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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19737, 13 March 1926, Page 11

At the next meeting of the Otago Hospital Board, the Finance Committee will recommend that the board’s insurances bo renewed as formerly in the New Zealand offices. The condition of the boiler house at the Milton Hospital has been a source of worry to the matron and staff for some time, and repeated complaints have been made to the South Otago Hospital Board on the subject. At a meeting of the board on Tuesday last the medical superintendent (Dr Biggs) reported that the boiler house had been again flooded during the recent wet weather. The boiler appeared to "leak on all sides,’’ it was stated. It Xvas also stated that the high pressure steam steriliser, although attended to, still leaked badly and would require to be dismantled for repair. The final straw came, however, with the statement that several of the hand basins at the Milton Hospital required early attention, as they wore becoming detached from the walls. Inquiry by members elicited the reply from the superintendent that these basins had been attached by fastenings of the most flimsy description. Members waxed very indignant, and while some blamed the architect others criticised the contractor. Mr Fenton said it bad been the same right through, and there was always some little s thing cropping up at Milton that required attention, although it was only a short period since the building had been erected. The Turkish National Assembly has just adopted an important Act relating to conditions of labour. This Act contains provisions for the registration of industrial establishments, with particulars of the number of workers employed and- the general conditions under which they work. It prohibits the employment of children under 12 in any industry, employment of young persons under 18 in the mining industry. It prescribes a maximum working day of 10 hours, including at least one hour’s rest, and a maximum week of 60 hours. It limits the hours of wo:* in mines to six a day “bank to bank," including one hour of rest. It limits -evertime, and requires that it shall be paid for at the rate of time and a-half. It forbids the night work of young persons under 17. Although the Turkish Republic is not a member of the International Labour Organisation, constant relations are maintained, primarily for the mutual exchange of information, between the International Labour Office and the Angora Administration and the diplomatic representatives o! Turkey abroad. The proposal to establish a post-graduate course for nurses at the University is still under consideration by the Otago Hospital Board. Tile secretary has been asked to obtain information regarding pupils and fees. A very bad example to children was set by a man and a woman who attended the opening session in the kinema hall at the Exhibition yesterday. They occupied seats at the front of the hall, and in the presence of about 500 children they proceeded to quench their thirst with a bottle of beer, leaving the bottle under the seat. When gpoken to by one of the officials the man had the effrontery to state that the bottle was there when he arrived at the hall, but when further questioned he admitted that he bad taken it there. “There is not the slightest reason why New Zealand should not cut into the provision market of the Malay States,” remarked Mr T. ■R. Hubback, conservator cf game in the Pahang Peninsula, Federated Malay States, to a Dominion reporter in Wellington the other day; “At present all the provisions, such as butter, cheese, tend mutton, come from Austral a. The Chinese, which are the backbone of the country, have a very sweet tooth.” added Mr Hubback, “and Californian honey, which is of an inferior grade, may be purchased at any wayside store.” Exemption from jury service is not merely a formality with Mr Justice Alpers on the Bench, but at the same time any reasonable application is always favourably considered (reports the Taranaki Herald). At the opening of the Supreme Court the other morning at New Plymouth there were several jurors who desired exemption, A milkman was curtly told that he should have,made arrangements for someone else to attend to his run during the f jw days he was required at court, but in the case of another man who conducted his own farm and also delivered the milk, his Honor remarked that the cows could not wait, and the juror was excused. A motor lorry proprietor who was anxious to push on with a job was told to put a little more time during the next few Saturdays to com- - pensate for that lost at the court, . and exemption was refused. When exemption was sought by a juror on the grounds of severe rheumatism it was readily granted, his Honor remarking that ho would not like to sit in the court if he were suffering from rheumatics. Mr L .F. Ayson (inspector of fisheries), who returned from the south yesterday, slates (reports a Wellington Press Association telegram) that quinnat salmon are running freely in all the rivers from the Clutha to Waiau. Large numbers have been taken in the Rangitata, Rakaia. and Wai-’ makariri, ranging from 121 b to 231 b. The fish are in splendid condition. Some good catches were made by net, and it requires strong nets as the large fish break through. The season promises to be an exceptionally good one. Atlantic salmon have been giving good sport in Lake Te Anau and the Upokororu River. They range from IClb to 131 b. The Canadian experts are delighted with our rivers, and assured Mr Ayson that New Zealand is the only country which has succeeded in acclimatising quinnat, and that New Zealand fish are as rich in oil as the Canadian. At the Magistrate’s Court at Outram yesterday, before Mr J. R. Bartholomew, 8.M., the following Berwick landowners were convicted and fined for failing to to destroy rabbits on their properties:— John Fraser, £5 and costs (15s); Robert Shennan, £3 and costs (15s; W. L. Mathio Shennan, £5 and costs (15s); Mrs Mary M’Pherson, £5 and costs (16s); L. R. MTntosh, £lO and costs (16s): Miss A. Twelvetree. 10s and costs (15s. 6d). The defendants, with the exception of Fraser end Mathieson, pleaded guilt}-. Inspector Johnston, of Waihola, appeared on behalf of the department. A Christchurch message states that meetings of Distributors (Ltd.) will be held in Dunedin next week, when it is expected that wheat and flour prices will be reviewed. An old Maori tradition that a shark entering the waters of the Waitemata Harbour has a curse pronounced on it which renders it innocuous to human beings may be true, but it is scarcely likely that the two or three bathers who were swimming about off the Devonport Esplanade recently when the alarm of “Sharkwas raised, felt disposed to trust too implicitly in this picturesque tradition (says the Auckland Star). On the contrary, they hastened incontinently ashore, where their relief may be better imagined than described when they were told by the man who first saw the unwelcome visitor that he was just shaping a leisurely course between them and the shore when the alarm was given. Tlr.s gentleman, a nearby resident, was strolling along the esplanade when his attention was attracted by a suspicious movement in the water, and closer investigation showed the sinister fin of a shark on the prowl. He immediately raised the alarm, and although there was a little scepticism at first, those around were speedily convinced of the seriousness of the position, and the .few swimmers in the water hurriedly swam ashore. The shark was not seen again, and the old native tradition, whic'. is said to have 80 years or more successful application to the harbour with only one incident to the contrary, was again vindicated. ' There is room for a deal of argument about the origin of the name “bernicio goose,” two of which birds have been brought to Wellington for the Zoo by the Ulimaroa, but it is probable that the argument would be ’ fruitless. At any rate, finality has never been reached by those who talk and write with scientific style and authority. The spelling may also be questioned, bcrnicle, bernacle, barnacle; it ia largely a matter of taste, and of leaning to one side or other of argument as to the origin of the name. There used to bo a peculiar old legend that this species of goose was developed from sea barnacles, and poesibly it is. But whether the goose got its name from the shellfish or the shellfish was named after the bird (which some think was called bernicle because of some fancied relationship with Ireland (Hibernica). is as difficult of decision as whether 1 i hen came first or the egg. The Encyclopedia Britannica, to te on side with everyone, says that bernicle. bernacle, and barnacle are all pronounced plain barnacle. To the bird it is probably immaterial.

There was a decided T&riation ia tha atmospheric conditions yesterday in _ Duneci:n The barometer was "on the jump throughout the day, the reading at 8 a.m. being 29.59. and at noon 29.56, The conditions thereafter became very warm, and the barometer rose very rapidly. i.h» reading at 5 p.m. waa 29 70. Later in the afternoon dense clouds banked up from the south-west, and light ram fell for about half an hour. The sky last night was overcast, and the atmosphere was somewhat chilly. The thermometer reading was 45 degrees (minimum) and iO ■ degrees (maximum). Yesterday was th« second hottest day since March L On March 7 the thermometer reading -was 49 degrees (minimum) and 72 degrees (maximum). The new wing of the nurses' home in Cumberland street will probably be ready for use about the end of the present month. This portion will provide accommodation for about 67 nurses, and the whole home will provide for nearly 200. The erection of a new hospital at Palmerston. which was put in hand by the . Otago Hospital Board recently, is now completed, and the institution will probably be opened next month. Accommodation ia provided for four maternity cases and on* casualty case. Applications will be invited shortly for the position of matron. A Balclutha resident the other day had the pleasure of seeing his sister after a separation of 42 years. When ho left England in 1884 his sister was then a girl of 20. When he met *v>* the other day in Balclutha he recognised" her at once on the railway station, and the reunion was a. happy one. During all that time ehe had been a resident of the West Coast, as she had come out to New Zealand shortly after her brother, but her destiny had taken her to the West Coast, where she married, while her brother had been pursuing Fortune in the bush districts of Otago. The lady, now a widow, will go back to the Coast cheered in the thought that her brother, although separated so long, had not forgotten her, and had been delighted to welcome her after so many yeaxa of absence. The Otago Hospital Board has decided t-o engage an electrician with experience of high tension and high frequency currents, these being used in connection with X-ray work, for the Dunedin Hospital staff. • Previously the board employed a wireman, but the new position, will be higher ia status and salary.

One of the ■ results of the inquiry by the Hospital Board into the Robertson case last year was that now by-laws relating to the medical stall were devised. The by-laws have been framed for some time, and a special meeting of the board will be held shortly for the purpose of approving of them 'The Hospital Committee of the board has recommended that appointments to the honorary medical staff be held over pending such decision, and that the present members be asked to hold office until the new appointments are made. Mr William Wallace, chairman of the Auckland Hospital Board, who is also president of the Hospital Boards’ Association, when ho presided at the recent conference held in Dunedin told the delegates that it was his first visit to Dunedin, and he had been told before he came down that it would be advisable for him to wear kds while he was in the southern capital (says the Auckland Star). So far ho had not provided himself with this very necessary article of apparel. Just before the ■ conference closed a deputation waited on Mr Wallace and presented him with a ncatly-got-up box, which, when opened, disclosed a kilt to which was attached a note : “To plain Bill Wallace, from some of his southern well-wishers.’’ It was explained that such an important occasion as the first visit of a William Wallace to Dunedin could not go unheeded, and that it was thought the proper thing to do was to clothe him in the national garb of all those who boro such an historica name.l Mr Wallace said much touched by the generosity of the gift and the spirit in which it was given. Although a few Celts on the board urged him to year the dress Mr Wallace said that while he valued their opinion on most matters he was not going to let them lead him away from the paths of rectitude.

Amongst the recommendations to come before the hospital Board at its next meeting will be one from the Finance Committee to the effect that the present agreement with the South Otago Board wih respect to the treatment of patients from its district in the Otago Board’s institutions be terminated on March 31, and that the South Otago Board be placed oh the same footing as other boards. The committee also recommends that no chronic TB. cases from South Otago be accepted.,. The South Otago Board has up to the present been paying £1250 for the care and treatment of its patients in Otago institutions. Under the new arrangement it will be required to pay £4 4s a w'eek for each patient.

Last year in .the B.A. pass examinations in the New Zealand University, the idea of having a college professor acting, in conjunction with the external examiner to mark the papers was adopted (states the Christchurch Press). Professor 1. G. R. Blunt, i of Canterbury College, was the examining professor in French, and he took the opportunity at the opening of the college session on Saturday to express his surprise at the general hign level of thought in the majority of French papers sent in by | students. Previously he had marked matriculation and Junior University Scholarship papers in French, and the difference in standard between those and the degree papers was very pleasing. It showed that students had developed quite a taste for the appreciation of French and a capacity for thinking along original lines since the time they had sat for matriculalation or scholarship examinations. At least three-fifths of the papers showed these pleasing qualities. “Many of the original ideas contained in them were wrong,” added the professor, “but anythin 0 in the way or original thinking and appreciation is most pleasing to the examiner.’ The Rev. W. Walker will officiate at both services to-morrow in the Central Mission Hall. At the evening service the subject will be: “Facing jife with courage. Air F. W. Rodgers sing: “ihou rt passing hence, my brother.” , , . The Rev. W. B. Scott will conduct both services at Wesley Church, Cargill road, to-morrow. The evening service will commence at 6.30 o’clock. The Rev. H. E. Bellhouse will conduct both services at Trinity Alethodist Church Stuart street, to-morrow, preaching in the morning on “The Seeming Discords of Life,” and in the evening on “The Gospel as a Cleansing Force.” At the latter service Aliss Gladys Dawson, of Wellington will sing. , ~ , ~ At Dundas street Methodist Church the preachers will be Mr T. W. Hemer in the morning, and Rev. E. O. Blamires in the evening. Harvest Festival services will be held at Ravensbourne to-morrow, and a week hence at Dundas street. The Rev. J. M. Simpson will preach at both services in St. Stephens Presbyterian Church to-morrow. Mr David Forsyth will be the soloist at the evening service. Notices of the following Sunday services will be found in our advertising columns: Anglican: St. Paul’s, All Saints’. Presbyterian: First, Knox, St. Andrew’s, North Ea=t Valley, Roslyn, Caversham, Maori Hill. Kaikorai, Mornington, South Dunedin. Congregational: Moray Place. Methodist: Central Mission, Trinity. St. Kilda, Dundas Street. Baptist: Hanover Street. Cargill Road. Salvation Army: Dowling street. The United Starr Bowkett Building Society advertises a further £4OOO for disposal in various groups and invites membership in the new No. 10 Group, £BOO appropriations. The subscription is Is per share ■ per week . Members of the Carpenters Union are reminded in this issue of a social to conference delegates' on Friday evening next in the Returned Soldiers’ Club Rooms. At the Moray Place Congregational Church the Rev. Professor Davies will occupy the pulpit in the morning and the Rev. IProfessor Howitson will take the evening service. 9he choir will render ‘I Am Alpha and Omega” (Stainer). Services for the people are announced to be held to-morrow at 7 3 p.m. and 7. p.m. in the Salvation Artnv Fortress Dowling street. All services will bo conducted by Captain Allan Montgomery. Music will be played by_ the corps silver band and the newly organised corps orchestra. At the evening service Sister Airs Clarkson, and J. Abernethy will render vocal items. The caotain’s subiect is entitled “The Empty Seat —and Why?” A hearty invitation is extended to all visitors. A concert in aid of Bible Class Easter camp funds will be given in the Hanover street Baptist Church on Alonday night. 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