Around The City

Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 272, 20 November 1934, Page 6

Around The City

Paragraphs About People and Their Work There are 37 inmates of the Palmerston Worth Old People's Home, of whom 28 are men. <s> <s> <s> <s> After a visit to the Melbourne Centenary Mr. Jack Powell, of Palmerston North, has returned home. <s> 3> <S> <S> Relief workers at the diospital are still working on the site for the administration block. The work will, however, finish in another week or two. <s><s><s> <S> Twenty-five babies were born at the Palmerston North Maternity Home during the month of October, while attendances of mothers at the ante-natal clinic numbered 58. <?><s•<s> <s> There is a need at the Palmerston North Hospital for decent, clean books for the use of patients, the managing secretary reported to yesterday ’s meeting of the Hospital Board. <S> <s> Mr. A. M. Lascelles, who has recently returned from the United States will give an epitome of his ‘‘Glimpses in America”at the Citizen’s Lunch Club to-day. Mr. A. Seifert is chairman. <S> <s><*> <s> At the Terrace Lnd School yesterday (108 children received a cut from the magnificent jubilee cane, which was cooked for the celebrations by Mrs. J. Barsanti, of Terrace End, Palmerston North. <s> <!> <S> <3> The work that is being carried out by the Palmerston North District Nursing Guild was the subject of a motion of thanks passed at yesterday’s meeting of the Palmerston North Hospital Board. <t> <S <S> <t> There is every probability that the first of the dressing sheds that the City Council is erecting at the riverside bathing pool will be ready by Sunday. The sheds are being built in sections at the city depot in Albert street in order to facilitate cartage to the site. <»> <i> 3> <s> During October the social welfare officer of the Palmerston North Hospital Board distributed 540 rations to 72 cases as compared with 484 to 75 cases in September and 592 rations to 76 cases in October 1933. Or the 72 cases last October, 43 were within Palmerston North city. ' <s> <S> <s> <S> The daily average number of occupied beds at the I’almerston North Hospital during October was 201.25. Admissions numbered 255, discharges 253 and deaths 12. There remained in the institution at the beginning of November 187. Four cases of scarlet fever were admitted. <s> ❖ <s> <& Mr. T. E. Hose, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Rose, of Kongotea, who has been transferred on promotion to Raetihi, was recently presented with a dressingset in leather case by the staff of the Palmerston North branch of the Bank of New r Zealand, where he has been employed for some years past. <3> <S> <S> <3> The Mayor (Mr. A. E. Mansford), Urs. J. Hodgcns, VV. B. Cameron and G. Tremaine have been appointed by the City Council to meet representatives of the Manawatu-Oroua Power Board in conference in connection with the renewal of the agreement between the city and the board in respect of the supply of electricity. <3> <•> ‘ ■s> ■s> In connection with the jubilee of the Terrace End (school, Mr. T. F. Fairbrother, a longer headmaster, has received the following cable from Sydney: “Sincere congratulations jubilee Terrace End School from brothers, sisters and self—James Linton.’’ One of the sisters, Jane Linton, who was No. 1 on the school roll, is at present in London. <s><s><s><*> The City Council last evening received from Mr. W. Anderson, of Palmerston North, a letter couched in religious vein, protesting against sport and play on the Lord’s Day and asking that the by-law on the subject be reconsidered. The communication was received, the Mayor commenting that no doubt a lot of people looked upon the matter seriously and their opinions were to bo respected. <s><s><s <S> The speaker at the meeting of the I’almerston North Rotary Club yesterday, was Mr. D. E. Wilkie, president of the council of the New r Zealand Underwriters’ Association. His subject was “Fire Insurance.” Thanks to the speaker were voiced by Eotarian T. A. Henderson. Visitors welcomed were Messrs. E. ,T. Hickin, M. J. McArtney, A. E. Kerslake, H. G. Wallace, R. C. Donald, T. L. Seator, K. L. Collinson, H. L. Hartog, L. G. Chetwin (Palmerston North), .Tames Murray (Edinburgh), L. L. Cordery (Christchurch). ■s> <*> <B> <s> About six weeks ago it became necessary for all ambulance services to be licensed under the Transport Act, and at yesterday’s meeting of the Palmerston North Hospital Board it was decided to apply for licenses for its two vehicles. Mr G. A. Monk asked if there was likely to be any opposition to the granting of licenses to the board? The secretary (Mr A. J. Phillipps) said that the department would grant a certain number of licenses for each area and the Act said’ that local bodies applying for such licenses were to be given preference. <s•■€>❖<s> The recent dry spell, fortunately relieved by solid downpours of rain on Sunday and yesterday, again raises the difficulty experienced by those household gardeners who do not possess a hose. Watering-cans, buckets, basin 3 or any domestic utensil that will carry water are requisitioned to cope with the apparently doomed crops. If the opinion of a local gardener of many years’ experience is correct, however, there is no need for these householders to despair of saving their crops in rainless weather. According to this authority a persistent hoeing of the ground around the vegetables will keep the growth going and drive

the roots downward in search oi the moisture that is stored below in the driest of seasons. <j> <S> <i> <?> Court costs in connection with the recent action between the Palmerston North City Council and ManawatuOroua Power Board amounted to 10U guineas and have been awarded the City Council by the Chief .Justice. <S> <s> <j> <s> The month of October saw 5529 more passengers using the municipal bus service than in October, 1933. The additional revenue was £74 12s sd, and the total revenue £457 13s lOd. The total number of passengers carried during the month was 38,904. <S> <!> <i> <t> Charged in the Magistrate's Court at Palmerston North that, at Feilding, on or about October IS and between then and November 8, with intent to defraud, he obtained £136 3s from Arthur James Anderson by falsely representing that he had £520 coming to him from a family estate, Michael William Lynch, aged 29, of Palmerston North, was remanded until Friday on the application of the police. Bail was fixed at £l5O and two sureties of £75 each. <s> >s> <?> <S> From Toe H (Palmerston North) came a request to the Palmerston North Hospital Board yesterday for a grant lo help keep in existence at the hospital, the library they had started, it was pointed out that they had appealed to the public by radio, newspapers, churches and personal canvass, and many hundreds of books had passed through their hands. However, they were finding it difficult to mainfain the supply, the books becoming much battered by constant usage, and some disappearing. They were also finding that the response to appeals was not so great as formerly. The board decided to thank Toe H for its work in this direction and to refer the matter of a grant to the estimates for consideration. <•/ <*> <*> The managing-secretary reported to the Palmerston North Hospital Board yesterday that October had been one of the best months of the year for patients’ fees. Whereas at the end of September the total was £260 below the estimate for the six months, October had seen that margin reduced to £76. If the collection of fees kept up at the October rate, at the end of the year the total would certainly equal the estimate and probably exceed it. The total fees collected amounted to £10,424 for the seven months ended October 31. On the other hand the secretary reported hospital maintenance for the same seven months as £2OOO over the seven months’ estimate of £17,5000. This was due to the large number of patients the institution had had to deal with. <s> <S> <s> ❖ When the late Mrs SnoWs, au excedingly well-known resident of the city, died in December, 1919, the residue of her estate was bequeathed to the Palmerston North Hospital Board. To yesterday’s meeting of the board, the accountant (Mr W. H. Galbraith) reported that in addition to what the board had already received, it had since been ascertained the estate was entitled to an interest in another intestate estate to the value of £4S 13s 4d. The board yesterday decided to place the amount in a hospital comforts fund and -the secretary said he would table at next meeting a report showing the relative urgency of the comforts needed at the hospital'. There is a similar amount due from the estate., but this is subject to the interests of a life tenant.