NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20862, 14 August 1942, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY

Wanted Them All An uriusual adoption case came before .-the Native! Land -’Court ‘-at Hawera. A Maori woman aged 76 applied for the adoption of a family of seven children. The judge of the court, Mr. R’. P. Dykes, suggested that she might like to adopt perhaps only two-of. the children, but .the Maori wa<; firm. ’She wanted the '/whole, family, and on her death they would succeed to her property and possessions. The adoption was granted. - i New Transfusion Method

The puiclia'se 6f '"a direct blood transfusion apparatus has been decided on by the Auckland Hospital Board. .It was stated.that the apparatus had been produced by tin eminent .Australian surgeon after years of •experimenting;-'and offered a simple means of transfusion direct from donor to recipient, as well as having other valuable uses. A set on loan to the Auckland Hospital had been used to the satisfaction- of the.'staff. 1 Fixed by Statute The Wairoa County .Council has beqii advised by the Wairoa.Hiospital Board that the council’s levy for the ending March 31, 1943,, will .be £7147. According to. Mr. DfiH. Robertson, fit the monthly meeting'of the council, the representation is not equitable. The county levy was over £7OOO arid the borough’s levy £I3OO, he said. The county;hgdf.six. representatives and tlje borough four. On Mr. A. G. Noldn remarking /.that, /representation was fixed by statute, Mr. Robertson said that.,he, wished the levy..,.w.as .fixed tjy statute also. '■ ’ :

No -Three Months’ Training ■’ “The ' appellant's counsel had said that the reservist has-.done his three months' training,” saidC.aptaih $. BbWron, duMnfg an app'eal 'for a-manY release from camp, at the sitting bf the r,Armed , Foi ces Appeal ..Board fn ChTiSt’ChtirCh.' “It 'seems'.lMfit W wishes to infer that v;hcjn; dope thrs'e .‘mqntfis’.’training Oif is ,a fullytrained soldier,” said Captain'Bowron. “I would like to .point out.-that there is no such thing fn the army as thre'e months’. , training. , is mobilised to defend New Zealand, arfd v/ill remain .mobilised ..until the danger .is past," 'he ndded. Tl-fe reservist’s release from, camp was .recommended. “The Cheapest Army.” A reference to the Home Guard as “the cheapest army in the world” was made at a function in honour of the Thorndon unit, Wellington, which was taking a new place in the organisation. Recognition was the manner in which the units of the Horpe Guard' had .•.carried; out thentasks in the face of difficulties, which, it was stated,.were being reduced, anfi the/yalue of’ithe work .aniC-Jtfaining which had been carried out stressed. The. fact tfiat- there would be an - impbrfaritf rolo- 'Tor -the Home Guard in thq-eyent-.pf an emergency was., mentioned by an army-official, •who' expressed his ,confidefice" in' the ability of ’ the'units" to~ carry out the duties allotted them. A com'radeship* fiafi been”built'up ’from the beginning, and that counted for much ili/.the . manner:, in which.", the’/Hornb Guard units were carrying on. ‘