NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20837, 16 July 1942, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY

Emergency Hospital On approval regarding proposals for drainage at the High School being received, from the borough engineer and the medical officer of health, the Wairoa Hospital Board will proceed with the. establishment of emergency hospital accommodation. This will be subject to the consent of the Hawke’s Bay Education Board, Latent Talent in Wairoa \ Believing that there is a considerable amount of latent talent, musical and otherwise, among the children, the Wairoa Parents’ League is considering the holding of musical competitions among the pupils of the Wairoa District High School. Details are to be discussed with the. headmaster, Mr. O. H. E. Yates. E.P.S. Food Stocks While visiting. Gisborne yesterday Mr J. E. Thomas, food controller, held a meeting with the E.P.S. central executive, when prospects of the dispersal of Gisborne E.P.S. food stocks were discussed. Before he left. Gisborne this morning, Mr. Thomas stated that he had arranged for a dispersal of E.P.S. reserve stocks to various parts of the district, providing suitable storage could be found. Wairoa First-aid Candidates Thirty candidates in Wairoa are taking first-aid classes and will sit for their examination this month, according to a report of the Wairoa subcentre of the New Zealand' Red Cross Society. A call was received from the Palmerston North Military Hospital for V.A.s and Misses K. Byrne and J. Smith left on July 10. Miss Boyes leaves to-morrow. A large number of articles has been sent to the Hawke’s Bay centre. No Ration Book Racket The belief that it, would be almost impossible to organise a. racket in ration books such, as happened in Australia was expressed by the rationing controller, Mr. J. E. Thomas, who visited Gisborne yesterday. To begin with, there was no national register in Australia such as the social security registration provided. Furthermore, the. ration books in New Zealand had been printed- on special paper which would be impossible to duplicate because of the exhaustion of the supplies of paper pulp, and the coupons had been, overprinted in a manner that Would be difficult to copy.

Prisoner of War ill Hong Kong Advice has been received by Mrs. L. E. Bertram, of Auckland, that her son. Mr. J. M. Bertram, a New Zealand Rhodes Scholar, is a prisoner of war at Hong Kong. He' spent a number of years in China and did outstanding work for the China Defence League and the Internationa] Peace Hospital. He has written two books on China which attracted widespread interest. He was appointed press attache to the British Embassy at Chungking and later served with the Volunteer Coastal Battery at Hong Kong during the Japanese attack. A fellow prisoner who escaped has reported him to be safe and well when he left' Hong Kong. Waste Paper Collection. A meeting of the Waste Paper Committee was. held on. Tuesday,' when’ it was reported that the W.W.S.A. had had a very successful drive, adding over 200 firms to the already long list of suppliers, greatly increasing the collection ol' paper per month. The committee promised to supply all firms with sacks to save the waste paper, but as this would be a big problem, the committee appealed to all citizens to help by donating empty sacks, of which over 400 would be required. It was decided to make a waste paper drive throughout the suburban dis-r tricts when the services of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides were available. All householders were asked to keep all their waste paper for collection when the drive takes place, the date of which would be notified later. The chairman reported that between 25 and 30 bales of paper were awaiting shipment. This would be the largest shipment sent.