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Taranaki Daily News, 11 October 1922, Page 6

STRATFORD.

DAILY NEWS AGENCY. Advertisements and items of news far . publication in the Taranaki Dally News should , be left at th© office of our local represent?.tative, care Mr. W. H. Humphrey, Broadway, ! Stratford. Orders for papers may also be left with him. THE HOSPITAL BOARD. PROPOSED MATERNITY BLOCK. Oct. 10. The monthly meeting of the Stratford Hospital Board was held to-day. Present: Messrs. C. D. Sole (chairman), P. Thomson, J. T. Belcher, E. Marfell, W. H. Were, and C. R. Finnerty. Messrs. J. O’Neill a-ad G. P. Harkness were granted leave of absence. Dr. Steven (medical superintendent) reported having met and conferred with Mr. . Johnston (of the Health Department), the chairman and the matron, with reference to the proposed maternity block, and as a result a number of suggested minor alterations to the plans and position were submitted. The report was adopted, and it was agreed to carry out the suggested alterations to the plans. Mr. Johnston now holds the plans for the purpose of remodelling them, and they will be submitted to the neit meeting of the board. Loan of £6OOO. With reference to the board’s £6OOO loan for the purpose of erecting the maternity block, the Department of Health wrote stating that the Minister was prepared to give his consent to a loan for a term of 21 years, but was not inclined to consider a term of 364 years as requested. The effect of the 21 years’ term would be that the board would have to pay £145 per annum in respect to the repayment of the capital sum of £6OOO, instead of £6O "® < under a 364 years’ term. J The letter was received and the term of 21 years was agreed to, providing t£l? department undertakes to pay £1 for xl or. the interest, or pay its share of the capital expend’ in cash. General. The medical superintendent reported for the month that 22 patients -were admitted, 28 discharged, and 22 reEasmed in hospital at the end of the month. Thirteen operations were performed, and there were two deaths. Two cases were in isolation at the end of the period. The Whangamomona district nurse rei ported that during the month she had at- ' tended eight medical and four surgical 11 cases and had received £1 9s in fees. [ j _ f J . | THE HOSPITAL GROUNDS. SUGGESTED EXTENSION. A suggestion that the hospital grounds ' should be emerged was made by Mr. Fin- j nerty at this morning’s meeting of the Hospital Board. He said he had always advocated that the grounds should be extended in view of future developments of the hospital. Two alternative plans were suggested, viz., by acquiring 12 sections on the west side of Portia Street, closing Portia Street fioni Romeo to Celia Streets, and including the whole in the hospital grounds, or by securing the consent of the Borough Ccuncil to reduce the width of Portia Street by 33 feet and including this portion in the grounds. If the first suggestion were adopted, the boa v d would acquire eight sections totalling three acres, and also that portion of the street which would be closed. The sections would probably cost about £7OO or £BOO. Mr. Finnerty said he had advocated this scheme e\er since he had been on the board, for he belie' cd an extension of the grounds was absolutely essential. The chairman pointed out that there were many difficulties in the way of these schemes, not the least of which was finance. The board already had 6J acres of land at the hospital. The closing of a street was a very difficult business, and the consent of every resident and ratepayer jn that street would have to be obtained before a petition for the closing could be made. It was pointed out that at the present time there was a private house and half an acre of land in the present hospital block, and the opinion was expressed by some members that the board already had sufficient land in the block. The chairman moved that the matter stand over till the next meeting, and that the board inspect the grounds with a view to considering the advisability of extending them. —The motion was carried. THE STRATFORD SEAt/ *^ l MR. J. B. HINE AT TOKO. Mr. J. B. Hine, Reform candidate for the Stratford seat, opened his campaign at Toko on Monday night. There was a fair attendance at the meeting, and the speaker received a good hearing. Mr. E. Marfell occupied the chair and introduced Mr. Hine. In opening his speech, Mr. Hine said he was not going to start any bitterness in the election campaign. In the Toko district thev had no bitterness socially, and there should be none in the election. ' At the conclusion of a strong policy ,- eech, a vote of thanks" to Mr. Hine and ’ confidence in the Government was passed, on the motion of Mr. Urquhart. GENERAL ITEMS. At ttf>-days meeting of the Hospital Board, ’Mr.' A. W. Reid forwarded to the staff ofVhe hospital a cheque for £6 10s as a tokem of his appreciation of the treatment received from the matron and staff while M>. Reid was an inmate of the institution'. The donation carries a Government subsidy of 24s to the £l. In her ’ monthly Tsfiort, the matron stated that, as it was agairtst the rules for the staff to receive gifts of any kind, she would suggest that the money be utilised to purchase anatomical charts for the nurses study-room. She also wished to thank Mr. Reid on behalf of the\staff. Mr. Reid was | accorded a vote of thanks. A large number of functions in aid of ' the Mardi Gras carnival \ are being arranged. Last night, the sports bodies . held a successful dance in the Parish Hall. 1 On Thursday evening the A.S.A. “Spickn and Spans” will visit Whangamomona. Tomorrow (Wednesday) night the Band ana Fire Brigade Committee will hold a danse chantant at Mahoe, and on the same night the Midhirst third-grade football team will j hold a >ancp to further the interests of

will be visited by the sports bodies on Thursday night, and on Friday night the 8.8.’s will hold a danse ehantant at Huinga.

At a meeting of the executive of the 1 Stratford A. and P. Association, to-day, i Mr. W. T. Lovell, on behalf of Messrs, j Lovell and Christmas, presented the execu- j tive with a magnificent silver trophy, to ■ be given. to the exhibitor gaining the most | points in the pedigree Jersey section at I the forthcoming Stratford Show. The [ trophy will have to be won three times in ' succession before becoming the property of 1 the exhibitor. The trophy is a beautiful | and valuable one, and should cause keen competition. It will be exhibited in the H.B. window at Stratford, and later at New Plymouth and Hawera. On behalf of the executive, Mr. Phillips thanked Mr. Lovell for the gift. A dance in aid of the Stratford branch of the Plunket Society is being held in the Midhirst Hall on Wednesday, October 18, when the music will be supplied byMrs. Bianchi’s orchestra. Mrs. Harkness, the country repreesntative on the committee, i is leaving no stone. unturned to ensure | patrons an enjoyable time. A motor-cycle owned by Mr. Bransgrove, and ridden by a young man named Blair, was burned in Broadway at an early hour this morning. The engine apparently back-fired and ignited the benzine. The p . trol tank burst and the machine became enveloped in flames. A convention of those interested in the prohibition movement will be held in the Parish Hall at 2 p.m. to-morrow (Wednesday), to meet Dr. Armor, who will speak in the Town Hall to-morrow, night. The residents of Stratford and district are notified that Ernest Davies, the London qualified sight-testing optician, visits Stratford every Tuesday, and may be consulted at Mr. Gaffaney’s, Broad, way. Hours: 9.30 a.m. to 4 p.m. At Humphrey’s, Broadway, Stratford: —Leach’s Latest Jumper Book. Leach’s Children’s Woollies No. 2, Leach’s Jazz Knitting Book, Leach’s Summer Jumper Book, “Best Way” Children’s Knitted Dresses, Coats and Suits, “Best Way” 3rd Jumper Book, “Best Way” Babies’ Woollies, -Weldon’s Knitted and Crochet Jumpers, all at lOd eaeh, postage Id.