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Evening Star, Issue 22248, 28 January 1936, Page 8

A Press Association message from Gisborne announces that the Tokomaru Bay Harbour Board has decided to replace its present wharf and approach by a new structure of wood and concrete, costing between £IB,OOO and £25,000.

A correspondent writing to the Acclimatisation Society from Roxburgh on Saturday stated : —“ The Teviot River is fishing well at present. The best bag on the Roxburgh lagoons for the week was one of three fish from 31b to 71b. All were caught on the fly, and in good condition. Fish are plentiful.” Local charities benefited to the extent of £lßl as a result of the Police v. Law charity match. This information was contained in a letter received from the Law Society of the district of Otago at a special meeting of the Otago Rugby Union last night. Recommendations to the Otago Hospital Board at its meeting on Thursday will be that the remaining ward in the new administration block be named the “ Colquhoun ” ward, and that the new block be formally opened on Monday, March 23, and the Minister of Health be invited to perform the opening ceremony.

The difficulty in maintaining harmony between the old inhabitants of Palestine and the Jewish immigrants settling in their “ national home,” as created by the British Government, was largely attributed to the difference in languages by DP E. W. G. Masterman in an address at the Rotary Club luncheon at Christchurch yesterday. The Jews of Palestine had not spoken Hebrew since the captivity in Babylon, he said, but one learned man had constructed a modern Hebrew language which was now being taught in the schools and which was accepted as an official tongue. It was doubtful, however, whether this would solve the difficulty. It is not often that a city local body forgets the obligations it has under its own constitution, but the Christchurch Tramway Board did so last December, and forgot to elect a new chairman (says the ‘ Press ’). Although the term of the board is for three years, there is a new chairman each 12 months. Mr J. K. Archer reminded the board yesterday of what it should have done a month before, and the members immediately held an election. Mr Archer was again elected, and thus the delay in holding the election did not mean that a new chairman had his term of office shortened by a month, but the new deputy-chairman, Mr G. Manning, who replaces Mr E. J. Howard, may possibly, because of the delay, serve a month less than the term he is entitled to.

“ All the branches of the Young Men’s Christian Association in New Zealand are, I find, alive to the postwar necessity of trying to see things through the eyes of the youth who knows nothing of pre-war conditions,” states Mr G. W. Simpson, 1.5.0., former Public Service Commissioner for Western Australia, and president of the Western Australian section of the Young Men’s Christian Association, who is at present visiting Christchurch. “This is essential,” he added, “ if the work of the organisation is to be carried out successfully.” Mr Simpson has been very favourably impressed by the branches in the four main centres, the buildings and locations being excellent in his opinion (says the ‘ Press ’).

Several handsome buildings, including a large and up-to-date hospital and a well-equipped hotel, have been erected in Ranfurly in recent years. Now it has been decided that the office of the Maniototo County Council should be transferred from Naseby to Ranfurly. Last Wednesday a poll of ratepayers was taken on the proposal to raise a loan of £2,000 necessary to build new offices in Ranfurly, and the result was a decision in favour of the raising of the loan. Plans and specifications for the building are now being prepared by Mr H. M'Dowell Smith, of Dunedin.

During the past month 18 persons have been admitted to, 9 discharged from, and 4 deaths have occurred at the infirmary ward and Talboys Home. At present 119 inmates remain in the institution.

A feat, probably unique in cricket history, was registered by a Cromwell team in a recent match at Nevis, reports our correspondent. All the Cromwell team had a turn at the bowling crease in the first innings, and 10 bowlers each took a wicket.

Authority has been received by the Hospital Committee for the installation of the vacuum heating system at the Dunedin Hospital, and an order has been placed for the necessary goods to be procured from the Norman Engineering Company Ltd. The chairman of the board and Finance Committee and the secretary have been authorised to make arrangements for carrying out the work.

The South Otago Hospital Board has advised the Finance Committee of the Otago Board of its non-acceptance of the wider scheme as a basis of agreement to be entered into between the two boards in regard to the maintenance of patients. The request of the South Otago Board for an arrangement between the two boards in respect of Taieri Mouth and Tuapeka Mouth patients has been declined. At a meeting of the Management Committee of the North Otago Rugby Union last night it was unanimously agreed to submit the following motion as a remit to the next meeting of the New Zealand Rugby Union:—“ That to assist in arresting the financial drift of the minor unions throughout New Zealand, ,and to reimburse them to some extent for the distinct loss suffered through the broadcasting of matches in larger centres, it be a recommendation to the New Zealand Union that in all tours of the South Island by a North Island union, or of the North Island by a South Island union, at least one match shall be played against a minor union, the cost of the accommodation of the touring team and the additional travelling necessitated to be borne by the New Zealand Union.”