WEST COAST NOTES

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20272, 25 June 1931, Page 7

WEST COAST NOTES

"/PERSONAL.' ' '(spscxai. to m rxxaa.) . - ; GREYMOTJTH, ; Jwne 24. Mr and''Mrs M. Maloiie, of Rjinanga, left yesterday for Christchurch, where they intend to reside. , . ; ; ; ■ Miss Grace Grant, who has been visiting. her parents "M' Canier'ohSj 'returned to-day to Wellington.',; ' • Mrs H. JielyiUei lef fc y*Bte*a# visit to Christchurch,, Mr J. A. Dobbie, who acted as judge at. the Buller Poultry Show at Westport, has returned to Christchurch; Mr G. Cowan, of Rotomanu, left yesterday on a visit to Marton. " - Mr R. Pullar (Westport) is visiting Auckland. - Mr S. P. Evans, of the Hokitika branch of the Bahk of 'New Zealand, has" received tioticu of transfer to Christchurch. , , Otfra Tunnel. ,' - Freight railed last vjeekHhroiigh.the . Otira' tunnel from the .West; Coast totalled 12,493 tons, compared ; %itli 13,883 tons for the corresponding period: last year, and . 7732 tons: in 1929. . Hospitalßoard. At the meeting ,of the "Westland Jloß-~ pital Board at Hokitika. on. Monday : evening a letter" was received advising; that Mr F. W. Moor would be inspecting the Hospital. Exception was taken to the number of inspectors travelling up and down the country, and the fol-. lowing resolution was moved by Mr W. Jeffries, seconded by Mr Duff, and carried unanimously:-—"That the attention of the Government be drawn to the apparent unnecessary number of inspectors that are being sent through the Dominion on inspection work in connexion with hospitals. The Board-is of opinion that much public money could be saved to the Dominion by curtailing such visits, apdj that the general principle involved. in the recent economy proposals of the Government should be put into practice by the Hospitals Department itself" Tnanga.hna. A. and P. Association. The executive of the Inangahua A. and P, Association met at. Reef ton on Monday evening, Mr . J. D. Discaciati, president, being in the chair. The president'outlined a proposal'for the .Poultry Club to unite with the Association, that bo4y having agreed to amalgamate "and hand over its funds to the Association. It was a matter of

urgency, as the South Island Poultry As-. Booiation VaFistwaitlfig the fixing of the , dates for the next show at Eeefton. I After discussion it .was agreed to accept the soSer of the-.Poultry Club and' to affiliate with the'south Island body., * Itf was'decided to advise the' Poultry Association that August- 7th and Bth were the,'dates suggested fpT holdiitg 'the Poultry Show at, fieefton. 1 ' , It was decided? to" call for applications for the position, of the Assooiaat a salary of £3O per to arrange for a fitting the retiring secretary, ISr .' J''' ./■ —: s " -.jmldiant health club, I ■ —•—■■■ . ,'To©d" wan the subject of an address given by Dr. H. T. J. Thackflf :mxth« Repliant Hall las* erevng. lecture was arranged by the_ Radian* iHeaJtfc.Club, and in sp#eof; tl» „ evening, thewwa* * aafew* toyDr. *> . xethiwfci' on lus subject. •• ..A' 1 health centres, Vfo# of s "shilling «r family a week people will receive advice, ana ; will;lta*e i dafcpe floors, and otljpr <Abb adva»tag&s, has- beeii - evolved nix* London. The sponsors, ,Dr. Innes-Pearse, * woman, and I>r. Scott Of claro that j»oet> :pebple work" at only , 30 per cent, of theirefficiency whil& tfcey »*«»«%• "they a*® not 'fully healthy.. ■ The Deutsch<« M'Lseuin In Munich; .whjcih, ,coVeii abofut; : acres,- <ff - grdikC "*&&r Tv Sine •'miles «; rooms and halls, is a great house of histories in which the entire record tff man's work upon the earth is conand dramatised. In 1903 von Miller laid His idea for what Waa to . become the Deutsches Museum before a gathering of German industrialists, scientists, and engineers. There,sponse was enthusiastic, and immediately the forces of industry and latour all over Germany - began to mobilise their skill , and money. By 1913 the buildings to housettre 60,000 exhibits on a site given by the city were virtually finished, but. intervened, ancl it was not untd 1925 that ,> the museum wM, fornially opened. • • DRY your skin properly. . Careless drying of the _skua washing in cold weather is the canJ» of, chaps, particularly with children. Prevent and cure chapped skin ana chilblains with Q-tol, a penetratwe, soothing .skin emollient Q-tol jrUl stop the itch and irritation at <*<»• Price 2s, double sure 3s 6d. Mad® in New Zealand. •• - ■