HAWERA HOSPITAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1918, Page 3

HAWERA HOSPITAL.

CONTEUEXCE RE XEW SITE. A conference of the Hawcra Hospital Beard and locul conlribiiliitjr bodies was held on Wednesday morning to consider (In- uuestion of a new site for tlie hosTlie chairman (Mr C \V. Taylor) said that the Board had been offered a site of 2S acres on the Hunter Estate for £.7000. and the Minister for Hospitals had met the Board in reference to the matter, ami was quite °'" opinion that a 1 new site for the hospital was desirable. Th? site was approved by the Minister and lie bad promised to subsidise,, the. ■ l;ear<! to the extent of £2..j«0, if tha ■ Heard found the other £2500, and thus make a cash transaction. There was no ' intention of the Board to force a new ! hospital upon the local bodies at pre-- : sent, and it was unlikely that a now lios- ' pital would be erected before the end of • tiie war. If the site was purchased now 1 it could be used for a Hospital farm in ' the meantime. In this connection be 1 would point out that the hospital's milk ■ bill was £240 jicv annum- Temporary " additional accommodation had been pro--1 video, but a new building would have to i come. Mr Campbell said it appeared to him I (hat tlie main question was finding the ' money for the purchase of the site, liis • idea was that the local bodies should • strike a special rate, which be worked f oei at about 10th of Id in the £. 1 The chairman said that en the present " valuations the following would lie ike . local bodies" contributions of the .C 2500: • Ilawera County. £SSv2 Us Od: Klthain liorouzh, £134 4s Id: Ilawera Boroa.ah, c £?7."»'1.".s M: EHhain County, :CGS2'7s - 4d; Waimate West County, .C-ISS 19s Id: ii Manama Town Hoard, .-CM 10s 4d. '■■ Mr Bridge moved that the conference '■■ 'improve of the purchase of the site on s the Hunter Estate, and that the puro chase be on a cash basis. The Board ,; had the option of purchasing on terms or for cask, and his Council and the -i Board were favorable to a cash tranv '• .letion. By adopting the cash method >• lbe l!oard would secure the Government d subsidy of £ for £. Tlie motion was seconded by Mr Pease ii and carried unanimously .