TUAPEKA HOSPITAL COMMITTEE.

Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue II, 2 January 1869, Page 2

TUAPEKA HOSPITAL COMMITTEE.

The- usual monthly meeting of the Hospital Committee was held at tile iSnrgeou's residence on the evening of Tuesday, the 29th ult. There were present — Messrs. M'Swiney (in the chair), Farrer, Meyers, Lyng, Smith, M'Nickle, Henderson, and Dr. Stewart. The Secretary read a letter he had received from Mr. Pearson, Secretary of the Waitahuna Assembly Room Committee, asking whether thsy would be allowed the right, in the event of their giving two entertain men ts yearly on bclialf of the Hospital funds, to sond patients to the Hospital, and if so, how j ma iy. Mr. Russell thought such a thing could not be agreed to, as it would give a dangerous precedent. ] Mr. Smith thought differently. They ought to be thankful that Waitahnna was taking such a deep interest, in the welfare of the institution, and he would recommend that their proposal be favourably considered . Mr. Uussell could see no reason, if snch a course were adopted, why he or any person who collected money for the Hospi'al should not send it in in his own j name, and secure to himself the right of ] sending to the Hospital a number of patients proportionate to the whole amount collected. Mr. Henderson drew Mr. Russell's at- j tention to the fact that the Coir inittec j were not considering sums derived from subscribers, but from entertainments ; the cases were very different. Mr. Farrer said that if the Waitahuna Committee placed the amounts realised by their entertainments into the funds of tho Hospital in the aame of one of their members, that gentleman would have as much right to the privilege of subscribers ; as if he had subscribed the whole amount himself, so that through him their Committee could claim the privilege. Mr. Lyng concurred in. Mr. ,Fgrrer's i remarks ; he thought the letter asked nothing unreasonable. Dr. Stewart stated that if the Waitahuna Committee chose to forward the money in the name of one person, the ] Hospital Committee could not debar that | gentleman from the privileges of a sub j scriber. He would inform Mr. Smith that Waitahuna did not subscribe towards tho funds' anj r thing near the demand that ! district made upon the Hospital in the forms of patients. He further, remarked that it made no difference how this matter was decided, as the patients were sure to be brought into the Hospital. Mr. Farrer then proposed, "That Mr. Peax'3on be informed that if the Assembly Room Committee nominates one of their number to pay the money into the funds of the Hospital, that gentleman will have the s-tme privileges aa a private subscriber."—Saconded and carried. Before opening the tenders, Mr. Russell w ished to propose a- vote of thanks to the Waitahuua , and Tuapeka Dramatic Clubs for their valuable services in aid of the institution. Carried unanimously. | Mr. Russell wished to bring a matter before the Committee, in the form of a notice of motion, vfz., the amount rec.uirell from paying patient 3. He thought a. tUo times were nob so good as they one? wevo, a reduction of the weekly payment <•" 28s. was highly necessary. Many of tV< patients who availed themselves of the Hospital were members of Friendly Societies, #.nd in cases '„_* sickness received anu'itowance of 203. a \'\iok. ; and iiith^fliWmnb charged for pacing JU^^^a" 5 slipped only to represent Wo^Y^\, %l > w "«".ld giv^ tho following r\ v-'-'ion for next meeting: — P'fM'inl required for paying to 21s. a a mot ion

remarks, in reply to a challenge by Mr. Cross, which are worth noting (in a speech delivered at Armskire), are as follows : — *' He wants to know whether I will pledge myself, come 1 Wjbat may, to support the Church cf EiiglancL I snail use my own lai> gua&e in answering that question, but I will answer it so that any intelligent | man may be satisfied. I think these two things: — First of all, the Church of England cannot be disestablished ; and secondly. I think it ought not to be disestablished j ' and these two propositions, taken together, are my answer to the challenge of Mr, Cross." The elections will take place about the . middle of November, and the contest will certainly be a very fierce one in most places. The Alabama claims are believed to be in a forward state of settlement. In the course of a speech recently made by Mr. Reverdy Johnson, the new American Minister, at Liverpool he stated that all the points of difference between tho two G-overnments were now in course of amicable adjustment, and w'len fiey were finally settled, there could be nothing to interrupt the future peace of the two nations. Tbe Queen still remains at Balmoral, but is expected to return to Windsor about the , 2nd or 3rd November. The Crown Princess of Prussia (the Princess Royal) with her child and. suite are now in this country, and are slaying at ft. Leonards. Toe Prince and Princess of Wales visited Grlasgow on the Bth. The Prince was made a freeman of the city, and afterwards proceeded to G-ilmore Hill, where he laid the foundation stone of the new university buildings. The royal party met with a most enthusiastic reception, which has so pleased tlie Queen that she has signified her intention of conferring tiie honor of knighthood on Mr. Jamos Lumsden, Lord Provost of Glasgow. The Prince and Prince and Princess will "leave^England about themiddle of next month upon their projected journey to the East. Taeir Royal Highnesses will first proceed to Paris, thenco to Germany and Denmark. Afterwards Greece will be visited, and a portion of Asia Minor; and ifc is their intention to sail up tho Nile as far as the second cataract, in which last expedition they will be accompanied by Sir Samuel Baker, tho "'celebrated Nile explorer. As none of the royal yachts- are at present available for the sea passages that are necessary, the party will have the use of one of the swift steam frigates of the navy, ' The Dowager-Duchess of Sutherland died on the morning of the 27th. She was Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria under all the liberal ministries, from the time of the Queen's accession until the death of the late Duke, in 1881, when she resigned the appointment. A political event, to which has been sjiven the name of the"Bedchamber Plot," was occasioned by the question of the Duchess being continued in office despite the coming into power of a Government adverse to the principles of her family. She was widely esteemed for her love of the arts and her liberal encouragement of' artists, as well as for her noble humanity and general kindness of heart ; but her celebrity as a reigningbeauty of her day will always have a ■ certain historical standing of its own. I have also to chronicle the deafch of the most Rev. C. T. Longly, D.D., Archbishop of Canterbury, wno died at Addins;ton Palace, near Croydon, on the 28th, having held the primacy only six years. •He was seventy-four years of age. This leaves another place open for Mr. Disraeli's disposal* His good iurtuno is certainly remarkable, for after having fitted the Bench with hi 3 adherents and gfven away the magnificent prise of the Indian ViceRoyalty to his Irish Secretary, he has now the first peerage in the realm to bestow, and t\e supreme position in the Church of England. • " (To be concluded in our next.)