KUMARA HOSPITAL COMMITTE MEETING.

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1497, 16 January 1885, Page 2

KUMARA HOSPITAL COMMITTE MEETING.

[f rom nt vV«6T Coast Tim ■ ] Oti Thu.-*day evening last, ai im>»w tant m~-t:n.;ofth« Kn itara H.iepitat Coinmittv was held m the Town H Ul, all th* m^titban bei i£ present, and •> large *Ueud*uce of the paUlie. Mr C.napbell occnpied th* chair. Mr B;ug*r askt^l ifDrMoncktoo bad r»sigu«i— The Git«inata said thit previous to that question \t«\ag anawHred, lie would ask tlie S*cr**tary wh«n \xa tPttt tUe d.ietor notion of Ik* rrsolution gi»in>f him th •<» mouth* notice of tlmniiMMl hi<J bf«<\ rs-•cind.-d.—T;-** S^o-stary atatrd t!ia* 1m had only officullj irrHtru to Dr Mouekttiu on tiie previous diy. (Lan^it**! ).— Mr Bir^r m»vd- " That Dr Mdnckk^ii h« requited to ivsigti." Hrn conaided tli« tim» had com? wli«-u the i*csu!tttio:i nha-tl- 1 tie carried out, «.nt h* was ptvptred to act with a m ijoritr of tha anniiuitM in

Vx'mXßß*. tf»thodfttthY3o^<wsj~ the com aitte could not wo k Ittnata* iously together aid U« thought the tin** had come to ask him to resign.— Mr W<M>lh"idg« •^eo.id.id the m itio-i,— Mr Nu-Uolson moved as an ainem Iment, " That Or M >:»ckton be retained for another twelve moutli*. snNjeot to thre«» wo. it ha notion on either tide, and that an a,?.-* mant be drawn np d*« ftniiiß hit duties.'— Mr Ifetcaif •nootidiHi the a:aendraent. He bad tttide inqaiiies fi-om armbrrt of F. iendK Societiei, also prraoti* dovn the lt*ad and utauy had told Mat than th*<y would uot uke , out Any tifi> tiuk**ta if th« iluotor W4> Ym -. larfmi 0 1 ttuoh fnrul.ms "it>onds. — ifrtttch^BflM

remarked that the interests «f act taly the Hospital, but of the district, «9U 4 sutler if D • Mooekton hai to f ssjlit Ml ■uch grounds. No medic*) i*** of mj standing in the profession wonhi apply for tii« HospitaL The doctor wan me»« highly spoken of by th* indoor patients ; sot a complaint had be* made a^aipst him by any of them. The committee were her* to judge of him at th« Hjtpital Surgeon, aid uot by whit they might bear outside. He (Mr Nicholson) had been informed by ■uli«vrii>«if ( with wliotn he had spoho* on the sulgect, and these were sobeori-iwi-s of uothalfacrown.buiftgnineaand upwards, thai if the doctor was cc*». pwlled to reaign, they would stop their constri buttons to the institution,— Mr Barker said he would be. agreeable to accept Mr Nii-hobon's amendment, if the words « for another twelve months " j wei-e omitted. — The Chair mau asked Mr Nioholson if he would accept the alteration,— Mr Nicholson a»id b* would, and handed in his ameu<laent in writing to that effect. — the Ctiairman asked Mr Barker if h» woili how withdraw his resolution m U*or of 3|r Nichol«ous'sameudmank~Mr Bui-ger said he. would not, nut would aooept the derision of the majority of the oom* niittee. TUe Caairman said thtt an amount of personal animus fv it w«s nothing cUe, had tieen diarifestMl. The motion did not say whether the doctor was to resign to-morrow, in thre* months time, or at thn the day of Judg . me-nt. Toe opposition to the doctor arose from purely personal reason*. sf» believed * parties ware evenly dividud, perhaps one had the advantage o| one vote,, he thongfit the doctor should have* the bfiielitrf mat or let thapablie dscido (Appl«use.)^.Mr Bmg»*r was willing togo to the. country, as th*»y said in V r ell* ington. —\|r Zifgler e«>nld say nothing against the doctor's professional ability, i»at from the way h« ha 4 treated the oommittea including himself he cenld not see how they could work; together The. division Oti the amsnbV meut was as follows :-*Ayes 5-« OampMl, Jones, Violulso ••, B>ilkin, and iletcalt {loes. 7— Hannah, Watson, Hone, Bm-gar, N^holas, Ziegler and Wool ridge. The aniffnduiftnt was lost, upon which the ayes rues from the table declaring each their resignation.— -Mr Bergeron assuming the ohair remarked that tb* action ef the gentleman whoiad j«st rvsigiied, had Ufi the oaa»mitte>ui rather an emWrrassing situation. <+M* Hope mo«ed that members resign in a body. — The Chairmau snggeet*d that the motion hefore the committee W held over for a mouth — B|r N icholas moved that the question of asking Or Monckton to resign he held over for one mouth.— Seconded by Mr Hope tad carried -Ou the OhafeieWs motion the resignation of ty 6** memiierswasaecepted. — TheCtstpnaao moved th»t the ooiatnittv* drav.np a doeomeut sigiiing their weigaMsM, that it »« signed hy all mMm>Mirsof the committee after waitM, the take immediate steps to elect a new committee and that rite presea* committee hold oflsee till a new one elected. — Motion seeeadW "f H> Watson and earned— TnessVy. tao 13th instant was fixed upon is the day for receiving nominations, and 6at«rday, the 17th, the day of election. After seme formal boaineos tbe> meeting terminattid.