The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1882. WELLINGTON HOSPITAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1190, 27 September 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1882. WELLINGTON HOSPITAL.

TnE result of the recent enquiry into the management of this institution shows that it has not been conducted with efficiency. It is, all nonsense holding exhaustive enquiries to try and sheet home neglect and incompetence to some minor official, who from the amount of attention he or she may receive, becomes a hero or a heroine. The burning question is not whether the medical officer has a bad ,■ temper, whether a cook is slovenly; ors'a ;'nurso, negligent,;but whether the Government is justified in spending £4OOO or £SOOO per annum of public money, on such an institution without' making provision for proper management and control. The Government may say they left the; management to the Wellington City Council, but we think repeated enquiries have shown' that the latter body is not fit to cany out such a responsibility., It is no slur on municipal representatives to say that they very frequently have neither leisure nor capacity for hospital supervision and management, ".[ 'They have quite enough on their hands to. look after the interest of the various Wards they represent, and when additional duties arc thrown on them for which they are" altogetherunfittedjtheyignore them till somo public scandal rouses them to a sense of their \ negligence, and they, to put themselves right with' public opinion, hold a. gigantic enquiry, which leads to little or nothing. We regard the 'Government as the principal culprit, as it finds the money for the entire maintenance of the Wellington Hospital, and is responsible, therefore, that \ it should be expended to the best advantage, The City Council are' to blame in the second instauce, for accepting responsibilities which they cannot carry out, Were the City Council to nominate some half-dozen intelligent citizens of Wellington, whoso hands are riot full of other public business, :to control the Hospital, we should hear notmore of the silly and scandalous enquiries which have of late been going the rounds of the' Press, ■"'■•'

Mr Duncan Cameron, of, saddlery renown, has a new advertisement in another column.

The' opening entertainment of the Kiiripuni public hall with a concent and soiree takeß place this evening. ,' Mr W. H. Beethani,-the'secretary-of the Wairarapa Acclimatisation Society,'is now making arrangements' for bringing iip ti) Masterton n 1 score or so of adult trout from the Wainuiomata alreara; in the Hutt District, a suitable pond having' been prepared for their receptioirriearthe' hatching boxes. ..-;■.■ ; ;: r; ~ •,•• {, ~ Messrs L.'J. Hooper & Co have a new advertisement on our third page to which attention is directed.

The Masterton Institute Committ 6 . 6 holds its regular monthly, meeting, th 18 evening. ; .- , n, j.• ,-. v.

A Scandinaviandied suddenly at Br'ancepeth. Station last evening between 7 and 8 o'clock. His name is given as Mikkel foulson. The corpse:wasi at'pncejre;, moved into 'Masterton,'and ridwliei" at the'Smpire Hotel, pending'the usual bftioial inquiry necessary jn.oaßJas of; B.ud-den-death. .The been communicated with," and an,..inquest will be lield at 3 pirn,,-this afternoon,''' 'We/leaih that the deceasedwas an elderly rnan with one' eye who has been a Mauriceville settler, ; for the past; nine, yearn - 2 He possesses neither wife nor children'in "the colony, and-itis supposed that .his;death ,'was the result oi bronchial disease. The post'mortem Vhioh will be held will; no doubt' clear up the point, At: the tip pf his death he was engaged ,in. bushfalling at Messrs Beethum'a station, ':'"''"'; i

Tho Wellington Education Board today. J", , Mr Wardell, KM, is again on duty in the Wellington Court ') W % Tho Te Anau's Suez and; Auitrahun mails arnved by the Ifawea'tkiß wining,* - A Maori >,nained "Ahilana MatingV geneially known us Aahton, bioko hie right leg last nicrlit while skylaiking with some othei Maous at Carterton, " All accounts against the lato Mr.CA Vallance are lequosied to be sent in on or befoie the 6ih October next to Mr 'J,* C. Vallance, Kaumingi, Taueiti,- - - - Mr G: W. Schroder, if the Hull of Commerce, Masterton, announces a grand show night for Friday evening-next, when all the latest novelties in English and Pdrisim faskionß will be displayed, An equinoctial gale with a thunder accompaniment disturbed the slumbers of many* last evening.; At; Mr Hedger's ■Ye'sid'ence on lorna' estate'four .sheets'.of zinowere blown off their fastenings and carried- a distrace of nearly three, hundred yards. We call attention to a prospectus of the Wellington poultry, pigeon, canary, and dog Bhow in another column. . Itjs, we believe, the first Wellington show of the character, but its success is so certain that it may, for the future, be regarded as an annual evont. ; •A telegram was received .this morning from Capt, Bennett, of the Carterton Volunteers,'; intimating that a team, from hia) corps would arrive' at 12.' jidon morrow; for '.the- purpose .btyfiriiig ;tlie return match with the Masterton corps, The match committee are requested to meet at 7 p.m. to make arrangements. L, J. Hooper & Co invite all requiring drapery, &a , to reserve their purchases till they have seen the, above .firm's new stock, which will be composed of entirely fresh and fashionable goods, from English, French and Colonial markets, .There being no old stock in the store, customers are certain in bo thoroughly suited with the latest novelties.—[Advt.] '" The ■ Borough'"Clerk-; of •> Masterton ■on ■; arriving, ut'his"office this ./morning dis" covered in an outbuilding at the rear of it a sleeping beauty cwered up with a . Lhnket. On being roused, the slumberer proved to be an oklerly vagrant of the " lookiim for work, and don't want to find it" character. He remarked that he thought ho was out of the town, and on being admonished to realize his idea ho , packed up his-swag'and'travelled-north-wards, '.'."_' '. ;'' ' : ' •-'■ ■ ■■'• !; The Canterbury Frozen Meat and Dairy Prbduco Company; havVdeoided to erect' thij "necessary premises''-for-the. proper ! carrying put the frozen rnent industry. ' The .plans have been-prepared; iby.'iMr Coxoii, of the llii>!:iiii Iviufiieeririg Cnhv pany, DevnnsliiiU ( 'l',,.y .refrigerating v machines will 1)0 put';in, ono-capable'of . supplying 40,000 cubic" feet of c air at'a ■ temperature of 75' below zero, while tho other;is a 7,000 feet maohino. The slaughtering capacity;will be .about. 600sheep and 25 bullocks per ?day.\:The : slaughter houses are so arranged as to do away with the necessityfor any handling of the meat after once dressed, by the \ butcher until frozonand raady.for storage, : The Lancet describes tho ohief process employed by Ihe principal Italian em- , balmers; the special processes are kept secret. -First, cold water is injected ■ through the. : whblo cifculat'jry system, : until it issues quite clear. This may take ' as long as five hour's, ; Alcohol is then i injected for the -purpose] of extracting all I the waler from the body'. This is folj lowed up by the injection of other to disI solve out the fatty mutter. After this .a' Blrong .soluiion of lannin is slowly injected'ana 1 full time is allowed'for its 1 soaking into all tho tissues: this takes from two to fivo hours. Lastly, the . body is exposed for from two to five hours : to a current of'-warm air, which is pret vioiisly "d<-ied' by 'passing it 'over- heated y chloride of calcium,; The body can then be presbrveil for auy lehgtti of time,- and is as ' hard as stone. .., ,

; The Carterton Town Board mot'on Monday, all Commissioners present. The, minutes of the Inst general and special meeting.! were read and confirmed,-the baiik hiance.Vas reported at £26 6s Id. i»nd accounts passed for payment to the amount of ,£lB ss. The liuard decided to proclaim the show day a public holiday, and appointed Mr C. A, Watson ranger and inspector of nuisances' at a salary of LlO per annum arid lialffinei. A progress payment of £lO was also passed in favor of Mr J, Applin for covering in a ditoh.

Tho Tiual'alii -Carterton Highway Board met on Tuesday, tho Bank balance being reported at 1232 2s Id,'and aocounts passed for payment' ainouuting-to Ll3olßs Od. Frush tendon were directed to be called for the footpath and work on Richmond Road, ■, The .'Town 'Board ranger was empowered to lay information under section 75 of the Highways Act, .1874. Tenders were directed to be called' for 38 chains formation and metalling ,on Vila's Road, and Messrs Bay; and JVila were empowered to obtain the services of. a surveyor for work within their reipeo-> live Wards. Tho clerk was directe'd'to to proceed for recovery of the 'current year's, rates,, ~ .■■ ". . ;.-•■■-•■■■.- Between 30 and 40 Members of the Greytown Volunteer Corps rblled : up to drill last evening under tho'command of Captain Tully. After the. company had' been, drilled, the captain prosoii led tpVol." G. Say well'No, ;t gold medal for.-the highest aggregate score in • three competitions and also LioUte'imht'Cameron's oup;. Vol, Saywell having, won it three: times | it therefore becomes his absolute property;" Vol, H.HawJlereceived No, : 2gold"niediir' for Becondihighest aggregate, and Vol. G': Smith a silver medal for third highest aagrogate. The corps then marched out 'headed'by the band, when ".ihe.cup that. cheers but (not),inebriates", was indulgedin, and success drunk to the captain, the corps, and the winners. On Sunday next the usual monthly church parade will be held,' when the Rev. W, T. Western, chaplain' 'of the Carterton Volunteers, will.conduct the service at Sti. Luke's Church,,.. ,- : .;,.

- )The, of the Greytown Philbiii l monib l 'Sb'ciety will be given at ■Cartertonj.probably on Thursday, October; sth, when the programme so successfully cairiedoiit in Greytown will be repeated withtrifling alterations.. The members are'requested to attend :rehearsal -.: t-o-morrow evening at the Town Hall, i •..' ,-i;

A public meeting will be held in. the Institute, Creytown, to-morrow evening to receive the report. o.( ; the direotora.of the Butter andOheeseFaotory.Company!

By those grand steamships the Mirzapore,Dec>ari,:jilid Rome, of the Peninsular.and OrientaHCompany,';have been received-the first shipments of new goods; for the- spring, .trade, at Te Aro House.; Ladies .will j be ■pleased y -to,-.knQW| that sonie excellent' and choice' d'ress-imatefials : ofjtho very latest, ■fashions have-been togetherf.wjthi, a ; profuse and charming.Variety-of laces,.trimmings,.' millinery, sunshades, <parasols,- . costumes, mantles, '&t';j[&&- : Altogether,, in; every .department there is (t'large display of the latest noyejtijSs, and ladies would da well .th make an early inspection and seleotioh'r' Ladies 'are also reminded that artistic:dress-' making,'forwhich.Te Aro.'House Btands un- ; rivalled, offers": them, all! tharadvantages poSv isessednby, the beßt ;^est;End-Jjibpß-bi London. ' To secure'.anearly- completior/b'f ; their to , placelhem a| Abo BousbJ ' Cuba-street, Wei&gfonT—:[Aiivt.i ... ■;: '"'i:: : z~:"" : '-'•'r- : r-

Mr A. Clifton announces that wellhorse will be ou at^bis road, Carterton, durifie'tKi pMsent season. > MesstsiLowM'ind lorna had^affair attendance at "iheir maiket tale'to-day, and obtained'Kood all-round prices forftbe cowifihejfers, yearlings, &0., whioh were yarded, <■'Ypung draught horses weteVap-' patentlyindemand,bemg Bold at prices ranging up to £23/

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| UNITED PRESS ABSOOIATIONI SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE CO. ' __• ! • f ' I _,. Auckland, Sept. 20. •; A statement of accounts for the halfyear ending AugUßt 31st was laid before ikYjiireotow of tba South British _ In-, sura'nee Compa'ny to-day. The : biisiriesB 1 Bhowß an increase of £42,149: in premiums, as compared with the correspond-, ing period last year. The balance to! 'credit of profit and loss is ' £26,000. £IO,OOO has been carried to reserve, and they propose paying dividends at the rato of 15 per cent per annum, 1 ■ i ■ IT WAS INSURED. ""' Oamaru, Sept. 26. A four-roomod cottage onj' the : town boundary belonging to Win. Collins was burned down at.4.80' this .morning. The occupiers!barely escaped in thoir nightoloth'eV .'The building- .was insured in the Scottish Imperial for 480,- The furniture, which was insured, was all burned. N.Z.'RIFLE ASSOCIATION, ' ■■' Wellington, this day. . The plant and stores belonging to the N.Z, Rifle Association have been shipped