NORTH CANTERBURY

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22134, 2 July 1937, Page 21

NORTH CANTERBURY

PENTAL CLINIC AT j KAKGIORA ! i

INSTANT KUBSE BAID TO | ■ BE NEEDED \

nf the services of an Pr ° m f °e for the Rangiora Dcn85sis tant nur se year has been tt l Clinic Wir McCutcheon ,Disgivenby* -• ntend enf). Several *** ? 6 f he &ct are. anxious to ' to the clinic, but the * Bd ' fS cannot cope with addipresent nurse « onal *wP.is a shortage of nurses. As there is a | gested tnat an t* Shouldbe appointed to assist attendant out clerical and the nurse ca / r3 Ve superintendent sterUis' n f wor principle is noi has that the department is aPP fO /™' unable to accept the com-tßtf^X-of £lO a >' eai - towards of an attendant. He realises the salary.clan irecJ at ?iangl . ,bß \ a ow S and has%rom=sed to enora' arrange for, the appointment ffuSe to assist at the clinic later in foe year* . Carpenter Injured while working with a circular saw , n ftjSnery workshop of Messrs Sj?Lfl Thompson, Ltd., Rangiora, of King street sufH injuries to three fingers of his !rf hand. He received medical atgtioSom Dr. L. M. King. Women's Missionary Union officers were elected as follows at toSSd meeting of the Rangiora HLS of the Presbyterian Women s Snary Union yesterday afterSESresident, Mrs F Dixon; viceStents, Mesdames W. Anderson, R. V im W Watson, and J. Blake; sec- ; JBft Mrs R. Mcintosh; treasurer, F. Watson presided < mi gave an address on "Buddhism in ChiniL " Vital Statistics i while an increase in births and ; Heaths is recorded in the vital statis- : tic! for the Rangiora district for last ' month for the second quarter of this < and for the half-year ended on j June 30, compared with last year s ' tores, there is an increase in mar- < Haws for the half-year only. Mar- ] ii«e statistics for the quarter and the i month show a decrease. ! Details are as totals for the corresponding periods in 1936 being s jdven in parenthesis: — i Half-year—Births, 74- (57); mar- 1 pttes, 14 (10); deaths, 35 (27 >. i Quarter—Births, 40 (25); marriages, 8 (9); deaths, 20' (14), < Month-Births, 13 (10); marriages, 2 ] (4); deaths, 8 (6). 1 Mothers' Union * Aa address on missionary work in ] China was given by Mrs Hervey, of Christchurch, to the Rangiora branch ] ol the Anglican Mothers' Union on » Wednesday afternoon. Before the meet- < ja|, Deaconess M. Birchall conducted < a short service in St. John's Church. < Women's Hockey Team \ The following senior A team will represent the Rangiora Women's Hockey' Club in a competition match against Hornby at Hagley Park, No. 5, to-morrow—N. Forward, J. Harper, B. ' Wattins, N. Prestney, N. Watkins, B. } O'Neill, L Maynard, C. Watkins, B. ' laskey; D. Seed, and N. Ayers. '< \ Methodist Church Appeal I At a"meeting on Wednesday even- , Ing, a committee was set up to arrange i for Xiie Hangiora' Methodist Church's annual appeal for'the church building , fund at> the end of September. Mr C. , B. Thwaites was appointed secretary. . A direct appeal will replace the J customary : flower show and bazaar ' this year. : ;

I DEATH OF MAORI j

I IXqUEST CONTINUED AT U I LEESTON <

i An inquest into the death of Huri- 1 whenua Taiaroa, of Taumutu, which < wuopened at the Christchurch Public ! Hospital on; April 24, was resumed at j theLeeston Courthouse before the j Coroner, Mr E. C. Levvey. , Sergeant Henry represented the j poke, and Mr A. S. Lyons appeared , for Arthur Kitchener Hopa. , «e evidence stated that on Feb- . ruary 15 Taiafoa drove up in a motorvan to where a gang of unemployed ' men were working at Taumutu and WtoA. K. Hopa, who was in 1 ™*ge of the men, the conversation at < ™t time being quite friendly. ! He drove away and returned a short 1 Time after, when the men were away \ eeiorig. some water. Taiaroa com- i P«i»ed to, Hopa that the men were , »« working as they should, and there JJM1 8 heated argument, the two men each other with clenched fists 5?, i 1 , n wrestling. Taiaroa com- ' jwained that his arm was broken. ' ,JW expressed regret and stated 1 5™ the trouble was his own fault, i ** was taken to Christchurch Hospital 5 |y umbylance and died there on April . I\£2F I £ a TJ n ß the evidence the , oSSwWE adjourned the inffijP.beheld in Christchurch at a ' «1 ftbmfc pathologist ' s re * ort

BOWLING AND i CROQUET CLUB j

I OFFICERS ELECTED AT ! ANNUAL MEETING \

beStfe 1 ?- nnual meeting of the Am- i mg and Croquet Club was l iU The president. Mr S. s the ,»? i lne , d work done during < Although ♦£ laymK down the greens. , «»ffiLM e *l! eaßon had *> een a short ' *«fc Th» k,, ere ' was a bi * member- < deficit e " et showed a ! A n ? U Z in « g . o^ cers were elected:- \ *P Mp£ 6 £*• on - G - w - Forbes, , Stario IT/,\ D - Greenwood, J. B. P. l F - Croft : President, Dr. 1 W Ww S c f"Presidents, Messrs S. < I C G a ri Hale - A - Burke . H. Lewis, and A. H. Buschi ] iv ; <cretarv' m. i s £hofleld; honorary ***&'&*' A Pool: auditors, 1 H - Harris; com - < A Hh?.i7' |, n « s ' H - s - Stock- 1 §, ri <*WoOT H. P. Dalzell. I. G. • &s I. p (SS section-Club captain. 1 ' M Z,!; ( secretary. Mrs R. \ Mesdames W. " w - Gee. and J. Schofleld.

IT TLE River PERSONAL NOTES ' street. Christ- i \* ho&,L Li *» e is spendChr istchurch. ?*> KimSV md Carry's Bay) J because of her 1 staff 3 * 6 ; h S? "t'rnd from 1 25H and k? 0f the Ashburton iT^-Co a ?h d r A as T . turned to her EU« n S d ' Llttle Rivel '- S S her -fc^ e is T visiting her C Kin.oi, Rae ' Little River B^G^ 11 to Christchurch. JWy Western Valley, Lit- i M r <fawhtlr tUI ?/ d from a visit ' B^£ ter ' M 155 -R. Haines i

SHEFFIELD PERSONAL NOTES Mr W. H. Kelman, who has been relieving headmaster at the Waddington School, left yesterday on transfer to Okains Bay. Mr Bain will arrive to-morrow to take up the position of headmaster. HORORATA PERSONAL NOTE Mr R. Hitchman, of Morrinsville. North Island, has been visiting Mr and Mrs Len Banks (Hororata). Mrs Wilson, Christchurch, is staying with Mr and Mrs T. D. Jarman, I "Heatherlea," Hororata. i Miss I. Bennett has left to spend a I holiday at Mount Cook.