The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1886. THE MASTERTON HOSPITAL

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2222, 17 February 1886, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1886. THE MASTERTON HOSPITAL

It would be possible to call such witnesses as the Premier, the Colonial Secretary, and a number of other distinguished and undistinguished personages, who have from time to time pa ; d surprise visits to the institution, to prove that the Masterton Hospital is one of the best managed in the colony. Dr Grabham, the capable Government Inspector, as' is well known, deems our hospital tQ-be the most efficient country institution in New Zealand, and regards Mr pulpit, its custodian, as a model officer, Yet with all these causes for congratulation, the hospital does not always escape trouble, and it will be neen by a report in another column of our present issue that in a small way it has. recently furnished material for scandal. The truth is that an institution like the Masterton Hospital, which is a centro for a very wide district, requires the utmost care and vigilance. If its rules for the reception of patients are too strictly interpreted, it loses the support of some section of its constituents who contribute towards its maintenance,

and if, on the other hunt), they are too lax, it places itself in a false position by undertaking coses which its staff was never intended to deal with. According to its rules, the hospital is supposed to receive cases of accidents and acute medical cases only. It has, however, as a inattei of fact, very frequently taken in chronic cases, with which it had not the slightest business, In accepting irregular cases it has no doubt done much to alleviate suffering, but it has by so doing laid itself open to charges like the one, considered yesterday. The existing committee, with a few changes in its ranks has been in charge some seven years.and it is somewhat unfortunate that just as they were retiring from office, they should have their management challenged. Still, though possibly their last meeting may have been devoted to a disagreeable duty, their Beven years' record of progress and prosperity is an honorable one, and we sincerely trust that during the ensuing seven years the hospital , will retain the high character and reputation which it has gained in the past.

Having bought 150 pairs of Gorman Mole Trousers, part of a bankrupt stock, I am going to sell them tor 5s Cd per pair. Thoyare splendidly made, and the. patterns are the same as the West of England tweeds, To prevent dealers from buying them up, no customer can purchase more than three pairs. Country orders for not more.: than three pairs will receive prompt attention.—J. Thorbton, the People's Clothier, Willis-st,, Wollington.-r(AD?x.)