FATALLY SCALDED

New Zealand Herald, Volume 80, Issue 24540, 24 March 1943, Page 2

FATALLY SCALDED

MAORI CHILD'S DEATH DRANK FROM TEAPOT SPOUT (0.C.) TAUMARUNUI, Tuesday The death of a Maori girl from an unusual cause, shock following scalding of the gullet, occurred at the Tau. marunui Hospital. The girl was Naomi Whakatihi, aged three years, of Tokaanu. The child lived with her grandmother. She climbed a chair to a table at her home and drank from the spout of a teapot of scalding tea. At an inquest before Mr. W. Thomas, coroner, a verdict of death from shock from scalding was returned. LOCAL AND GENEBAL Grass Fires in City Five minor grass fires broke out in the metropolitan area yesterday and wer9 attended by brigades from the C4reat South Road, Western Districts, Remuera and Onehunga stations. All of the fires were easily extinguished, some being beaten out. Evening Dress Not Essential Evening dress is no longer considered ! essential in Auckland dance halls and for some time the majority of women have gone dancing in short dresses. No restrictions hare been placed by proprietors of city cabarets and eve>n on ; Saturday nights the wearing of evening dress is optional. Shark Caught at Eastbourne Two residents of Eastbourne were considerably surprised on Monday morning to find a 9ft. Gin. grey nurse shark in their fishing net in Wellington harbour, near Eastbourne wharf. The shark, a female, put up a desperate fight in the net before being killed, and on being opened up was found to be carrying a dozen 3ft. progeny. Release from Camp ; Army instructions have been issued r to areas and units concerning the release from service of soldiers aged 18 ! arid 19. Those who can apply for release are, as the Prime Minister, the ! Rt..Hon. P. Eraser, stated, youths who are not awaiting call by the Navy and Air Force. They can apply if they have not attained the age of 20 before April 1. Fishing 09 Cheltenham The Navy has decided to permit residents of Cheltenham and near by areas : to fish within the triangle of water ■! formed by a line drawn from Takapuna i i Point to Rough Rock and from there • to the north side of North Head, It • j is explained that this permission does '! not allow residents of other beaches to L i come by sea to this area, but is for ; the convenience solely of those who ; customarily leave Cheltenham Beach. I Labourers' Union Secretary ■ When she was a candidate in th« Christ-church East by-clection, Miss M. 1 B. Howard, 51.P., said that,, if elected, ! she would not continue as secretary of | the Canterbury General Labourers' i Union. Miss Howard has been asked by the union to retain her office until the end of her term, which will expire . at the annual meeting in a few months, so that the new secretary will not have i 1 to assume office at the end of the fin--1 ancial year. Miss Howard lias agreed , to this. | Fruit Supplies There was a good demand for grapes ; at the City Markets yesterday and as > supplies are decreasing, prices were ■ higher than those ruling last Tuesday, i i Outdoor Albany Surprise brought 18s ' | to 23s a case, compared with 12s to 1 j 13s 6d a week ago, while the Te Kauwhata variety sold at 19s to 24s a case, ! compared with 12s 6d to 16s last week. | Higher prices were also recorded for peaches, which are almost finished, passion fruit, and quinces. Figs were more plentiful and met with a good | demand. Collision In Queen Street A hold-up of traffic in Queen Street occurred shortly after two o'clock yesterday afternoon when an outwardl bound tramcar struck the middle of a ■ large passenger car equipped with a 1 left-hand drive. The car was turning ; from Shortland Street toward the foot ■ of Queen Street when the collision oc- • curred. Fortunately no one was injured, ' but because the "car was left partly ■ over both sets of rails very long hue ß ; of trams were delayed before the dani- ■ aged car could be removed under its own power. Traffic officers soon removed the congestion that had occurred m the traffic in the meantime. The Soul of Scotland "If I were asked what represents the - soul of Scotland," said Lord Baldwin ■ in one of his speeches, "I could no i answer better than by the reply whicn i was given many years ago to a relative > of mine in New Zealand by an oi ' Scottish farmer. My relative asked him 1 how long the traditions that you r people bring from home last in a new ! country, and the old settler re P"fv' 1 'The porridge and the heather and t 0 1 Psalms of David last to the third ge n " [ eration as a sustenance for body an spirit. 1 " This apt passage was I llot c c . , by the British High Commissioner, Harry Batterbee when speaking 11 | Dunedin yesterday at a gathering 0 I , the Otngo Early Settlers' Associate •l*held to celebrate the 95th anniversary. I of the first settlement of Otago.