DOMINION NEWS

Greymouth Evening Star, 11 July 1947, Page 9

DOMINION NEWS

Child Drowned In Pond Al Teiniikd Al-child of 18 months was drowned at Temiika yesterday afternoon.. She was Margaret Dawn Maddisoh, daughter of Adjutant and Mrs ft. Maddisoh. is the manager of the Bramwell Booth Boys’. Home, Temuka. The child was found drowned in a lily pond in the grounds of the boys’ home by her father at 6 p.m. £4o,dob Distributed

The sum of £40,000 had been distributed ; among sporting organisations throughout. New. .Zealand this year, said the Minister of Internal Affairs (Mr W., E. , Parryj addressing the annual meeting of the New Zealand ’Council of Sport yesterday. Mr Parry said the progress of the various organisations was very pleasing but it was not his wish that the youth' of New Zealand should become spoon fed.—(P.A.) - , . Netherlands Minister Welcomed The new Netherlands Minister to New Zealand (Doctor A. F. H. van Troostenburg de Bruyn) and his wife and family were welcomed to Wellington at a civic reception today. The Prime Minister. (Mr P. Frase’r), welcoming the new Minister, referred to the news of the approaching settlement of the Indonesian problem, a fact of importance to. New Zealand, which was concerned with the affairs of the Pacific. —(P.A.) Food for Britain Campaign

A total of 113,135 coupons was surrendered in last week’s Food for Britain campaign conducted by the New Zealand Famine Emergency Committee. Pride of place , on. a population basis' was captured by the Nelson district, with (lisborne and Napier taking second and third places. Palmerston North was fourth. Nelson’s total represented more than two coupons for each household. — (P.A.) Radio Licences Increase An increase of 22,22.7, of 5.65 per cent, in the number of radio receiving licences issued in the year ended March 31, compared with the previous year, is noted in the annual report of the Post and Telegraph Denartment, presented to Parliament this week. There were 415,281 licences in force on March 31 this year, the report states. The number of private experimental amateur stations had increased by 415 to 1260.

2000 Congratulatory Messages The Minister of Health (Miss M. B. Howard), thanking her colleagues for her election to Cabinet rank, said in the House of Representatives last evening that the move was historic —another milestone in the forward movement of the women of New Zealand. Miss Howard said she had received more than 2000 messages of congratulation by letter, telegram and cablegrani froin all parts of New Zealand and from many other, countries, including Australia, Britain, Sweden, Switzerland, France, and Russia.

Fog Obscures Airfield After vainly circling for more than 15 minutes in heavy fog, a National Airways Lockheed Electra aircraft from Wellington was unable to find the New Plymouth airfield yesterday afternoon and went on to Auckland. Cloud at the airport was down to 50 feet. The aircraft was guided into the aerodrome by the radio, beacon, but the pilot could not see the field without climbing down low and chancing hitting trees. Rockets and flares were sent up from the ground, but he was still unable to find the aerodrome. The aircraft carried one passenger for New Plymouth and there were three intending passengers from N ew Plymouth to Auckland. —(P.A.)

Olympic Games Housing Information about the housing of competitors and officials at the Olympic Games .in Britain in 1948 has been received by the New Zealand Olympic Association. Working in close co-operation with the Government,. the housing committtee has arranged accommodation for more than 4000 and negotiations are well advanced towards providing for the remainder. An army convalescent camp in Richmond Park will house 1,500 competitors and Royal Air Force camps at Uxbridge and West Drayton will account for another 2000. About 400 will be housed in the Torquay area for yachting events, and arrangements are in hand to cater for those taking part in the rowing and canoeing races at Hen-ley-on-Thames. Negotiations are in progress to secure othei suitable buildings in the Wembley area.— (P.A.)

Local Government Commission Preliminary investigations into the whole local government structure of New Zealand have already been begun and will be prosecuted actively in the future, says a statement issued today by the Local Government Commission. The commission will hold its first public hearing on the question of fire protection in Auckland on July 23, and on August 26 will hear evidence on the question of the constitution of the Mount Roskill road district as a borough. The commission will sit in Hamilton on Ju y 28 to consider the question of the constitution of a. local authority to control the domain on the shoie of Lake karapiro. At Dunedin on Sep terhber 24 the commission will condurt an inquiry into the proposal to create a catchment board for tw rimbn basin On October 22 the Clutha oasm. F-nn-nhe to commission w.ll s-t at. KniKohe to hear evidence on the pioposai to amalgamate the six northern hospiFT hnaSc of Mangonui, .Whahgaroa, BorotUslonds, Koipnro, nn d Whangarei.—(P-A.)

T>»jn Doctors for Chathams T first-vear house surgeons of fhJSrfstchurch Hospital have been annninted as resident medical officers foi?the Chatham Islands according to n ormStion received from Wellmston vesterday. They are Drs J. R. Wells Ld T? A Ferguson, and they will sue?eed ir l> J Patterson, who recently became seriously ill on the islands, and had to be flown back m New Zealarid The two doctors will leave Wehingtori tor the . Chathams this week probably dn Friday, by flyingboat. ’ Di- Agnes Bennett, of Wellington who volunteered to go to the Chathams, for three weeks, will return on the aircraft. The appointment of the two house surgeons is a temhorary measure, it was stated m answer io an inquiry made in Christchurch last evening. A boat is not likplv to go to the islands for two or threb months, and if the North Canterbury Hospital Board has found.a suitable replacement the two doctors will be relieved then.