HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE AID BOARD.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1929, 13 August 1889, Page 1

HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE AID BOARD.

The monthly meeting of this Board was held on Friday. Present—Messrs D. M. Ross (chairman), W. M. Moore, R. A. Barker, J. Jackson, and D. McLaren. It was decided that summonses should be issued at once in certain cases. Dr Hogg wrote accepting appointment on honorary staff. Mr R. H. Pearpoint, storekeeper at Geraldine, sent two letters, asking the board to correct & resolution passed at last meeting. He had written asking whether the specification for rations meant that whito or yellow sugar should be supplied in rations, and the board replied that the specification should be adhered to; but the specification did not specify what kind should be supplied. He was aggrieved, too, at the remark reported in the papers to have been made by the

chairman, that thejf specification provided for the supply of white sugar. As a matter of fact, 1 n,o variety was specified, and he ihad only ,a.sked the board to say what kind they understood was to be supplied. The; newspaper reports indicated that he had asked for a concession on the specification, and he had done, no such thing. —The chairman said he'did not remember what he said, he certainly meant no reflection on Mr Ffearpoint. —Mr McLaren thought* -that. they should give a fair quality [ of; brown sugar, and the board agreed thaftthis ought, to be sufficient for recipients of charitable aid. A number of new applications for aid were received and considered, or reports by local members or police ordered to be obtained,. The Rev. Mr Preston, of Geraldine, wrote on behalf of an aged , couple there, husband 65, wife 70, and Constable Willoughby reported favorably of; their character, and corroborated the statement of their necessities. The Rev. Mr Hamilton applied for help for aia elderly and invalid woman at Arowhenua. The Rev. L, C. Brady supported an application for aid by a deserted wife with four children at’St. Andrews. Rations were given in the above cases. An aged couple at Waimate asked for help j they had two small sections and cottages partly paid for, but could not, keep themselves in necessaries.— Inquiry to bo made. A woman with a weak-minded daughter, aged 21, interviewed the board to ask for an improved bill of fare. She wanted a htcle milk for her child, and also an elastic stocking for herself—Rations to be continued, or both can go to the barracks; stocking to be supplied. A military pensioner, 72 years of age, was promised a passage to Wellington by next steamer. Ho said he had a claim to a piece of land at Wellington. Accounts were passed for payment, and the meeting terminated.