NEWS OF THE DAY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26847, 11 August 1948, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Housing and Promotion During the hearing of a claim for possession of a house in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday afternoon before Mr H. W. Bundle. S.M.. in which two servants of the Railways Department were involved, one of the parties said that his difficulty had been caused by his being transferred to Dunedin on promotion. If he had refused to move he would have lost his promotion. “It should be possible for the Government to make provision for housing for married employees on transfer,” said the magistrate. “On the other hand, it should also be possible for married officers to be promoted without being transferred at the same time.”

Power Quota Exceeded The electricity used in Dunedin last week exceeded the quota by 8.76 per cent. The daily quota was exceeded every day. No meeting of the Electricity Emergency Committee was held yesterday afternoon. Football Crowd

If the weather is fine, a crowd of between 15.000 and 20,000 should watch the All Black trials at Carisbrook on Saturday, said the secretary of the Otago Rugby Union, Mr E. S. Wilson, yesterday. The booking will open today. There are 1235 seats available to the public in the main stand and thp Rose stand, and 958 scats in front of the main stand.

Respect for Individual Giving his third address in the series, “ Education for Peace.”, in Dunedin recently, Mr D. H. Monro said that at least part of the solution to a complex problem was the return to a respect for the individual as such. Too often the group spirit had been a cloak for impulses and attitudes which one v/ould be ashamed to show as an individual. The last lecture in the series will be given by Dr B. H. Howard on Thursday night. Another Kiwi in Trap Another kiwi caught in an opossum trap in the foothills of Mount Egmont is receiving treatment for an injured leg. It was found by Mr F. McGregor, of Koru road, who said that he had often heard kiwis in the area and had seen their tracks. He took the bird to the secretary of the Taranaki Acclimatisation Society, Mr R. J. D. Mason, who arranged for veterinary treatment. Recently a kiwi was found with its leg broken in a trap. The leg was set and put in plaster.

M-oney to the Finder The Auckland Transport Board has adopted the principle that money found in a tramcar and unclaimed after six months should be handed over to the finder. This followed an application from a woman conductor for the payment to her of two £1 notes found by her in a tramcar while she was on duty last November, and not claimed by the owner. It was stated that legal opinion said the Tramways Act authorised the retention by the board of money found in a tramcar and unclaimed in six months, but, generally speaking, the finder had a paramount claim against anyone but the rightful owner. Coupons for Expectant Mothers

Because of administration difficulties, it was not possible to alter the present arrangements for the issue of special coupons for expectant mothers, stated' advice received from the Minister of Health, Miss Howard, at a meeting of the Ashburton Hospital Board Miss Howard said that this information had been received from the Minister of Supply, Mr Norameyer, who said that the coupons could be obtained either by posting the doctor’s certificate or clinic chit with the ration book to the rationingofficer, or by presentation of the document by any- a family or friend to the rationing officer. ' Chest Disease Drug Certain types of tuberculosis are now being treated in New Zealand with the newly-developed drug known as streptomycin. Limited stocks of this expensive American product are held in the laboratories of hospitals in the four main cities and, while the results of treatment cannot yet be assessed, doctors have been encoui'aged by its reactions in v some selected cases. Streptomycin is not claimed to be a general cure for tuberculosis, and its possible value is limited to particular forms of the disease. However, use of the drug in New Zealand is increasing as specialists become more accustomed to its employment and gain knowledge of the classes of case which it may benefit. Two Tons of Crayfish

The Greymouth fishing trawler The Coaster arrived at Greymouth on Monday morning with two tons of live crayfish. The vessel was returning from Jackson’s Bay, haying been requisitioned to take aviation petrol to South Westland. After the cargo had been discharged, the party of men on The Coaster explored the fishing grounds at Jackson’s Bay, and brought back optimistic reports. The crayfish were dredged from the sea bottom by the vessel’s usual fish trawls. Crayfish are usually more plentiful at night, but trawling was carried out in daylight, and the sea bottom was described as “ alive 6 with crayfish. in one trawl of 50 minutes 300 large crayfish and almost two tons of other lish were caught. Red cod were the commonest of the other varieties, though sole, groper and others were netted, all in the best condition.