STRATFORD.
DAILY NEWS AGENCY. Advertisements and items of news for publication in the Taranaki Daily News should be left at the office of our local representatative, Mr. W. H. Humphrey, Broadway? Stratford. Orders for papers may also be left with him. THE HOSPITAL BOARD. \ August 8. The monthly meeting of the Stratford Hospital Board was held this morning. The Bay of Plenty Hospital Board requested support to the following resolution: "That representations be made to the Minister of Health with a view to having establisHM in New Zealand one or more institutions for the reception of incurable consumptives..” The chairman said this resolution could well be supported. There were not nearly enough institutions of this kind in New Zealand, and patients had to wait for months to gain admittance to the sanatoria, as all the present institutions were over-crowded. He said the first duty of the Government was to preserve the- health of the people, and it was the duty of the hospital boards to back the Government, or they would have to take a share of the responsibility.
The proposal was unanimously supported. The South Otago Hospital Board forwarded the following resolution, asking that it be given support: “That the Government be asked to undertake as a national matter the care and treatment of all T.B. cases, and that the various boards throughout the Dominion be asked to support the proposal. It was pointed out that to be cured the disease must be taken as early as possible, and the treatment must be continuous.—The resolution was supported. A departmental report on the question of interest on hospital loans was forwarded by Mr. R. Masters, M.P. The secretary of the department stated that he was unable to say whether the department had been paying interest on a basis of £ for £. They should not do so knowingly. If the audit discovered that the Stratford Board had been claiming at capital rates on maintenance money a reduction of the amount so over-claimed would assuredly b* made from the next subsidy payment. There had been no change of procedure on the part of the department.
In a memo to Mr. Masters the Minister stated that the case was not quite a« Mr. Masters had stated it. He gath ered from Mr. Masters that the department had been deliberately paying interest on the basis of £ for £ for some years, and were now suddenly stopping this established practice, so as to save £2OOO per year. The secretary had informed the Minister that they had not been knowingly doing so. and there had been no change of procedure. It was pointed out that the payment of subsidy referred to was on expenditure incurred at the request of the departmental inspectors and without a request from the board.
Mr. R. Masters. M.P.. forwarded copy of a letter from the Minister of Health stating that no promise or indication that interest on loans for capital purposes would carry subsidy at capital rates could be found on the departmental files. The m?dical superintendent. Dr. D. Steven, reported for the month that 27 patients had been admitted to the hospital, 27 had been discharged, and two had died, leaving 27 in the institution at the end of the month. Nine operations had been performed. MATERNITY HOSPITAL. Amended plans for the proposed maternity block at the Stratford Hospital were submitted at to-day's meeting of the Hospital Board. "'Steps will be taken to proceed with the building as soon as the plans have been approved by the local bodies in the hospital district. The board decided to make application to the Public Trustee for a loan of £GOOO. or such lesser amount as may be required, for the erection of the block, at a maximum rate of G per cent., with 1 per cent, sinking fund, the board reserving the right to repay 4he loan at anv time. The plans are fnr an up-to-date structure with all modern appointments, and it should prove an invaluable acquisition to the hospital district. When erected it will be the only public maternity hospital in Taranaki. The cost is estimated at about £5700. MOTOR CYCLE ACCIDENT. Mr. T. Hamilton, Agricultural Department tester, resident on the Warwick Road. Stratford, met with a serious motor-cycle accident on the Hunter Road to-day. He was admitted to the Stratford Hospital in an unconscious state, suffering from a severe gash in the back of the head and a number of bruises on th° back and legs. The circumstances of the accident are not known, but it is understood that the motor cycle and side-car collided with another vehicle. The side-car was smashed, but the cycle sustained little damage. GENERAL. The callousness of a single man who recently .incurred a debt at the Stratford Hospital with regard to payment was strongly commented on hy Mr. C. D. Sole at the meeting of the Hospital Board to-day. Mr. Sole said the man was recently in the employ of the County Council. He ran up an account at the hospital’ promising to pay as soon as he got out. He drew a cheque for £2B on his accident insurance policy and spent £l5 on drink. He was locked up by the police that night and was fined £1 for being found drunk. The next day he left the town with only a few shillings in his pocket. Think was the whole cause of the trouble. The man had been in the hospital for a fortnight, and the board had no recourse against him. He had been discharged hv the County Council. Mr. Marfell said he thought legislation should he brought down to<give the board power to secure an order on accident insurance moneys. The matter was left in the hands of the chairman to confer with Mr. Masters with a view to securing some provision in the proposed amendment of the Hospital Act. The main electoral rolls for the Sttat-
ford electorate, containing 5537 names dating up to July 31, have now bfien closed and are in the hands of the printers. A large number of names have been struck off the rolls, but many of these will probably be reinstated on the supnlementary rolls.
Miss Lucy Langford, of Kapuni, was placed on the list of waiting probationers at Stratford Hospital at to-day’s meeting of the board.
At W. H. Humphrey’s, Broadway: School pads, 150 pages, good paper, ruled. 1/- each; exercise books, 50 pages 4d. 100 pages Gd. 120 pages 7d; writing tablets from Gd to 1/9 (cream laid or linen faced). Large assortment of traced goods, d’oyleys. tray cloths, centres, play aprons, feeders, camisoles, dressing jackets, nightdresses, etc., all at reasonable prices at Mrs. Humphrey ’a fancy needlework depot.
Country subscribers not receiving their Daily News regularly are asked to immediately notify our circulation manager, care Mr. W. H. Humphrey, Stratford. Complaints will receive prompt attention.
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