CITY AND SUBURBAN

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 181, 28 April 1933, Page 11

CITY AND SUBURBAN

Happenings About the Town INCIDENTS, OBSERVATIONS Six medical students at present working at the Wellington Hospital, Lave been appointed, acting house surgeons. As a result: of a cabaret dauce held ou Saturday, April 8, at Wellington College, a profit: of £2O was made, which will be added to the fund for the driveway. Gratification at the response to the hospital radio fund appeal was expressed yesterday by Air. F. Castle, chairman of the Hospital Board. The amount collected was £231. It was reported to (be meeting of the Board of Governors last; evening that Mr. W. Alexander and Air. J*. Martin Smith, .masters at Wellington College, who had been seriously ill, hud resumed duty. "It is remarkable the way Hie number of cases of infectious diseases is keeping down,” said Dr. R. Campbell Begg at: a meeting of (he Hospital Board yesterday. "Of Hie fifteen beds only one is occupied.” The AVellington Hospital Board yesterday decided that the salaries of Hie present house surgeons be increased from £ll4/45/- to £l2O a year, in accordance with Hie scale in operation at the other three centres. Hard times arc reflected iu the increase of the number of boys travelling on bicycles to Wellington College, according to the principal’s report presented at last evening’s meeting of the Board of Governors. The Rongotai Boys’ College gymnasium fund is increasing steadily, and amounts in sight indicate tiitil: £5OO will be reached by the end of I he year, according to a report of the principal presented at last evening’s meeting of the Board of Governors. While there were two entries at the Hower show yesterday in the class for New Zealand flowers and berries, iu which the first prize was won by Ke.ll.urn Boy Scouts, there was no entry for the collection of New Zealand native plants, including ferns, potgrown. Supplies of vegetables for issue to indigeut families in AVellington are rather short, and Hie .Mayor’s Relief Depot, Dixon Street, is making arrangements to purchase quantities to supplement donated goods. By an advertisement in this issue farmers with surplus potatoes aud other vegetables for disposal are invited to quote prices to the relief depot. AVhile-drawing into the AVoburn station about: 8.30 yesterday morning, as engine drawing a train of some 30 trucks jumped the points, and the engine, tender, aud au oil tank wagon were fl ting across the track. No one was injured, and the rest of the train remained intact. Traffic was disorganised for some time, and passengers from AVaterloo. Avn. and AVoburn stations had to be transferred by bus to I‘ctone. Strong exception to the proposal of the employers iu Hie oil-store packers’ dispute to ration labour was taken by the employees’ representatives in the Conciliation Council yesterday. The employees’, assessors contended that: it was better for the men to be dismissed aud go ou relief work. Those at: present employed, it was stated, would prefer that to the rationing scheme. At the annual meeting of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Free Ambulance yesterday it was stated that: during tlie existence of the ambulance—a period of about 5} years—it: had attended to 36,865 cases. In the last month alone it; had attended 48 accidents, and bad made 551 transports. “To be the means of helping such a large number of people iu trouble and sickness makes us realise that our labours have been well worth while,” said the annual report. A wonderful display of paintings of New Zealand flowers, foliage and berries was made at tlie annual show of the AVellington Horticultural Society ar. the Town Hall yesterday. They are the work of Mrs. O. Al. Tomkin, of Auckland. If times were better, said Airs. Knox Gilmer, the collection should be purchased for the National Art Gallery. It was to be hoped the collection would not be lost to New Zealand.

Under clear blue skies yesterday .tuorniug the heights of the Tararuas were revealed tiuder a shinirneriug mantle of snow. So clear was the air and brilliant the sunshine that familiar peaks and ravines could be plainly seen from Hie city with Hie aid of binoculars. During the afternoon tile range became wholly obscured in lowering clouds and mist. The snow which Ims fallen during the last week or ten days is likely to lie Hie forerunner of winter's dressing.