Women s Clothes Ruined By Acid In Big Store

Northern Advocate, 27 September 1949, Page 3

Women s Clothes Ruined By Acid In Big Store

NEWS IN BRIEF

’Some person went through a large Wellington drapery store on Friday afternoon throwing acid over women’s coats and skirts. Complaints from four women who visited the store that afternoon were received by the manager. They said their coats and skirts had been ruined by something that had left large brown marks down the backs of them. Subsequent examination proved that the marks were made by acid. * <1 * * A series of rainless days has resulted in both Lake Taupa and Waikai’emoana continuing to fall from their recent high levels. Lake Taupo yesterday was nearly eight inches below the maximum level of control. The lake has fallen by almost this amount in the last two months. Waikaremoana was more than 13in below the level recorded a month ago. The reading yesterday morning was 2008.3 ft above sea level. * * * * The Taupo brigade was called to a fire in scrub opposite the wharf .at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and at the same time an alarm was given of a fire in gorse within a chain of six launches worth £7OOO hauled up on the slipway. The quick response of the brigade, which sent one engine to each fire, resulted in both fires beingextinguished before any damage had been done. A light drizzling rain also helped to reduce thq danger. * * * * The body of a man was found hanging from a tree in Anzac Park, Palmerston North, on Sunday. He was Walter Harrison Gibson, aged 36. of Palmerston North, who had been missing from a Wellington hospital since August 30. A statement that 64 residents in and near Hamilton had offered homes to child migrants from Britain was made by Mr R. H. Donaldson, child welfare officer. Hamilton, in an address to the Hamilton Rotary Club yesterday. Mr Donaldson said he could place all the farm boys England cared to send out to him. as the demand for boy farm labour in the Waikato was far greater than the prospective supply. Rain caused the postponement of the ski-ing contest between Australia and New Zealand, to have been held at Mt RUapehu yesterday. * * * * An agreement for taking over thcDevonport Obstetric Hospital in Buchanan Street under the terms of the Public Works Act came before thcAuckland Hospital Board last night The secretary reported that the board decided to purchase the hospital in September, 1948. but negotiations for the sale were unsuccessful. The boaro later gave notice to take the property under the Public Works Act and the vendors iiad then entered into an agreement. The document of agreement was executed, by the board.

The introduction of a compulsory routine chest X-ray examination for all surgical cases admitted to Green Lane hospital was recommended by Dr N. Klein, radiologist, reporting on a month’s trial of routine examinations to the Hospital Board last night. The board adopted the recommendations. The commander of what will be the Royal New Zealand Navy’s first survey ship arrived in Wellington in the Rangitoto. He is Commander J. M. Sharpey-Schafer, RN. The survey ship. HMNZS Lachlan, was preparing in Fremantle, said Commander SharpeySchafer. She- should be in New Zealand waters soon. Final discussions on the immediate programme for the ship would be held later this week, said the commander. It would comprise eventually almost the entire coastline and the work would take a number of years. * * * W The Canadian Australasian liner Aorangi arrived at Auckland from Sydney yesterday morning after an extensive refit and overhaul, during which she was equipped with a radar set. which cost about £2OOO. and new generators. The proposed new chest hospital at Green Lane will be incorporated as a wing of the Green Lane Hospital and will not be established as a separate unit as originally planned. This decision was made by the Auckland Hospital Board last night after it had received a report c«i the consolidation prepared by its secretary, Mr R. F. Galbraith. The board decided to ask the Health Department to approve its move in incorporating the chest hospital in the main block. The Ararangi. the first of Tasman Empire Airways’ Solent flyingboats. is now due at Auckland on Thursday, a day earlier than expected. The aircraft left Hvthe, Southampton, at 10 o'clock New Zealand time last Thursday night. No advice of the reason for the alteration of arrival time had been received by the company yesterday. Friday was originally given as the arrival day but the company received a message yesterday afternoon from Rangoon saying that the aircraft is due at Sydney at noon tomorrow. The Ararangi will now leave Sydney on Thursday morning and should arrive at Mechanic’s Bay about 3 o'clock in the afternoon.