TUAPEKA HOSPITAL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 183, 10 August 1871, Page 5

TUAPEKA HOSPITAL.

(To. the Editor.)

Pir, — In reading the H«ispi^al report, retrenchment appears to be the order of the day, now the Government coffers are • be'ow z (ru. In looking owr the receipts and expenditure of that institution, retrenchment has not come too so-m, when ei-jht'-e'i or twenty pitients have to tie maintained at tin cost of £1300 p^r annum. My opinion rj, hid the Committee been fruial iv ilifir dv ies of ma«ia^euient, a handsome amount might have st-iod to the credit si.le, instead of a delicifc. No bldine cm l-e attache I to the Resident Surgeon, unless he has neglected to represent t>i th-3 Committae the necessity of sending clironic patients to Dunedin, or some more genial climate. 1 must say, to allow private practice to th> Resident Surgeon wo'ild be the totd ruin of that institution, which we have sol >n.> fostered and cherished. Tf these w. mld-be autocrats wish the Resident Surg-jon to liave private practice, wiiy not amalgamate the !Sur peon's duties of the Hospital wicb Dr. Halley, and let the two have day db'>ut, iv order that the»'e may be a professional permanency established at; l.lie Hospital, in esise of emergency. Thoae who feul i'ltaivsfcsd in kli« welfare <if the Hospital must not be t:'iued !>y the f litile veh'juie:icy suc'.i as the chairiiian teamed with at the last meeting. The n^xt meeting had better appoint a vic-3 chairman, 'in ord-jr tiiat his veliemoncy may be close-reefed, and to ket p him in ficr. fro.n spe.iki-ig so dcv >id of facts — such as fi>S3ic!xevs at the Blue Spur can make £5 per week. If that individual had t>> earn £5 per week by fossicking, he would l»e loukur^ through the keyhole for impressions diiferent fri>m his magisterial capacity. What are these computa'iins to me if £100J is left to the tail «i the Hospital? — a box of piper collars will soliloqu.ze it. f^et th'j Hospital Committe c insider the economical manner in which friendly s-ici3ties are carried on', and devise a similar niodj of procedure ; than our Hospit.il will become a boon to the. district in general. We have at present tnree Lodges in the district — two at Lawrence and one. at Hlue Spur— with upwards of 200 members. 'The whole of these 200 members aretojb^ attended, to, if required," by their uie>licil iofnepr, !)r. HaHey, 1 at the rate .of; £1 per anninn-each mem'»er. Kh»>ull Uity >>f these v>iem'>Brs require the behetit of the <llospital, if a -&i ig'e-.man he. is in a position to^defray.his maintenance fro,m .the aiclc b^uetit'of* his SQpiety ; n married inai 111 1 presumf* v has no. occasion to go' to th^ H/>sp'ita', ■unless the 'di-«ea<>e"oVllxe accident is of a very sWious nature. I have merely given this 'sh->rt staftza in • nrflett 1 , that these" Hospititl apostles will iireacli at the next meeting wibh more jwacticiil' lo n -ic, and devis* ways- and means «f -econouiy and x harmony . between the two silicons ; ir j\ot, wh^n Uie n^p fsvfari*A- Hosni-tal-Hat comes rqund ma«y oft^ke^e friendly members will nob respond so warmly as tfiey hitliertii haVe doneJ 'In conclusi6n, • the day h not' f.ir 4'^ ant fhan pomp- and vanity will disipp-ar, theii frisudfy s-'cieties. will he ;isji^iijh'apprecia^e'l in tiie c-ilony of New iZeaUn 1 a3 t!iey ara-,at h<mie- aud ia o,u|: < sikter colo-" vies. — I am, &p. a „ • * , - < "\ A F*ve .Years' Sjpi sckibsr. . [The ab^vejt^m'iijiniea'ioiT we publish just as reiseiv.e4 }\v us. It c'»nlains s ime' 'viry'sehsVile r^mirks, alt.h*m>h<we muit' confe-s sohie of the sentences . are rather iva^iie.— E». T.Ti] , < i_ ! :—.: — . "—i '. t ■

t The, pajorify of^-thej edi**rs of the leading newspapers in ttalv Are Jews. r 'The Qvripans nninimb\i<lv declare tthatt t t' c mitrailleuse does very littl| executi'nafter a 1.5" ** ' ' < A p^Uent'has.been taken ont^n England for convert iug goats' hair into hair for use. v , Ko3«uth,, the Hungarian patriot, has married th? daughter of a Swiss farmer. * 'The King' of' Havana hag had a garden 'laid out 6n the t«»p,of the pakca, at Munich. 'In the centre of it is a lake, j. withi swans swimming in it..