THE HOSPITAL & CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS ACT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2115, 8 October 1885, Page 2

THE HOSPITAL & CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS ACT.

A circular, drawing; attention to the principal provisions of the Hospital and Charitable Institutions Act passed last session, has been issued from the Premier's office, and forwarded to all the public bodies interested, It explains that the term "institution" is not to be understood as meaning simply a hospital, asylum, or other building, eatublished for the purposes oif the Act, but rather the association managing it, whether it possesses a building or not. The governing body, of every institution continues to have the management of it until it'becomes vested in the District Board or. Trustees,. and persons employed in them -continue in office subject to. the provisions of the Act. The governing body is required to notify to the Government on or before the I.sth November whether or not it is proposed to petition the Government for the incorporation of the institution., Before the 22nd January next, the governing body may petition the Governor praying that the institution may be incorporated as a separate institution, Th e petition must have annexed to it a verified list of tho names of not less than one hundred persons, who shall havo signified their intention to contribute in yearly sums of not less than ss, an amount of not less than £IOO to the institution, and who shall have paid one year's subscription in advance, or a donation of not less than £lO, A copy of the petition and its annexes must be sent to the district Board at least fourteen days before it is presented to the Governor.. On the receipt of the petition the Governor may take action under the provisions of section 43 and other sections of the Act, and if the institution becomes separately incorporated the Governing Body , vacate their office upon the appointment of the first Trustees of the separate institution. If the Governing Body give the notification required by section 37, and if, nevertheless, no incorporation shall have been' effected within four months after the passing of the Act (i.e., before the 22nd January, 1886), then the institution and all the estate and interest in any real and personal property belonging to it vests, on the Ist February, 1886, in the Board of the district in which the institution is situated, If no notice of intention to petition for incorporation has been given, then the institution and all its property vest in the District Board. In the event of the present Governing Body of an institution mentioned in the Second Schedule to the Act failing to secure its incorporation under sections 36 to 40, within the prescribed period, such institution may become incorporated as a separate institution undor the Act at any future time, on the petition of the contributors to the institution, and tho four following sections point out the proceedings that are necessary to effect the incovation under the circumstances, Every incorporated institution shall be governed by not less than six, nor more than nine trustees, elected by the contributors, together with not more than five other trustees elected by the local authorities contributing. When an institution has become incorporated as a separate institution, the entire control and management, and all the estate and interest in any real and personal property held by the District Board or by any person in trust for the institution at the time of its it corporation, becomes vested in the incorporated institution. Section 46 of the Act provides the details for the election of Trustees, and Sections 56 to 61, relate to the special functions of the Trustees of separate institutions, and provide for following matters: The powers of District Board to become vested in the Trustees; moneys constituting the Institution Fund; annual subsidies; Trustees to estimate their expenditure, and to apply to the Board for a grant; tho Board may appeal against the amount required by the Trustees; the Trustees, with the consent of the Roard, may borrow money. Under further clauses the Trustees may make by-laws, while sections 70 to 74 relate to maintenance, and contain provisions to the following effect:—"The Board and Trustees respectively may make contracts for the maintenance, care, or the attendance of any person in any institution ; persons receiving relief must contribute towards the cost according to their means; near relations snail be liable to contribute, and, " The Destitute Persons Act, 1877," shall apply in such cases; the Public Trustee is to be deemed a near relative in certain cases; tho cost of relief afforded to persons coming from beyond contributing districts may be recovered from the Boards of the Districts from which such persons came." As the Governing Bodies of these institutions will find it advantageous to discuss the question of incorporation before the expiration of the period named, the information contained in the circular should prove very useful;

Messrs Lowes and lorns make several additions to their stock sale list for Wednesday next! '' . ; .The fire at the Sear ■■ Meat Company 1 ? boiling down works, Petone, • is supposed to be the work of an incendiary. ■ The insurances on the buildiiies destroyed are £2BIO. '

Messrs,, Graves and Fleming, of the Corner House, Wellington, have an advertisement relating to their show of summer goods, to which we direct the attention of our readers.

Captain Edwin telegraphed this morning Bad weather expected between North-East and Bast and West, Glass further fall; indications bad. ' A considerable number of horses have been impounded at the Taueru, and the .pound keeper, Mr Manning, advertises for their owners.

At a meeting of the Directors of the Masterton Building Society last night, Mr J. C, Boddington was unanimously elected Chairman.

The New Zealand Times authoritatively contradicts the report that Police-Inspec-tor Shearman is about to. retire on a pension, and that Inspector Weldon is to be appointed the head of the whole police force

Messrs L. J. Hooper and Co., Bon Marche, Queen-street, have a new advertisement relating to their shipment of summer goods, which they have just opened, Their windows are a subject of considerable' attraction, being very tastefully arranged. i:. .' :.. Mr J. Nicol, a late juryman, was fined 2s by Mr Stratford, R.M., this morning,' but on an explanation being tendered the fine was remitted. Mr Stratford expressed his regret to the jury that he could not order a payment of a similar amount to each of them.

Messrs Lowes and lorns announce a most extensive Bale of bankrupt stock-in-trade at their rooms for Saturday next, The goods are now- on view, and any person wishing to lay in a stock of really useful articles at their own price will do well to attend.

At a meeting of the Presbyterian Church Committee held yesterday, the following tenders were received for enlarging and improving the Church :--W, Alexander, £225 (accepted); Parker, and Turner, £233 ; John Montgomery, £235.

> There appears to be some misapprehension as to the locality of the Pohangina reef, many being under the impression that it is near Woodville. We may explain that the Pohangina is a river about the size of the Ruamahunga, which joins the Manawatu at the western end of the Gorge, only a few chains above what is known as the Lower Ferry, and close to Ashurst. The river drains the. western slope of the southern portion of .the Ruahine ranges, Thereof is said |o be about twenty-seven miles above tho junction. •

Messrs Rising and Cox's new furniture shop at Carterton is drawing to completion. It is a nice roomy place, 'and divided into three compartments. The show shop in the front has double windows, and takes all the frontage of the building. Tho back part of the building is divided into two rooms, one for cabinet making work and the other for upholstery, and has a double chimney in the centre. The roof is covered with corrugated iron, It is the largest cabinetmaker's shop in Carterton,

A joint meeting of tho Masterton and Tradesmen's Cricket Clubs was held in Messrs Beard and Gray's office last night tp consider the terms under which the Park Trustees propose to lease the Park Oval to the cricketers. There was not a large attendance. Mr W. G. Beard occupied the chair. After a lengthy discussion it was resolved on the motion of Mr W. McKenzie, seconded by Mr F. Polling, That the Ground Committee wait on the Park Trustees and make the best possible arrangements for leasing the ground. Thore was no other business.

Mr Langdon, a bicyclist, who hails from Ohristchurch, and is making a tour of the North Island on a bicycle, arrived at New Plymouth at noon yesterday. He left Wellington a fortnight a»o for Napier, and with the exception of tho mountainous piece of road between the Upper Hutt and Featherston, did the whole distance on a bicycle. The cyclometer registered the distance as 224 miles, which lie did in four days and a half. He left Napier, and went on by easy stages to the Manawatu GorgeandthencetoNew Plymouth. The distance between Napier and New Plymouth was registered as 327 miles making the total milage travelled since leaving Wellington 531. Mr Langdon was to leave to-day on the return journey by way of the mountain road.

A gentleman who has just returned from the North Island informs the 1 Tuapeka Times' that the wave of depression has reached Auckland. Trade there is stagnant, and hundreds are seeking employment at stone-breaking or anything to keep the wolf from the door. Nelson is also in a bad way owing to the present ruinous price of hops. Two season's ago they were fetching 3s per lb, and now they are selling at 3d to 4d per lb. Numbers of people are ploughing up their hop gardens', and business people are complaining that they- never ' knew such' hard times before. After passing through' nearly every district in the Colony, he found that Lawrence, dull as it undoubtedly is, still holds its own with any other part of tho islands.

A London cablegram to the New York papers throws some light on the cause of the prosecution of Mr Stead, of the " Pall Mall Gazette": —Efforts are being made to secure the return to her mother of a missing girl named Eliza Armstrong, who it is claimed, is illegally held by the Salvation Army, Mrs Armstrong accuses General Booth, the leader of the Salvation Army, of sending an agent to decoy her daughter from home for the purpose of making the girl a spectacle as a minor saved from wickedness by the Salvation Army. The girl, who is thirteen years old, has been traced to the home started by the Salvation Army, and thence to the town of Lonol, in Drome (France), where she again disappeared. General Booth refuses to surrender: the girl, and her mother Ijas applied to the Courts for assistance In recovering her child.