DOMINION NEWS

Southland Times, Issue 17610, 26 March 1914, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS

IXI 11 GF.XT CtlXSl’M I’T IV F. (Per United Press Association^ I'HIMSTCRURCH. March 2.1. The Hospital Board at to-day's meet* ins discussed the case of a consumptive landed at I.yth'Uan by the ilaunganui from Australia. An allegation was made of carelessness on the part of the authorities, and the man is now a burden on the taxpayers. Mr. Valintine sub’ he had authorised the removal of the patient to the Alaungakawa Sanatorium, neaCambridge. I.NI'A.NTI Li: I'AIt.U.VSIS. CHRISTCHURCH. Atarch 21 At itie hospital hoard meeting Mr 1' ''tvwick presented a report on infantile paralysis. slating that the disease in .W Zealand \v;ts in a. mild form, and there had been two recoveries, the first if-, corded. Dr. Valintine said forty cases had occurred in Dunedin and thirty in Christchurch, and reports from Taranaki suggested that there was an epidemic there. A peculiar fact was that the disease attacked many adults, hut a good feature was the recoveries. Mr Fenwick urged that the spread of the disease to the Xorth Island suggested the probability of another epidemic next autumn. SCHOOLS AND DKFKNCi:. NELSON. March 21. ’With regard to changes in the defend* system withdrawing Government aid to school companies Hie Nelson college cadets have not encamped for the past year or two. An old boy has come to their assistance and now throe companies and the artillery section go into camp at Brightwater for blaster. 'file boys are under complete military discipline. .Major Pinwill. G. 5.0.. being in command. Quite a number of the boy» have qualified for commissions in the Imperial army direct from college, and ■several have already risen to the rank of captains and majors. (iISBOKNK FLOODS SUBSIDING. GISBORNE, March 21. 'File flood in the Waipaoa river is subsiding. Beyond breaking the public works temporary bridge no dajuage was done. At Motu the flood was the highest for years. A report from Port Awamii states that the Waiapu river if in heavy flood, causing loss of sheep. Th* extent of the damage is not yet known. The water is nearly up to the decking of the Waiapu bridge, both approaches to which were washed away. The river Is now going down.