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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17472, 22 January 1931, Page 6

"In a town of any size a medical certificate may be improperly secured," said Dr. W. Newlands, of Dnnedjn, when speaking in the Cniversity Senate in Auckland, states the Herald. He was, pointing out the need' of care in acting on medical certificates to excuse students from examinations on account of illness,' and' said he knew of a town in; .which! there were three medical, men whose' certificates were not accepted by the associated insurance companies. "The value of the medical certificate will have to be assessed very carefully," he said.

When the ban on the watering of gardens was lifted for one hour by the Hastings borough authorities last Friday the water pressure dropped from T251h.; to 601 b., although the pumps were working, all the time. The normal pressure in the borough is 16011). At the expiry; of ■ the hour the pressure at once rose to 140. The authorities made, the con-' cession as an experiment, and afterward issued tho statement 'that the pressure was hroueht so'low that there, was not enough to cope with a fire had one broken out. A modified experiment wili be made later. In the meantime tho gardens are suffering severely..