annually by the Oiiinemiiri Comity to the Thames Hospital and ("Hi-irit.iblo Aid Boards N £3155, and, a* this is sub-.idised by Government on the £\ for XI principle, the total flume-; up to the respectable sum of £730 per annum. For this ox penditure the rcddi/ats of the County get p:eciou> little in icturn. In fact. I question ui'ci'u! 1 they t^>t anything. \t the pie c ont rune I do not think Ohinemnri is lvpi.'^ntod by any parents in the Th.mvs Jluspit.il, nor is there ' single individual in tli? disti'icfc in i - ceipt of ilnis t'r.jin the Charit, ible A. ' Institution. That being so, it is $iU>ut time that an effort was made to bring 1 about an alteration in the existing state of affairs, which would scaicely be tolerated in any other community. Our pvery day cxpeiience tells us that a resident medical man is one of the most ru-^ont lequheinents of the place, but gt the time we know that the piivatc ]M - ;\( v ti*,e is not suiTiciently extensive to induce a properly qualified man to take up his permanent abode here, and therefore monetary assistance must be obtained from some other source. Now, as I have already shown that the Thames insiitutions derive an income directly and nniii\ictly of £700 from this county, nn ' so far us I am aware the quid pro quo is not woith mentioning. At all events it is clearly the duty of the local body to endearour to secure a fair propoitiou of above-mentioned amount as a subsidy towards establishing a medical man who would be within reach at all times when his services wore required. The present is a most opportune time for moving in this matter, because we aye on the eve of a general election, and no matter what electorate our lot may be cast in with we are certain to be interviewed by our coming representative, whose influ once could h« hronglit to boar on our behalf; and I feel confident that the desired object could very easily be attained. A vocal and instrumental concert in aid of the Public Library Fund is announced to come off here on the evening of Jubilee Day, and, as some of those •who have offered their services for the occasion are well known, a good pcrfonunnce is anticipated. Consequent upon the late heavy rain the roads and footpaths about here arc in a very bad state, and there is but small chance of inipiovement during the present winter.