LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16406, 12 April 1924, Page 8

LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS.

(Per Press Association.)

WELLINGTON, last night. The name of Mr. E. 11. McKenzie (Wainarapa) was omitted from the list of those elected- to the Management Committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union. He was a member last year atid was re-elected.

A statement) appearing in the Dominion press to the effect- that, the Chautauqua movement in New Zealand is failing on account of difficulty regarding the guarantee is denied by Mr. E. d. Williams, the New Zealand malinger of the movement, who states that there is no difficulty with guarantees and tlie New Zealand arrangements will he carried out ;is usual. TAUMAIMIN'I'T, last night. Sir Maui Pomarc, Minister for Health, laid tile foundation stone of the now Taumaruniii hospital to-day in the presence of a large gathering of town and district residents. The new institution is situated on the high ground overlooking the town and is fitted with every modern appliance. The building, which is now partially erected, will cost £45,000. Dr. Vaiintine, Director-General of Health, was present and stressed the necessity of a limitation being made ill the- building of new hospitals throughout the Dominion. With the improved roads and other travelling facilities, il would bo hotter to have a few good hospitals than a multiplicity of inferior ones. Sir M. i’omare spoke in a similar strain, mentioning'also that the Department was favorable to assisting Boards in regard to erecting maternity homes.