DOMINION NEWS

Grey River Argus, 27 October 1938, Page 4

DOMINION NEWS

[Per Press Association.] DUNEDIN, October 26. It is a rare occurrence for a horse to be named as a beneficiary under a will, but the will of David Wilkie, who’ died on Sunday, contains a bequest of £lOO for the purpose of assuring the peace and comfort of a horse which had been his faithful servant for years. Wilkie was a wellknown carrier 'in Dunedin, and the horse, aged 27, was his friend as well as servant. AUCKLAND, October 26. To discuss the feasibility of establishing a provincial sanatorium and chest hospital under joint administration, 11 other hospital boards in the province are to be invited to. meet in conference .with the Auckland Hospital Board. A decision embracing this plan was adopted by the board last evening, on the motion of Dr. Hastings, who commended a similar system which, he said, had been applied with distinct success in Central Otago. A visit to India will be undertaken within the next few weeks by the Rt. Rev. F. A. Bennett, Bishop of Aotearoa, who will leave New Zealand on November 13, to attend a missionary conference in India.

NELSON, October 26. For the first time in Wellington, and believed to be the first time in New Zealand, a patient suffering from infantile paralysis, is now undergoing treatment in an iron lung, in the public hospital. The patient is a Nelson girl, aged ten years, who was transferred to Wellington, following the contracting of infantile paralysis after measles. She has now been under treatment in the iron lung for two days. It is not known how long it will have to be continued. The apparatus has been in Wellington for some months now, but has not previously been in use. CHRISTCHURCH, October 26. . A premium of £5OO will be paid to the architect submitting the best design for the North Canterbury Hospital Board’s new subsidiary hospital at Cashmere. The design placed second will be awarded a premium of £250, and the third £l5O. Conditions governing the contest were placed before the Board this morning. Mr P. Watts Rule (Timaru), has been appointed professional adviser for the contest, and the jury to make the awards consists of Mr Rule, Sir Hugh Acland, and Mr L. B. Evans, Chairman of the Hospital Board. The competition is open only to registered I architects who. are members of the New Zealand Institute of Architects and the Royal Institute of British Architects, resident in the Dominion.