NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 118, 20 May 1932, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

Problem for Bailiff.. .'. ' ' Whena%W,anganui-bailiff seized a car, for a firm, of; solicitors,^ Maori woman "and t\vd-children remained, in the "car and refused, to alight/(reports the "Chronicle"). The car, which ha<l been towed into the city, was eventually towed back to whence it had come. The Maori woman did not raise any objection, to the taking of the car in the first place,.but when the bailiff had made arrangements for the towing of .the car into the city he found that the woman and her children were in occupation. The car was tq 4 wed to the police station, but, still the Maori woman refused to move. Bailiff and solicitors could not persuade the woman to leave the cat, and night came on. The car -pas to-wed back to Castleeliff with the occupants still in possession. Bread and\Ofcesse Diet. • Travelling unemployed who arrive in Stratford in future with pleasant anticipations, of a bed and bwfakfast at the> expense of the Stratford Hospital Board will find instead an unpleasant surprise in that they will receive only bread,and cheese for'their meal, and no bed. 'The ranks of the "travellers' ', have swelled to such an extent that the board can no longer afford to be liberal. in its -ministrations, says a Taranaki exchange, and at a meeting on Tuesday the board passed a resolution refusing to give orders on boardinghouses for bed and meals and confining aid to an allowance of bread and cheese. Nine Thousand Operations. .....'■'■• . Figures showing the large volume of work at tho Auckland Hospital -were prominent in' the report for the year ended ,31st March, presented to the Auckland Hospital Board by the act-ing-medical superintendent, Dr. H. L. Gould (states'the "New Zealand Herald")- The total number of patients admitted during the year was 9267, and ■with the number of patients in hospital at the start of tho year, the total of patients under treatment was 9900. Patients discharged totalled 9313. Of these 4452 were discharged recovered, 3618 relieved, and 520 unrelieved. During the year 693 patients died, and of 35 babies born in hospital five died. Of the patients who died, 133 died w,ithin twenty-four hours of admission. The rate of mortality over the total number of cases treated wus 5.6 per cent. Major and minor.operations totalled 9053. The number of out-patients treated in the casualty department was 5299, in the ear, eye, nose and throat department 4504, and in the massage department 1060. in-patients and 3621 out-patients. Infectious cases totalled 313, as against 470 in tho previous year. Natural Science in Schools. • 'A report on natural "Science in schools was presented to yesterday's meeting of the Board of Governors of the .New Zealand Institute. The report suggests that itho encouragement of school gardens should be extended. Experience) had shown that perfectly astonishing interest could bo aroused by teachers who had an inclination for "that kind of work. , Similar results followed in schools in which pupils were encouraged to bring to thnir teachers any object, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, that interested thpm, There was a. fairly, general : recognition amongst teachers of the .value of natural science from the point of view of culture and real education. NThere was '.sympathy on the part.oj secondary school heads, who gave benediction of effort, but the syllabuses of examinations gave but little incentive to the teaching of obser' yational science; Zoology and geology, it was suggested, should be included in the subjects that may bo taken for the entranco scholarship examinations and for tho Public Service entrance .examinations. The opinion was also expressed that botany, which had great educational value, should have a place in the curriculum of all girls' high schools.

Maori Museum. Until recently the largo collection of Maori carvings, etc., in the possession of the Dominion Museum has teen on display in a room in the Dominion Farmers' Institute. But such is no longer the case. Some of the larger pieces are now housed in.tho shed attached to the Dominion Museum where Maori carving is carried out, and these can be seen upon request. Other bits are decorating v the Museum itself, whilst the remainder are stored away against that happy day when there will bo a building worthy of the name of Dominion Museum. The Eight Spirit. The curtailed grant to the New Zealand Institute was accepted by yesterday's meeting of the Board of Governors in a philosophical spirit, although the. necessity for it was deplored. The following resolution on the subject was passed: "That this Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute takes the opportunity to offer to the Government its appreciation of grave difficulties which it, and all Governments, are facing, and further .assures the Government that this board always has, and is taking steps to reduce the cost of administration so that whatever reduction in the annual Parliamentary grant is made, the board will cordially abide by the decision of Parliament, and will endeavour to .'carry on the work of publishing original scientific work, so that no discovery submitted will go unrecorded." A Scottish Wake. At Glasgow in 1814 —the year before the Battle of "Waterloo—it sometimes took £23 10a to bury a father with full alcoholic honours. Both quantitatively and qualitatively, the following old account for liquor supplied, by John Bryce, of Glasgow, to John Alston, of Glasgow, for the funeral of the latter 'syfather, Thomas Alston,. on 22nd June, is worth noting: 5 doz. sherry wine, at 545, £, 13 10s; 1 doz. port wine, at 545, &2 14s; 2 gallons proof Man Aqua, at 14s 6d, £1 9s; 2 gallons strong Jamaica rum, at 21s, £2 2s; 31b fine black tea, at Bs, £.1 4s; 2 doz. brown s., at 5s 6d, 11s; 2 doz. best AllOa ale, at 7s, 14s; 1 gallon strong Holland gin, at 265, £1 6s; total, £23 10s. This old account was dug,up the other day by a New Zealand descendant of the Alstons. It was a cash' transaction. Cheap teas were then non-existent or little known. "Brown S" , means brown stout, and' Man Aqua is whisky. The Recorder's Operations. 'The cable steamer .Recorder is at present laying a cable from Muriwai. The' Recorder formerly laid about 75 miles of cable from Muriwai, and then collected portions of the -Sydney-Well-ington ■ No. 1 cable to be added to the cable already laid. The ' Recorder will ,next proceed to Wellington to coal, but when she will.be in port is uncertain. After coaling is completed, it is expected that she will steam to the cable ground and cut the Sydney-Wellington No. 2 cable, which is still functioning. Children from Napier. . The second party of 93 children from the Hawkes Bay earthquake area left Auckland yesterday afternoon by the express for Napier. The children arrived on Wednesday by launch from the Community Sunshine Association's camp at Motuihi Island. "Remarkable progress has been made by the children since the last party arrived at the camp three months ago," said the camp coml mandant. "From both the mental and the^-physical point of view they are different beings, and in their behaviour they are almost too good to be true. They have been thoroughly loyal, and a 1 great attachment has sprung up between them, and the Btaff. We'have aeldom seen a happier or more easily managed crowd of children. .Asjan example of the good-effects of outdoor life, eleven gallons of porridge have been consumed, daily, each child having two courses, and. they would eat more of it if it was given to them. .One girl has increased 131b in weight, two others have added 1211b, and five boys have averaged an increase'• of more than 81b.";. "-__!'• -v " . ~. -. ::.