THE ANDERSON CASE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 73, 15 April 1901, Page 2

THE ANDERSON CASE.

In connection with the above case re ferred to in our Saturday's issue, MrCorkill, Chairman of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, states that Anderson was admitted to the New Plymouth Hospital on May stb, 1900, I suffering from rheumatism, and was discharged on June 6th, 1900. On Anderson's discharge he was very anxious to try the Eotorua Sanatorium, and applied to the Chairman of the Board to send him there under a special regulation which enables patients introduced and guaranteed by Hospital and Charitable Aid Beard to get the advantages of tha institution *tthe reduced rate of 21s per week. Dr. Leathern having reported to Mr. C irkill that there was a prob'biit.y of •he tteittuflut be'ug bentu\:ial to

Anderson, Mr. Corkill went into the question of ways and means, and Anderson made the following statemont: —" I wish to go to the fUturoa Sanatorium, but have no money at present. I have a smill property in Stratford, a town section with a store and dwelling, which is occupied by my wife. The property is free. I am a shareholder in the Building Society, and have shares worth about £lO atpreseut. I have three children, two sobs, one at home and one working at a sawmill a* Peripeti at Hawkw'.s Bay. Andeison then signfd in the presence of the Boird'H Secretary, Mr. O. T. Mills, an undertaking that if the Biaid would advance Iha cost °f his pas'age from New Plymouth to llotorus, and become responsible for his maintenance tht'ie ho would refund all expenses on his j return, Accordingly, and on the faith of his representations as to his mean.*, he was advanced £2 cash for his passage money, and the Board subsequently paid the sum of £l4 lis far his maintenance at the Rotoru,a Sam- 1 torium. In addifipn tp ( ttyft Anderson I qw&s, .£0 for his, Maintenance in the! siew P.iyinoutb. Hospital I

Mr. Oorkill showed our representative all the doOßKents beuring out the afoove and thai Anderson had promised payment since his return home. So f<r the Board has paid every thing, nothing being paid by the Government as s'ated by the Stratford paper. It was owing to Andersen's own statements th>t ha was possessed of means that the ftoardj prrqaed) for payment.