THE HOKITIKA HOSPITAL.

West Coast Times, Issue 25, 26 July 1865, Page 3

THE HOKITIKA HOSPITAL.

TO Tnß EDITOR OF MB WEST COAST TIMES. iSik,— Tlicro sconis to exist in tho niiuds of uinny [i\, tins tov.n v inoi b-'l antipathy to overyono and ,<*v^yythl»g connected with the Government of tho TWWnbc c$ wljtfljl'thosogoldfiolds form a park j mid 0H iaMii»3, Winoii to bo rathor tho result of i\ fgt^o|ioj9te>:-inoyhiLial jealousy than of any as-ccl-liilacd'avila tbat ouv rulors nro bringing upon us, limls freo vent in liiWotlvcs ngainst Mr Commissioner Sale and the policy that ho ig carrying out in tho name of tltf Kxeuutivo ol Canterbury. It is oiily at public meotings, howovor, where, generally speaking, the presence of a competent cliainnnn curbs tho speakers within tho bounds of deccnoy, that lit Ilokitika freo liconso is givon to tho tonguo. It needs but a glanco over your roport of tho rccont meeting held at tho Ilokitika Hotel to convinoo ono that many of tho spoakcrd wore simply aotuatcd with tho dosirq to condemn tho course pursued by Mr Side in tie management of tho Hospital, not bo> causa his scliome has been found iitipraoticablo— for it liasr never yet beon properly tried — but boc<\uao they managed things differently in Otngo. I may bo wrong, but I imngino that bottor logic than this will be requirod to indueo tho Government of Canterbury to follow in every footstep of hor Houthorn neighbor. Tho managomont of hospitals, and tho question as to whother they flourished bottor In tho bauds of tho Government or of a public committee, wns, within the last eighteen months, disousscd in tho Provincial Council of Canterbury, tho result being that tho institution in Ohristchurch changed hands, and lias since been conducted moat by tho Govornmont. With this exporionco beforo Lira, notwithstanding tho euporior adiuinistrativo talonfc that tho inhabitants of Ilokitika poßsess over Climtohurch, no unprejudiced person would hesitate in Buying that Mr Snlo lias good grounds for retaining the Hospital under bis control. Howovor this may be, and without ontoring into tho p'roi and cons of tho cauo, I would point out tho thorough injustice with whi6h Mr Salo has beon treated. "j Tho Hospital was built by tho Govorn-' morit and jHtblio subscriptions called for, wliioh bavo beon collcctcil to tho valuo of L3OO or L4OO ; with this; addition to tho funds at his disposal, Mr Salo would without doubt have proceeded to havo tho building enlarged and otherwfso improved, but ia provented from doing anything in tho matter by tho monby being withhold from him ; ono poruon deolaring.with tho bpldest olTrontcry that " ho is not to bo (trusted with^tho funds," whilst anothor assorts that tho public will not mtbfsoribo if ho liiis any powe'iytyi 1 * the inonoy. Mr Sale is thus provontcd froni romedyhg any existiug evils. just at tho tiino ho would have beon enabled to act.

Unjnhl nnd nnjnslifmlile insult 1 ) aro not argument. 1 ), anil but seldom bring conviction to evenly balanced mini]!). On tbo othui- bund, remarks such ns woio made 011 tlmt evening, by Mcaara. Hoy nnd Brnckon, respecting ono who, whilst holding a most resiionslblo publio ollico was universally esteomed by an lionorablo and intelligent connnunitv, will go far in many quarters to indueo sympathy for Mr Salo and contempt for tho speakers. I am, &0., Cosmopolite. 4 TO TIIE EDITOK OV TIIK WEST COABT TIMKS. Sib, —In Saturday's issuo of yonr pupor I perceive a stnttmient inado by your corresppndout nt the (Jrey, to tlio effect that I havo established a place of business thero similar to tho ono carried on by 1110 in this township. Such, however, is not tho caso. I bavo nover authorised nny ono to carry on business at the Grey in my uamo, and in enso such statement sliould mislead any t party, I respectfully request the insertion of this to euablo mo to bring it prominontly boforo tho publio. Yours, respectfully, CUARI/K3 M'DUFP, Nonpareil Hotel, Rovoll street, Hokitika, Hokitlka, July 25, 18C5. A Ne\vV Heading of an Oi-D ; PROVEnn.~ Whilo a slater at Perth was plying his vocation tho Other day on tho top of a houso in that neighbourhood, a garrulous fomnlo took occasion to lecturo him for choosing biich a dungorouq trado, adding that tho least puff of wind niifjht send him unprepared into eternity. "Oh! but you do not kcu, gudowife," quoth ho Of tho house-top, "th .t I am fulfilling tho Scriptures ?" "Fulfilling tho Scriptures, James I that's impossible ;' for there's no ao word o* a slater in tho Biblo that e'er 1 read or 'heard o'." "I am, novortlieless, right, though," was tho reply j " did yo never road in tlio Biblo, that it is better to dwoll in a cornor of tho honsotop, than with a brawling woman in a wido houso V*