General News

Press, Volume C, Issue 29536, 10 June 1961, Page 10

General News

3000 On Waiting List The surgical waiting list for the North Canterbury Hospital Board's general hospitals was a little more than 3000, the medical superihtendent-in-chief (Dr. T. Morton) said yesterday. The average wait for admission was about a year for women and six months for men, he said. Although the figure was greater than that of the last report, there bad been no significant increase, he said, the difference being attributable to the omission of certain gynaecological and plastic surgerycases from previous figures. Milk Licences If current milk shop licences are not taken out by 66 Christchurch shops within seven days they will have their milk supplies with-' drawn This was decided by the Metropolitan Milk Board yesterday after the chairman <Mr W. E. Olds) told the; meeting that the shop owners; had had plenty of notice and it was just laziness which i stopped them from getting a new licence.. £20.000 Target The North Canterbury target for the 1961 health stamp campaign is to be) £2U,uOO. the Christchurch dis-i trict committee ot the King George V Memorial Health, Camps' Federation has de-1 cided. ‘'This will represent) auout 5s worth of stamps a household, against the 4s 6a ! worth we have sold in past years." said the secretary of the committee (Mr K. T. Sugden). Steamer Express When the steamer express. Hinemoa, arrives at Wellington on Tuesday, July 16, sne will withdraw from service tor annual survey and the Rangatira will take up her run. The Maori will withdraw from service for annual survey at Wellington on Sunday, September 3. and the Hinemoa will take up her run on Monday, September 4. The Maori will reenter the service on Monday, October 16 and the Rangatira will then withdraw from the run. Floating School Pupils at Flat Island, near Great Barrier Island, should have a proper school tomorrow morning, provided it does not sink while being transported there this afternoon. The school—a prefabricated room—was loaded on to a barge this morning. It will be towed off the beach at high tide and should arrive at Flat Island at dawn tomorrow.—< P. A.) Power Cut Power will be cut off tomorrow from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Banks Peninsula Electric Power Board’s area, except Motukarara. Gebbie’s Valley, and Lyttelton. This is to enable urgent maintenance work to be done.