morrison david ramsay smith (1 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Adelaide, C.E. Bristow, Government Printer, 1897. Foolscap folio, two consecutive Parliamentary Papers, 12 (last blank) and 4 (last blank) pages. Both items drop-title, with pinholes and small notches in the left-hand margin where sewn when bound (now disbound); in excellent condition. Full details of the acrimonious dispute between Dr Morrison and the Board of Management of the Adelaide Hospital. By late November he was threatening to bring the matter before the notice of both Houses of Parliament: 'The rules, a copy of which I received for the first time two days ago, inasmuch as they thrust upon me duties altogether beneath my status here as Assistant Physician, are a distinct violation of the contract into which I entered with the Government on November the 20th of last year. Would you therefore at once kindly give the matter your attention, since I trust you may be able in Cabinet to immediately restore me to my original position'. This brought an immediate response from the Under-Secretary: 'I am also directed to inform Dr. Morrison that he must be aware that, so long as he continues an officer of the hospital, he is not allowed to communicate direct with Ministers, and that the tone of his letter is one he will do well to avoid in future'. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Numbers 126 and 127 of 1897; each paper is one of only 500 copies. [2 items].