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Evening Star, Issue 19273, 11 June 1926, Page 6

The Hospital Commi tee_ will again recommend at next meeting of the Otago Hospit I Board that a lurther £1,200 be spent on equipment for the X-ray department, which is now nearing completion. A Palmerston North Association message states that the directors of the Bainneso Dairy Company have resolved to notify the Dairy Control Board and the Prime Minister that < immediately tli© board attempts to seize their butter and cheese under compulsion the company will take such legal proceedings as may protect tho rights of the factory and the shareholders.

In a statement to-day, Sir Maui Pomare, as the result of his recent visit to the leper station at Makogai, draws attention to some urgent requirements, including wireless and an ice plant, and makes an appeal for a hall in which to install a cinema, already provided; also for funds for a rest home for the nursing sisters of tho Order of Mary, whose work and devotion are worthy of all help. _ There are now over 400 lepers on tho island, including about 100 from Samoa, Cook Islands. Niue, and a few from New Zealand.—Wellington Association message. A contract for the erection of a handsome block of buildings at the corner of Hobson and Victoria streets, Auckland, for the Manchester Unity Oddfellows, to include a hall and accommodation for eleven shops, has been let to the Fletcher Construction Company at £45,395. Thirteen tenders were received!—Press Association.

At the last meeting of the Hospital Board a communication was received from Mr John Fuller (Sydney),_ a member of the well-known theatrical firm, calling attention to the death of a child, allegedly due to the misreading of a. doctor’s prescription by a. chemist, owing to the medico’s bad writing. Mr Fuller emphasised the necessity for doctors to take the greatest care in penning prescriptions, and suggested that as most medicos were not exactly copperplate writers the Hospital Board should do something to bring the matter under the notice of the University authorities. The matter was referred to the Hospital Committee. which has now _ recommended that, Mr Fuller’s complaint as to handwriting being more a matter for the Education Board, it should be- submitted to that body. Urging a grant for the erection of a now infants’ school at Invercargill Middle School, a deputation comprising Messrs Smith (chairman), Stevenson (secretary), and De La Perrelle (member), representative of the Southland Education Board, wailed to-day on the Hon. 11. A. "Wright ("Minister of Education). Beplying to the representations, the Minister said that lie had much pleasure in advising the board that Cabinet had decided to make a grant sufficient for the provision of a now infants’ department. An Auckland Press Association telegram states that a large, heavilyloaded motor truck, owned by J. J. Craig, Ltd., was being driven out of the premises of Reevely, Ellis, and Collingwood, motor body builders, in Kitchener street, when the floor collapsed with a crash which was heard several blocks away. The lorry fell to the bottom of the basement. The driver’s cab was slightly damaged. He was uninjured.

The University Council has s.greed to contribute to the Hospital Board £6OO instead o| the present £4OO a year for the salaries of the senior resident medical officers. A third such officer will bo appointed. Since the epidemic of diphtheria at Kaitangata was suppressed by Dr Crawshaw (district health officer) and his staff, a few cases of the disease have been reported. The new cases were a natural aftermath.

Dust-laden and stilted in growth, the rows of trees in the enclosure running along the centre of the Anderson’s Bay road do not meet with an approving eye from many people who use the road. At last night’s meeting of the I3ay Ratepayers’ Association a member urged that the removal of the trees, already commenced, be hastened to provide a wide open road into tho suburb from the city. The chairman (Mr J. C. 11. Somerville) considered the suggestion a good one, and promised that the executive would consider it.

At next meeting of the Otago Hospital Board the Hospital Commit/tee will again recommend that tho grant to tho Otago University Council ter the work done for tho board m the bacteriological and clinical laboratories bo increased from £BOO to £I,OOO per annum, provided the University 1 mmcil is satisfied with that arrangement, for not less than three years.

Mumps has been a prevalent ailment among adults within recent weeks. Dr Orawshaw (district health officer) stated to-day that mumps was not a notifiable disease, so his office had no figures of tho prevalence of the illness. Medical men had advised him, however, that there had been a slight epidemic, but it had subsided. “ There is no use in saying that the rates raised in each district should be spent there; if that were carried out the business sections of Princes a-nd George streets would bo paved with gold,” Mr S. B. Macdonald declared at last night’s meeting of the Anderson’s Bay Ratepayers’ Association. “ The business people contributed to the rates in greater proportion to any other section of the city. The streets of Dunedin were better than those he had seen in many cities ho had visited. A deputation consisting of Messrs J. Love, A. E. Ansell, H. Halhday, Iv. Young, and T. Scollay waited on the Minister of Education (Hon. R. A Wright) this morning with a request that part of the tax collected hem motorists should be applied towards the upkeep of the Dunedm-Port Chalmers road. The Minister replied hat this was not a matter that came within his jurisdiction, but that he would bring the representations of the deputation before his colleague, the Munster of Public Works. The deputation was introduced by Mr J. M C. Dickson, M.P. Tho painters’ dispute was further considered by the Conciliation Council at Wellington. Speaking on the claim for double rates for work t.ono with paint-spraying machines, the employers representative (Mr W. O. Prime) said that, so far as ascertainable, _ the machines were not in use, having been found unsuitable, and therefore the clause was unnecessary. Mr F. Cornwell, the employees’ representative, admitted that tho machines were not successful, but it was incorrect to say that none were being used, and the union members should be protected. The matter was referred to the Arbitration Court. Mr W. Grenfell, secretary of the New Zealand Builders’ Federation, suggested that interested parties who had not been consulted on various matters should have the right to refer these to tho Arbitration Court before tho award was ratified, and this was agreed to. The court was left to decide the term of the award, and to settle matters relating to the exemption of borough and county councils, the minimum wage, and ship work conditions. With these exceptions an agreement was signed by the parties, and_ will go on to the court. —Press Association.,

A glaring example of the waste of time occasioned by the present unsatisfactory train service between Invercargill and Dunedin was mentioned to a ‘Star’ reporter this morning by Mr P. De La. Perrelle (an ex-member of Parliament and member of tie Southland Education Board), who, together with Mr H. Smith (chairman of the board) and Mr F. G. Stevenson (secretary), formed a_ deputation to tho Minister of Education. Mr De La Perrelle said that in order to meet the Minister for half an hour this morning tho party had to leave Invercargill at 7 n.ra. yesterday, and could not roach home again until 9 p.m. to-mor-row. Mr De La Perrelle himself lives at Winton, so that, in his case, the time taken for the trip will be considerably longer.

The suspension of the Peninsula ferry service was discussed at the Portobello Road Board meeting yesterday, the matter being brought up by the chairman, who stated that the board had been asked to appoint two delegates to accompany a deputation to the Harbor Board and tho City Council. Tho members decided not to appoint delegates, as it was rather a matter for the residents if they wished to have the ferry service resumed. Tho Portobello Road Board was advised at its monthly meeting yesterday that tho Governor-General had revived the provisions of the Counties Act of 1920 with regard to the Peninsula County. Messrs Solomon, Gascoigne, and Sinclair are in communication with the Internal Affairs Department in regard to the next step to be taken in respect to merging the road boards into a county council. In the Supreme Court this morning Mr J. B. Callan moved for judgment in the case of William John King v. tlm Union Steam Ship Company, in which plaintiff had claimed £I,OOO damages for injuries received while in the employ of the company. A special jury heard the case and answered questions submitted by His Honor in a way that amounted to a verdict for the company. Mr Callan stated that Mr F. B. Adams (on behalf of King) and he had discussed the question of the amount of worker’s compensation due to King, but had not been able to agree. His Honor, after hearing counsel, intimated that he would consider his decision.

“There is not enough information, I believe, in the minds of the farmers in New Zealand to make the best for themselves and for New Zealand.” This remark was made by Mr J. D. Hall to the annual conference to-day of the North Canterbury branch of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union. Mr Hall considered that the scheme for agricultural research was airy, and had not always been considered in its practical bearing; but the fact remained that the farmers did not know what they should about their work, and the farmers could not be taught how to improve their methods unless research was first carried out. For instance, take the case of grass, which was responsible for 93 per cent, of the exports of New~ "Zealand and a similar percentage in home consumption. What improvements had been made in New Zealand’s pastoral land in the last quarter of a century? Certainly there was top-dressing—- “ doping ” the land, as it was called. A great deal of improvement was urgently needed, and better methods could he carried out only by long and tedious experimental work. Varieties of grass should bo experimented with. It must first be discovered what to tell the farmers to do before they could do it. It was vitally necessary that farmers should bo taught the best methods possible.—-Our Christchurch correspondent. Probate was granted this morning by His Honor Mr Justice Sim in the following estates :—Rosa Benjamin, Dunedin (Mr W. L. Moore); William Young, Dunedin (Mr G, Gallaway); Robert Cowie, Dunedin (Mr J. S. Sim); John Crawford, Oamarn (Mr W. G. Grove). Letters of administration were granted in the estate of Patrick Connors, Hindon (Mr J. B. Nichol).

An Invercargill Association message states that the census shows flub the population of Southland and f evrrt Island Counties has increased from 51,350 to 54,268, an increase of 2,918. The position regarding the new motor bus regulations, which came into force yesterday, isj so far as the private owners are concerned, that one or two have simply dropped out of the business, while others are waiting developments before coming to a final decision. Tho matter will doubtless be finalised within tho next few days. Meantime those continuing in the business must perforce accept the regulations. A Wellington Press Association telegram states that the New York (Times ’ has censed its short-wave radio test, Mr Shrimpton, of Wellington, who has picked up the broadcasted news and supplied it to tho Press Association, has received the following from Mr Meinholtz, manager of tho New York ‘Times’:—“Please accept my personal thanks for hearty co-operation shown in tho long-distance, short-wave tests just concluded. Wo will not ho oji the air for 0400 gmt, except on Sunday mornings, from 0400. gmt to 0700 gmt. Wo hope we can keep the same line up and exchange greetings weekly.”

Advice received from London states that the apples and pears shipped from Now Zealand by the Argyllshire arrived in excellent condition.

Mr A. E. Ford, general manager of the Auckland tramways, has left for America and the United Kingdom to study their means of transportation. Ho intends to amass a wide knowledge of passenger transportation in other countries, will collect extensive data, and will make an elaborate report to tho council when ho arrives back in Auckland in about six months’ time.

“ A motor car is a dangerous thing when it is not under proper control. The fines imposed on drunken motorists have some time ago reached the maximum, but oven £IOO fines do not seem to have any effect. It will soon be a question of imprisonment for drunken motorists,” said Mr J. W. Poynton, S.M., at the Auckland Police Court this week, when “a professional man” was fined £SO for being in a state of intoxication while in charge of a motor car in Symonds street. After he had imposed thy fine the magistrate added ; “ This will be the last fine. Something else will have to be done in future.”

Yea, we have plenty of unbreakable metal dolls’ heads from 2s 6d.—Todd's KarrieKannio Dollies’ Hospital, George street (next Plaza).—[Advt.j The Square Deal Euchre Assembly will hold its weekly tourney in the Town Hal], South Dunedin, to-morrow evening. For fiascos guaranteed to suit consult W. V. Stumer, G.A.0.C., D. 5.0.1., 2 Octagon, Dunedin ; ’phone 7,s2s.—{Advt.j

A dance will be held in the new Trades Hall, Moray place, to-morrow night. Music by Eagan’s Orchestra. Supper will bo provided.