GENERAL NEWS Constable Arid A Bouquet Of Flowers

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 October 1948, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS Constable Arid A Bouquet Of Flowers

It .is the practice of the officer, in charge of the. gardens of-a municipal body in the Wellington district to present the councillors each,. 1 meeting night vzith a bouquet-of-flowers. The officer was gathering the flowers: at dusk last evening; prior tq the meetingwhen he .was accosted, by. a constable,, who demanded an investigation; of his authority to remove .the flowers from a public reserve. . • Mutual explanation's -followed. . The constable ’ was commended by the meeting -for his determination not to allow another case of vandalism, such as was reported from the Wellington Botanical Gardens.—(P.A.) ...

Royal Tour Cancellation Premium Lloyds’ brokers in Auckland have received advice from London that Lloyds’ consider insurance against the cancellation of the Royal tour is now a bigger risk. The rate has been increased from 10 to -15 guineas for each £lOO of cover. —(P.A.)

Training in Schools The conference of military and educational authorities ion cadet training in post-primary schools, which sat at Wellington from September 7 to 10, was resumed at Army Headquarters today. Twelve teacher delegates and representatives. of the three services ar present. The conference. will report later to the Minister of Defence., —(P.A.)

New Bathrooms : . . .. Modern \yhite. bathrooni suites are to be.installed in Government House before the visit of the visit of the King, the Queen and Princess Margaret next year to replace the existying obsolete and worn patterns which were installed when the building was put up. There will be one each for the King/ Queen and Princess Margaret. They are being imported from the United Kingdom on behalf of the Public Works Department by John Duthie and Company, Ltd., of Wellington—(P.A.)

Notifiable Diseases Seventeen cases of notifiable diseases in Canterbury and on the West Coast, and four deaths from notifiable diseases were reported to the Department of Health last week. In Canterbury there were two deaths from tuberculosis and one from cerebro-spinal meningitis. There was one death from tuberculosis on the West Coast. The diseases reported in Canterbury were: Scarlet fever, four cases, tuberculosis, three; cere-bro-spinal meningitis, one; erysipelas, one; puerperal fever, one; eclampsia, one; hydatids, three; undulant fever, one. Two cases of poliomyelitis were reported from the West Coast.

£30,000 Bequest Between £30,000 and £35,000 has been left-to the Auckland Hospital Board for the benefit of indigent sick persons under the will of the late Mrs Eliza Potter. This was announced by the chairman (Mr John Grierson) at a meeting of the board last evening. Mrs Potter died in 1906, Mr Grierson said. Mr J. Moody, a past chairman of the board, arid one of the trustees in the estate, had advised him that under Mrs Potter’s will the residue of her estate, after the death of certain life tenants, was given to the board for the benefit of indigent sick persons who might be inmates of Auckland hospitals. The amount would be between £30,000 and £35,000. The last of the life tenants died recently.—(P.A.)

See Land Development film, Scenes of New Zealand, and “Thoroughbred” at Annual Meeting of Progress League, Harker’s Tea Rooms, tomorrow (Wednesday) night.—Advt.

See Land Development film, Scenes of New Zealand, and “Thoroughbred” at Annual Meeting of Progress League, Harker’s Tea Rooms, tomorrow (Wednesday) night.—-Advt.

See Land Development film, Scenes of New Zealand, and “Thoroughbred” at Annual Meeting of Progress League, Harker’s Tea Rooms, tomorrow (Wednesday) night.—Advt.

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