CLEARING DEPOT

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24878, 27 April 1944, Page 4

CLEARING DEPOT

BETUBNED SOLDIEBS

PROVISION AT ELLERSLIE ( The clearing hospital which has been established at the Ellerslie racecourse ? by the Health Department for use in ~ handling drafts of returned soldiers is g now almost ready for use, and only g furniture and equipment have to be t installed. The hospital follows the pattern of a similar building in Well- f ington, its purpose being to co-ordinate the reception, medical inspection and Army administration of men returned < to New Zealand through various causes. Armv huts and a Y.M.C.A. recreation , hut have been joined together to make 1 the clearing hospital. The recreation ; hut was formerly in use as part of the ' emergency hospital at Ellerslie, and now its purpose is to provide the clearing | | hospital with a reception hall where l . ! official welcoming addresses might be i given and where the soldiers relatives - can be entertained while they are wait- , in2 for the men to pass through the medical and administrative sections ot < the hospital. , ( The Armv huts have been used for these last two sections. In the medical section there is provision for a waitingroom and for the various .rooms foi medical and dental examinations, these completed, the men will be passed on to the several departments dealing with j their records, rehabilitation and pensions, and travelling warrants and pay. When they have made this round of , the different offices, the men will return j to the reception room to rejoin their j relatives. Thev will then be taken to j their homes, or, if they have to stay , overnight, will be accommodated in near , bv wards. However, the hospital is not j intended for giving medical treatment. , Those who need this will be sent to the j existing service hospitals. WOMAN DISMISSED EXCESSIVE TALK CHARGE REINSTATEMENT ORDERED (0.C.) CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday Alleging that her persistent talking j caused a drop in production, the Latex j Rubber Company, Limited, appealed, against the decision of the manpower officer that a married woman employee should be reinstated in her usual position with full pay for time lost as a consequence of her suspension. j The Christchurch Industrial Man-1 power Committee dismissed the appeal, j the chairman, Mr. Iv. G. Archer, say-, ing that no strong evidence had been , called to show that the woman had offended more than other employees. He added that the decision did not mean that slackness in discipline causing a drop in production would be condoned bv the committee. The factory forewoman said that the dismissed employee's persistent talking held up production. There were about 60 girls in the rooms, and she was the ringleader in talking. As a result witness suspended her on March 16. While the woman was with the firm, there were eight girls on the bench and they turned out *45 coats a week. Since she had left there were 13 girls on the bench and thev turned out coats at the rate of 45 a day. There had been no trouble with the girls on the bench since she left. . , , . The employee concerned deniea that she had ever been warned individually for talking. She felt she had been unjustly treated, and she knew that she had done her work well. The woman in charge of the bench said that this employee did not talk more than the other girls. Any increase in production recently was due to a change in the system. AERIAL TRAMWAY HERMITAGE TO SNOWFI ELD PROJECT AFTER TOE WAR (0.C.) CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday First considered in 1938, the scheme for the erection of an aerial tramway j from the Hermitage to above the ! Mueller Glacier has now been suggested as a possible post-war project. The provision of this tramway, rising from ] 800 ft. at the Hermitage to over 1 6000 ft. at the Mueller, would make . access easy to one of the finest ski-ing grounds i" New Zealand. Above the Mueller there are huge snowfields, suitable for ski-ing in either summer or winter, and, in addition, the tramway would open up mountain scenery to many persons who could not [ otherwise roach the altitude. The snowfields provide good travelling ; for almost six miles from the end of the Sealy Range at Mount Ollivier (6296 ft) to Barron's Saddle, near the head of the Mueller Glacier. In winter there are steep ski runs to the Mueller ' Glacier, which itself is good for ski- • running in the winter. For most of its ■ nine-mile length it is covered with snow from the end of June to September or October. Much of the large field [ above the glacier would be safe for novices. The snowfield commands possibly the finest views of the Mount Cook disi trict. It is overlooked by the immense [ ice-clad eastern face of Mount Sefton, • looks across the Mueller Valley to the , stoop rock ridges of the other peaks of the Moorliouse range, Maunga Ma for example, and to the north there is Mount Cook's great bulk at the head of the Hooker Valley. : HOLIDAY RECREATION i SCHEME FOR CHILDREN 1 Arrangements for holding holiday recreation sessions at Grev Lynn Park ' and Onehunga for boys and girls from five to fourteen years of ago have been ' completed by the Auckland Sunday School Union. The object is to provide 1 wholesome leisure activity for children during their school holidays, and par- " ticularly for those who have no parent 5 at home during the day. An attendance 1 of about 1000 is anticipated at the open--1 ing of the scheme at Grey Lynn Park 5 at 9.45 a.m. next Monday, when the • Mayor, Mr. J. A. C. Allum, will be the principal speaker. The sessions are to extend from 9.45 r to noon daily from May 8 to 12 at Grey Lynn and from May 15 to 19 at Onehunga. Secondary school pupils who 5 have been trained in specialised games by recreational officers from the Department of Internal A Hairs will act as group leaders. Two short talks will be given daily, and these will be intersperscd with games. The Government. 3 has agreed to supply apples and milk, and the St. John Ambulance will be in j; attendance. - LIST OF 61 CHARGES W ATE RSI DER FOR TRIAL (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday i Sixty-one charges. 39 of breaking, . entering and theft, 21 of breaking and f entering with intent to commit a crime, . and one of attempted breaking and . entering, were preferred in the Magistrate's Court against Alfred Taylor, , aged 29, waterside worker. He was committed for trial. For the police it was stated that £7OO in cash and £55 in property were involved, and nothing had been recovered . except a. camera, alleged to have boon i stolen from the premises of Mnzengarb, i Hay and McAlister. The accused was arrested when ali legediy attempting to break into promises in South Wellington, and when - searched he was found in possession > of 35 keys. 13 of a type to lit safes » and the others ot the \ale type. He I also carried a screwdriver, a cold chisel. : a glasscuttcr, an electric torch and a hammer with the head muffled in cloth, i A detective produced alleged confessions ; totalling 60 in relation to the offences, 1 I and made voluntarily by the accused, I who waft not represented by counsel.