RESIGNS

Northern Advocate, 30 November 1948, Page 2

RESIGN S

AUCKLAND The medical super intentfent of the Auckla ;d Hospital (Dr J. W Cravens has decided Jto resign from the piiticn ‘or : health rcas'^j. His resignation, which takes effect l'rflm March 31 next, was accepted I with regret by the I Auckland 1 It os pi u» ! Beard last night. i w has itccn su{ crintcntl-S er.t at the hospital since 193 U. • In his lette 1 to the board. Dr Cr ( von said it would appeur from a medical examination that as the result of his experiences as a prisoner of war in Singapore for three and a half years he hat suffered more than lie had realised. CLING ! INVERCARGILL. Clinging by ime hand to a rail on the guard's van of the InvercargillChristchurch , express with a suitcase in the other hand and a precarious foothold on a steel projection, a man was carried frtom Invercargill to 6no Tree Point, just oiut of the city, before -the train was stopped. > The man derived on the platform of the In-1 vcrcargill station just |as the express was; ! steaming out. l He chased it and just , managed to jump on j the back of tic guard’s ; van. Fortunately he was pen by ja railway- \ official, who I had the I train stopped ps soon as i possible. f * * * PLANE ! GREYMOUfrh —The purchase by ajfamily of! South Westlaijd farmers! of an aeroplane for their' private [use is a new development in efforts to ; overcome transport difficulties in the isolated fpr south. The plane, j a Tiger Moth, has been bought by Nolan Bros., who farm holdings near Okuru and who also operate a whitebait canning factory and a I sawmill in the same j district. i The aircraft was pur- j chased from the Gov- j eminent through the j War Assets Realisation { Board. 1