NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22439, 20 September 1947, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Investiture in Napier A public investiture will be held in Napier on October 21 during the ViceRegal visit to that town by the Governor-General, Sir Bernard Freyberg

Uniformity of Records, Dr. w. B. Fisher, medical superintendent to the Waipawa Hospital Board, is to attend a conference shortly of institutional medical officers called by the Director-General of Health to discuss a scheme of uniformity of medical records of all hospitals. Such a system would probably be adopted for the whole world in 1949, he stated at a board meeting. It had many advantages and permitted an easy comparison of records of diseases. Transfers Refused

The directors of the Union Bank of Australia, Ltd., in London have decided to exercise their option forthwith to refuse further transfers from the principal register in London to the Commonwealth of Australia register and from the New Zealand register to the Commonwealth register. This action is taken pending clarification of the Australian Government’s proposals to nationalise the private banks in Australia.—P.A.

Training College Applications Applications for admission to the Auckland Training College have almost doubled this year, with 492 received, compared with 285 last year, according to figures in a report presented at a meeting of the Auckland Education Board. Commenting that the number was highly satisfactory, the chairman, Mr G. K. Hamilton, said that a sub-committee would confer about the provision of additional accommodation at the college.

Successful Play Reading The three-act comedy. ‘‘Half-Holiday,’’ by Charles Hickman, was the Gisborne Repertory Society’s September choice for its play-reading last Thursday. The play centred round Mr. and Mrs. Marvin, their estrangement and ultimate reconciliation. These two parts were read by Mr. L. Strachan and Mrs. F. Bowie and supporting them were John Marvin, read by Mr. T. Singer, his fiancee by Miss B. Langlands, Mrs. Marvin’s secretary by Mrs. Roberts. Mr. Bill Trent, the man of the moment, by Dr. Cedric Isaac, and the maid by Miss C. Ormiston. The play was presented by Mrs. F. Burns. N.Z. Scouts Impress Governor

Scouts should go the hard way, said the Governor-General, Sir Bernard Freyberg, opening the thirty-ninth annual conference of the Boy Scout Association in Wellington yesterday. The only way to make the organisation really strong was to fight for every penny needed. “It filled my heart with satisfaction to see one troop in the South Island felling bush and cutting the timber for firewood, from which they gained money to help Scouts to. go to the jamboree in France this year,” said His Excellency. He was very impressed with the type of young leader in the New Zealand Scouting movement. The effort to raise the £70,000 to cover the cost of the trip to the jamboree would do much good.—P.A, Food Parcels For Sheffield

Two hundred food parcels are to be dispatched every month by Sir Frank Mappin, Auckland, to the English city of Sheffield for distribution among families who are not already receiving gifts from friends or relatives abroad. Sir Frank has planned the details of his offer with the Sheffield Council of Social Service, of which the Bishop of Sheffield is the chairman. The council has provided a list of hundreds ol Sheffield people who are considered most likely to benefit from the gifts and who have borne the austerity of British rations without drawing attention tc their needs. The first 200 people nominated will each receive two parcels in the initial two months and further groups of 200 families will benefit similarly in each succeeding two-monthly period,—P.A. ■