THE THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1878.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 30, 15 April 1878, Page 2

THE THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1878.

Thr flrftt meolinc; of tho nnwly ojoqtod hospital commitico will bo hol'l fit Mr M'Loan'a ofUco tiiifl. evening. Ono of tho firot atopH to bo taken ia tbo appointment of "a permanent Sooretnrv. For n number of yoarn pnst Mr M'Lean has "per for mod the dntifls honorarily, but for n. lonath of timo tho amount of work required to bo done hna been wholly boyond what, could be reasonably expected to bo performed prfttnitoiwly, and tbo tax bnyino; grown to such an extent, he bnn at lon^th been' compelled, to rpai«n. ' The npr pointmoniioC-apnid Seerotnry will', of coiirflp, mean the addition .of.n.c.oivj tu'dcrablo ifcm to 'tho annual coat of tho institution, but the Committee will liayo to conntd.or whotlier ifc Will not, bo'nctnnlly dionpor in t^.o long r\}n to incur the expenditure! Those, sittinc; on the Oommittoo havo quite enough to do in rho wnv of diredin^ tt,io ndminiatration n'f.tho institution, without hein# Hnddlod with tho work of annyaa* »inp, and if, thcroforo, tho work ia to bo pflleionljly performed it will, wo think, ho found well worth paying for. Tbo person npnoinierl flhotiVl, therefore, bo mftdo to ftet in tbo d,ual capneity of So'crotiry ' ond Collector, It should, bo made hifl dt^y. to pay regular viflito in turn to the wbolo of. the outlying' centrcH, and by «yfl<;ommatic,dunning procure Hnhaeri-hfira.- A. glanco nt tho Bun'sorifltion" liatß. oC mat '; year flhowH that it is imperative thafc norno stepa should bo taken to secure a moro ponornl support from the miners, and tbifl ennnoi bettor bo done tnnti by appointing flomo per,son to vim't iho minerfi. Whether it would bo moafc advantageous *o ro nunerate the^ Sec rotary by. a fixed salary op by a liboral commission on the amount eoHoetod is a nnestion the Committed wilt, have no diffl^uHy in depid,ing.