NEWS OF THE DAY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27573, 15 December 1950, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

Rubbish Receptacles The installation of new rubbish receptacles in the main street of Dunedin began yesterday. The bins, which are of steel, are being supplied by a Dunedin firm free of charge in return for advertising rights. A start was made yesterday on fitting up the first 10 new bins. There are 35 to be replaced. City Water Supply After a loss of storage of 1,130,000 gallons in the preceding 24 hours, the Dunedin reservoirs were holding a total of 117,536,000 gallons of water yesterday. New Hospital The foundation stone of the new Roxburgh Hospital will be laid by the Governor-General, Sir Bernard Freyberg, on January 8. at 3.15 p.m. His Excellency will be given an official welcome before the ceremony and will later visit the Health Camp. Band Plays Carols Passers-by in George street last evening paused for a while to listen to the Dunedin Ladies’ Brass Band playing traditional Christmas carols. The band will play at St. Clair on Saturday 'morning and will visit Ravensbourne next Thursday. Schools Co-operaie The inspector of the Dunedin Metropolitan Milk Board, Mr L. Shirley, reported,at the monthly meeting last night that the Education Board had advised that quite a number of schools had erected shelters for milk supplies. It was expected to have shelters- in •very school before Christmas. Farm Milk The question of responsibility for , milk left at farm, gates was discussed at some length by the Dunedin Metropolitan Milk Board at its monthly meeting last night. It was decided to draw the attention of the supply aslociation to the necessity for ample protection for milk left under such conditions. Rag Collection The rag collection that was to have been undertaken by the Crippled Children Society before Christmas has b|een postponed. The Finance Commitee of the society decided yesterday that the collection in the Dunedin area ■hould be commenced on February 12. Rag collections in the past have proved most successful in raising funds for the society and In assisting in its work. District Norses The Otago Hospital Board is to try to institute a district nursing service in Port Chalmers and the surrounding area. The board has, at present, nine nurses and seven motor cars. When a motion to increase the number of cars by two was put to the board at its meeting last night, Mr J. D. Brown suggested that the country areas were as badly in need of district nurses as the urban districts. His motion that three cars be applied for, one of them to be used at Port Chalmers, was carried unanimously.

Mr Fraser’s Namesake

Peter Fraser, a four-year-old ■ Greymouth boy, is a godson of New Zealand’s war-time Prime Minister, who died on Tuesday. He is the youngest son of Mr and Mrs E. Fraser, of 27 Chapel street, Greymouth. When Mrs Fraser decided to name her son Peter, it was suggested by Labour Party friends that she should ask the boy’s namesake to be his godfather. Mr Fraser, who was then Prime Minister, consented to the request, and was represented by a sponsor at the Christening. He gave the child a silver christening mug to commemorate the occasion.

A Genial Personality

The simplicity and sincerity of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev G. F Fisher, have already impressed the people of Christchurch. Only an hour after a tiring motor journey from Nelson on Wednesday, he arrived at the Christchurch cathedral beaming at the large crowd which had gathered outside to see him. As he marched in procession up the cathedral nave, Dr Fisher’s alert eyes were continually taking in the graceful arches and many of the historic memorials in which the story of Canterbury is preserved. Outside once more, it was a “genial Dr Fisher who paused for a few minutes before departing. For the two police constables who stood by his car he had a cheery smile. Then, as he drove away, he waved in friendly fashion to a group of girls craning their necks from the pavement.