POINTS FROM THE NEWS

Northern Advocate, 12 February 1936, Page 8

POINTS FROM THE NEWS

JQr. W. S. Brockway, M.D., of Chi-

cago University, was the only applicant for the position as assistant medical superintendent at the Waihi Hospital. It was decided to appoint Dr Brockway. * * # * i'J'he two-year-old son of Mr. A. Brustad, of Waiau, Christchurch, was drowned in a sheep dip at his father’s home yesterday. The child, who was with his father in the woolshed, was unobserved for a few minutes, and was found ten minutes later in the sheep dip. Resuscitation measures failed. A doctor was called immediately, but the child was dead. The child’s mother’, who was wellknown by her maiden name of Miss Aroha Clifford, died when tjie baby was born. * ♦ * * Arrangements have been made for a civic reception to be tendered the All Black Rugby team, which will arrive in Auckland from England next Sunday. * * *

ir Phe tender of Mr. W. Williamson, contractor, of Christchurch, of £2489 for the work of extending Calliope Dock, was accepted by the Auckland Harbour Board yesterday. The work, it is stated, will be begun almost immediately.

Uphe members of the Waterside Workers’ Union decided at a stop-work meeting of the Auckland union yesterday morning that, in future, ihey will work on Australian vessels manned by licensed crews.

SEVERE injuries were suffered by Huia Valentine, aged 8, of New North Road, Kingsland, when she was knocked down by a motor car at the corner of New North Ro-ad and Dominion Road yesterday afternoon.

rpHE air mail which left New Zealand on January 24, arrived at London on February 10.

JN spite of the fact that four new villas are in course of erection at Kingseat Mental Hospital at Patumahoe, no material reduction is expected in the number of patients at the Auckland Mental Hospital. Ten years ago it was anticipated that the provision of the new accommodation might eventually mean the closing of the Auckland institution, but it has already been made clear by Dr T. G. Gray, Directorgeneral of Mental Hospitals, that there is no chance of the prophesy ever being fulfilled, and that the two hospitals will be maintained as separate institutions.

A N _. insurance agent, Leslie David Woolf, pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court today at Dunedin to the theft of £2378, fhe property of the Australian Alliance Assurance Company. He was remanded until Friday for sentence.