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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22825, 21 December 1948, Page 8

With six ships berthed three of them overseas vessels two other overseas ships in the stream waiting for berths, the port of Napier is experiencing one of the busiest periods in its history. Warning to Apprentices. Ordered by the Apprenticeship Committee to attend trade-training classes, two apprentices in engineering and painting trades respectively appeared before the Magistrate’s Court in Napier. The district officer of the Labour Department claimed £5 in each case for having failed to comply with the above order. The proceedings, he explained, had been brought as a warning to other apprentices. Mr. L. G. H. Sinclair, S.M., ordered each apprentice to pay £1 and costs 4s on their giving an assurance that they would attend classes next year. Infectious Diseases Ten cases of infectious disease were reported in the East Cape health district for the week ended at noon yesterday. They were four of pulmonary tuberculosis four of food poisoning and one each of poliomyelitis and eclampsia. There were no deaths from notifiable disease.