ITEMS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 67, 12 December 1932, Page 11

ITEMS IN BRIEF

About People and Events ST. JOSEPH’S HOME The immediate scheme in connection with the letting of .i contract for the new St. Joseph’s Home of Compassion at Silverstream is the construction of the central block at. a cost of about f 13,000. The full scheme provides for the erection of three buildings, and this will involve £29,300. The central block, which will be undertaken first, will fill immediate needs, and the completion of the scheme will depend on the response to the appeal for funds.

“Clutlia Crescent.” “Clutha Crescent” is the name recommended to the City Council by the Island Bay Electors’ Association for a reticulation easement off Medway Street.

Woman Knocked Down. Knocked down by a motor-car in Wakefield Street on Saturday morning, Miss W. Adams, 19 Green Street, received abrasions and shock, and was taken to the Hospital by the Free Ambulance.

Photographs of India. Interesting lantern slides of Indian views, fife, and customs were shown to the Wellington Camera Club by Mr. P. N. Denton at its last meeting. Mr. Denton, who lived in India for some years and took the pictures himself, supplied a running commentary.

Head Injuries. Head injuries were received by Mr. J. Earnshaw, a butcher, who lives iu Raroa Road, on Saturday evening. Mr. Earnshaw fell while ou a visit to John sonville. After receiving attention from Dr. Aitken, he was taken to the Hospital by the Free Ambulance.

Flight to Blenheim. Flying the Wellington Aero Club’s Waco biplane, Squadron-Leader G. L. Stedman went to Blenheim for the Marlborough Club’s pageant on Saturday, and remained there for the weekend. .Passengers in the machine were Messrs. F. V. Lysons, B. Shiel. and K. W. Walker. Air Pageant Postponed.

On account of a heavy gale on Saturday most of the items on the programme of the Marlborough air pageant had to be postponed. There was a large attendance, including over a dozen visiting aeroplanes. The new clubhouse, which was much admired, was officially opened, states a Press Association message from Blenheim.

Peat Fires Checked. Peat fires caused considerable alarm along the Nguhimanga Road, Elstow, on Thursday, the flames advancing along a quarter-mile front and threatening some farm buildings and hay paddocks, states the “Herald’s” Te Aroha correspondent. A clay bank thrown up from a drain checked the spread of the fire, which was extinguished by 'heavy rain,' which fell during Thursday night. Mumps Known to Greeks.

The fact that mumps was no new malady, but was well known among the ancient Greeks, was mentioned by Dr. T. J. Hughes, medical officer of health in the Auckland Central district. He said it was interesting to note that a treatise on the complaint written by Hippocrates, one of the “fathers of medicine.” described the symptoms in precisely the same manner as modern text books. Need for Education.

“Problems are greater aud more deeprooted to-day than any that ever faced auy people in the past,” said Met R. Semple, M.P., when opening the Miramar Central School fair on Friday afternoon. “It is necessary for every boy and girl to have a complete and unfettered education, that they may be furnished with the knowledge to tackle those problems which are aggravating the minds of the greatest thinkers in the world.”