MID-CANTERBURY

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20414, 8 December 1931, Page 5

MID-CANTERBURY

r'\ " •'K " ' ASHBURTON, OUTBREAK OF DIPHTHERIA. Ai outbreak of diphtheria in a severe form. UaS ocCUfrfed in the LarGugh Allentoa during the last tyro weeks, ftk the result of'which tbfc Cotivettt School ] llaß been closed in- an endeavour to, j .■ ...»k :■•■■■ V cheek the spread of the disefcte. liight cases have occurred vu th<e bolough within the Ifttt ten days, a» wall us two* froia Ailentofl, aud there has been one death. Several of *the, cases were ehiWreh; attending the Coavent School. This is the worst outbreak since 1&26, when ttO fewer than 55 cases were notified, between April and September? Hojutever, the dissaae in that outbreak was not of a virulent type. ; Charitable Belief. At i the inee"t4jng of Ihe Uvspllal' Board's, Charitable • Relief Committee held yesterday, there 1 were 14 applications for assistance, temporary, relief be Wig- granted in each case. Shorthand-Typists' Examination. At tlife recent; Government entrance examination for senior shorthandtypi#ts, Misses Gweri Bairstow and Betty; Yet)mnn< pupils of the Ashbur-' ton Technical School, were successful. Pishing. , * Although the •rivets Wet'fe ill good order during the week-end, not many goiod bags were lauded. Several heavy flsh were caught, however, some obtained during the latter part of the week weighing round about 101b. The! majority of \ anglers visited the Hajigitata river, and it Was there that the best results were obtained. Fish weighing up to two or three j>oUnd were taken from ,tlie Rakaia river, but' there were not in any rods out.