HOSPITAL COMMITTEE.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, 4 August 1880, Page 2

HOSPITAL COMMITTEE.

■ The monthly meeting of tbe Hospital Committee was held at Mr M'Gaffin's Office on Monday evening list. | Preßent : Messrs Til brook, Wallace, M'Quarrie, Aiken, and Cohen. Mr Wallace was voted to the chair. The minutes of tbe previous meeting were read and confirmed. Tbe secretary read a statement of the financial position of the committee, showing liabilities to the extent of £93 9s 9d, exclusive of Felton, Grimwade, and Co's account for drugs. Tbe Medical Officer's Report was read adopted. Resolved that Messrs Aiken, Cohen, and Tilbrook, interview the Manager of tbe National Bank re overdraft to meet Felton, Grimwade, and Co's acceptance. Messrs -M'Quarrie, Wallace, and Collings, were appointed, a Visiting Committee for the ensuing month. Tbe following accounts were presented and received s— •

The London Daily News says:— The announcement of the marriage of Prince Ronald Bonaparte with Mdle. Blanc, heiress of the gentlemen who kept the gambling tables at Monaco, is not likely to produce much excitement in Court circles. Money is a commodity which the Bonapartists have generally lacked. They are a spending race, not a thrifty one like the Princes of tbe House of Orleanß, Prince Roland will n6w find l)i<nself in possession of tbat substance which is the sinews of war in politics as well as in other fields. He is SubVLieutonant in the 36th Regiment of infantry ; he bears a great name, and be has wod, by all accounts, a charming bride. For* tune cannot do much more towards tab creasing his happiness and social status. The Duke of Edinburgh has given £80,000 for Morris Castle, Isle of Wight, as a marine residence.

£ 8. d. Pny-sheet ... ... ... 40 9 8 Milk ... ... ... 1 5 0 Bread ... ... ... 1 8 10 Meat ... 2 18 4 Groceries. ... ... , 56 0 Drugs ... 5 6 6 Ironmongery ... ... 016 0 Secretary's salary ... 2 10 0 Petty cash ... t>t 012 0 Canterbury Times „. 3 7 6 £63 18 10