DOMINION NEWS

Grey River Argus, 4 July 1944, Page 6

DOMINION NEWS

SCARLET FEVER. IN CANTERBURY. P.A. CHRISTCHURCH, July 2. Ninety cases of scarlet fever were notified in the Canterbury healtn district last week as against 74 the previous week. The District Medical Officer of Health (Dr. J. H. Blakelock; said it was not proposed to close the schools. There was nothing to indicate tlnat tne disease was Leuig spread through the schools. PETROL COUPON CHARGE. P.A. WHANGAREI, July 1. Speedy action by tne Whangarei ponce has followed the discovery that counterfeit petrol coupons are in circulation. Donald' Lamon, aged 31, a salesman, of Auckland, was arrested this morning and brought before the Magistrate's Court on charges of being idle and disorderly, with insuinvient lawful means of support, and of forging a card of coupons with tne intent tinat they should be acted upon as if genuine. Detective-Sergeant Finlay said Lamon arrived in Whangarei on Thursday with three other men in a car owned by one of them. He left a parcel in a hotel office on Thursday night and claimed it early yesterday morning. The parcel, which was similar to that identified by two hotel porters as having been in the man’s possession, was found to contain 12U cards of petrol coupons. Lamon was remanded until Tuesday. Bad was fixed at £250, with two sureties of £250 each. FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY CONTROL. P.A. WELLINGTON, July 3. The Factory Controller, Mr. G. A. Pascoe, stated to-day that owing to the progressive decline in the availability of skilled operatives in the footwear industry, certain manufacturing relief measures were being instituted from July 1 under arrangements made with the industry by the Factory Controller. Briefly, these measures provide for the cessation of finishing work on the soles of all footwear with the exception of women’s, where a one-colour finisn will be permitted. A manufacturing process will thus be dispensed with, which will result in the wearing surface of all soles being left in their natural leather, except in the case of women’s footwear, and this should achieve a definite saving of labour. There will be some sacrifice of sales appearance, but not of the wearingqualities, and it is hoped that the public generally will accept the new measure in the same way as with the other war-time measures, having the knowledge of necessity for such an action.

The industry has also been asked to restrict still further the covering of heels with leather or fabric, ana to use lacquer-sprayed heels instead, wherever practicable. Production will revert to the usual standards for finishing footwear immediately the manpower position justifies this being done. u WOMAN’S FATAL FALL. •P.A. DUNEDIN, July 2. With a bruise on the back of the head, the body of Mrs. Evelyn McMillan, a widow, aged about 32, was found in the snow near the front door of her ihome at Mosgiel at 10 a.m. yesterday. It is understood that indications point to accidental death, following a fall from the front door step. Mrs. McMillan lived alone in n brick house in an isolated part of the town. Her husband died about 10 years ago.

It is stated that during the last few months she complained of being unwell. Mrs. McMillan was lying at the foot of about five concrete, steps outside the front oorch and had a severe bruise at the back of the head. Some lacerations of the fingers, were also caused, possible during efforts to return indoors. Death may have been Caused by exposure. Mrs. McMillan was the daughter of Mr. Thomas Parker, High Street. Dunedin.