BOY RESCUED

New Zealand Herald, Volume 80, Issue 24761, 8 December 1943, Page 2

BOY RESCUED

SAVED FROM DROWNING WOMAN'S PROMPT ACTION (0.C.) WANGANUI, Tuesday The prompt action of a young married woman, Mrs. R. F. Edmonds, of Somme Parade. Wanganui, resulted in a boy, aged three, being saved from drowning in the Wanganui River. The bov was Colin Right, of 24 Plymouth Street. In company with two children about the same age the boy was playing on a small jetty near Plymouth Street, when he fell into the river. Mrs. Edmonds, who was walking past the spot with her children, one of them in a pram, heard the cries from the jetty and immediately rushed down a steep pathwav and plunged into the water, fully dressed, to rescue the boy, who was being carried away by the tide. Mrs. Edmonds immediately applied, artificial respiration and by the time members of the staff of the Braemar Private Hospital, in response to a call, arrived on the scene, tne boy had resumed breathing. He was taken to hospital and after receiving medical attention was able to go home. HIGHLY PAID JOBS COMMENT BY MAGISTRATE "I have been under the impression that these well-paid jobs with the American authorities were reserved by the manpower office for married men with responsibilities, but this is apparently not so," said Mr. F. H. Levien, S.M., yesterday, when sentencing a labourer, Douglas .James Goundrv aged 55, on a charge of stealing a tin of paint valued at 10s, the property of the United States Government. Senior-Sergeant Munro said accused was single and was earning about £9 a week. He had been caught leaving a warehouse carrying the paint. He had eight previous convictions prior to coming to New Zealand in 1939. Accused admitted the offence. Commenting that this was the second case within a week of a single man in such a position, the magistrate imposed a sentence of one month's imprisonment. TENNIS BALL PROBLEM SLOWNESS IN PRODUCTION "With the weekly production of tennis balls approximately 120 dozen, it is going to take a considerable time to fulfil the total order of 7000 dozen," said Mr. S. A. Cleal, president of the Auckland Lfiwn Tennis Association, at a meeting of delegates last night. "To date 877 dozen have been manufactured, of which 100 dozen have gone to the Services, leaving a balance of 777 dozen, most of' which have been issued to affiliated clubs through their retailers nil over New Zealand.

"The position regarding labour at the factory is even worse than before, because some of the lady voluntary workers are willing to work until Christmas only, and no new ones are coming in to take their places," added Mr. Clenl. "It is only natural under these conditions that production is very slow afld another dozen workers are urgently required." The Auckland Council of Sport, which has charge of the distribution of 275 dozen tennis balls, lias received nearly 000 applications from non-affiliated associations, clubs, schools arid private courts. By far the largest proportion of applications lias come from people witli a private court. The Council .of Sport has had to endeavour to issue balls where most use will be made of tliem and consequently private court owners will be unable to have any tennis balls allocated to them_. Even those non-affiliated clubs which are issued with permits will receive tinder a dozen each.