NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 79, 30 September 1938, Page 8

NEWS OF THE DAY

A Worthless Find. A debenture for £50 was recently found among some clothing of an inmate of the Central Park Hospital. The owner of the debenture had died in 1920. It was .handed to the authorities, who found that it had been declared lost, and the. amount tfaid. ' Lodging' Value for Leave. In future, members of the nursing staff of the Wellington Hospital, when on leave, are to. be paid, in addition to their salary, *ne value of their board iand lodging. This decision was made by the Hospital Board last evening. The value of the board and lodging is to be paid for at the rate on which j wage tax is levied. The new rule is to operate from October 1. Nurses' Pension Payments. j With a view tb bringing Wellington into line,with hospitals in other parts of the Dominion, members of the nursing staff of the Wellington Hospital, who, as the result of having conItracted tuberculosis in the course of their service with the board, and who have found it necessary to go to a hospital or sanatorium for treatment, are to be permitted to retain the full invalidity pension payments. In addition, the Hospital Board pays all expenses for medical treatment for the nurses. Subject-to the consent of the Minister of Health, a grant of £1 peri week is to be made until such time as j an invalidity pension is granted to j those members of the nursing staff who have contracted tuberculosis in the board's service. Swimming: in'Schools. Despite the lack of facilities under which the" teaching of swimming is j carried on in Wellington, over 4000] school children gained swimming certificates during the past season, a striking increase on the previous record of just over 1200. Reference to the brief but extremely valuable services of Mr. R. E. Peachey as educational officer was made at last night's meeting of the Wellington Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association. Mr. Peachey has been transferred to Auckland, and his successor has not yet been appointed. It was stated that the increase in the number of certificates won was, due partly to the facilities extended by order of the Minister of Education. Centennial Memorial. Tree planting is likely to be adopted as a Centennial memorial in the Wairarapa, states "The Post's" Masterton representative. The Mayors of all the Wairarapa towns, chairmen of all county councils, and representatives of all other local bodies from Akitio to Martinborough attended a meeting in Masterton, called by the Mayor of Master ton (Mr. T. Jordan) to discuss proposals for some suitable form of I memorial to mark the centenary of the Dominion. The opinion was expressed at the meeting that the most effective form of memorial would be the planting of trees. It was decided to discuss the matter of tree planting along roadsides with the Main Highways Board ar#l to deal with it further at a meeting to be held, probably at the end of October. Cheap Eggs in China. A cheap rate for the purchase of eggs in China was revealed at a meeting of the executive committee of the Joint Order of St. John and New Zeajland Red Cross Society Far East Rejlief Fund yesterday afternoon when the chairman, Sir James Elliott, in presenting his report for the period June 23 to September 27, read a letter received from Dr. T. Watson at Chengkow. "The children of the camp are J often poorly nourished," Dr. Watson ■ said, "and I was approached by a representative of the League of Nations Commission to make a donation towards buying eggs for these children to supplement their diet. The amount asked was 60 dollars a month, and for this sum 375 dozen eggs- can be bought." "That works out at approximately 1.4 pence per dozen," remarked Mr." C. Meachen. Asked by Sir James Elliott what the size of the eggs would be. Mr. Yue H. Jackson, Vice-Consul ! for China, said that they would probably resemble New Zealand pullet 'eggs.

Awatea to Resume. Having been absent from Wellington' for nearly six weeks, during which time she underwent an extensive overhaul and refit at Sydney, the Union Company's liner Awatea is due back here on Monday. She will resume her regular running in the transTasman service on Wednesday when she will leave for Sydney at 8 p.m. Captain A. H. Davey has resumed command and Mr. F. W. Young has been appointed chief officer in succession to Captain L. G. Ramsay, wno took command of the Karu on Wednesday. Captain Ramsay joined the Awatea when she was delivered from the builders in 1936 and was chief officer for two years. The Maunganui, which has been replacing the Awatea, is to leave Sydney today for Wellington and is due here on Tuesday with passengers ! and mails. She will remain here until October 25, when she will take up her running in the Melbourne service. The Awatea, when she arrives here on Monday, will bring no passengers.