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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14610, 21 May 1918, Page 3

A disagreement that has arisen m the Dunedin hospital between the assistant medical superintendent and tho matron occupied the attention of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board loir some time on Friday night, and it was ultimately, 'tfecidedthaVth© wfiol© board, sitting as 1 a committee, should hold a special meeting on Saturday night to inquire fully into tho facts. ' „ Tho . establishment of a postal . aeriajj line' betw'eeii France and Britain is said; to be approaching realisation. Ifc "was,^ when recent mails left London, then a matter "for the Government to? ■ arraiiigathe definite agreeirnent)/ a Frenchislji. Air Board, and;th© Director of Pos-^ x-.d >Sei*vi<:es having negotiated with the*, ntissibn naving con«ttltecli with ' the Brit-' Briti&h, Post- Office for a convention. 1 A pear-tree to be seen m Mr. Prim-' iner*B orchard property at Mptueka ia probably tlie oldest, as it is the biggest,^: ■\\ Nelson . Province'. 1 Mr. M. Simpsbn,j ex-Mayor of that borough, states that' htf hug knpwn, the tree /.for roor,e,, than J CO years. As "^a boy lie often picked! iwiit .from it; arid it was' a' big' free j then. The crop picked m 191 p. was--108 bushels — over two tons weight — ; Avhich sc4d for 5s 2$ a case; and there' \rere a good many Jbusliels m the,Vupper* sfor,v" -unpicked, because they could nbt| bo'reacifed. "Old Gausell," as the tree' is nicknainod,i towers tp a height of 58ft., spreads sideways ,48ft. . is 7/t. lOin m circumference! at girth', and the dis-; tance from, the ground to : the lower branches is 7ft. Some^ 15fp- were, recently, taken : from the top of the tree,, to enable it to be properly sprayed. Alarm Clocks that go and keep going. Buy your Alarm Clock from Grieve.. Jeweller. Each cjpek guarantees' Twelve trionths; *H.. prices. 6/6^13/^ 15/...* Grieve, Jewljler's, Shepherds' Whistlai have many imitations. None gehuixn without H. J. Grieve stainp.,v Each whiiA tie gu*rft*»teed; price 3/6, post free.* Riuga, Bracelete, Broochefl, and Gold Chiuui, re'tnodelled m new design* »t prioes to suit.— ; Gordoji, Jeweller, opp BaTiV N.Z. # Wrist and Pocket Watches, gold and uiiver, all good makee. Try Gordon Expert Watohmaker> opp. Bank N.JS- #