DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 63, 9 March 1912, Page 6

DOMINION NEWS.

(Per Proas Association.') Hamilton, March 7. Harrowing stories were told to a special meeting of the Waikato Hospital Board by a deputation of back block settlers from the King Country yesterday, asking that a doctor and nurses be supplied. An instance was given where a woman in confinement suffered terribly from want of attention, and where on occasions assistance of male relatives could only be obtained. One story was told of a woman • who was carried by menfolk eight, miles to the nearest railway point, jthero she was placed on a velocipede and conveyed miles for medical aid. Another tale as told of a woman on the ove of confinement setting out ( alone to walk eight'miles in the depth of winter over terribly country to a junction in order to got a conveyance to take her to a place whore she could get medical assistance. She left her young children at home with her 'husband. The woman proceeded some miles until dusk came on, and then, utterly fagged, she sat down in despair in a wild part of the country, unable to proceed further. Fortunately a 'horseman happened to come along and found the woman 'beneath a tree preparing to remain there throughout the dreary night. Other stories equally appalling were related, and it was stated that nobody except those living there realised the dreadful experiences of women whom fate ordained to spend their lives in the back blocks in certain districts 45 miles from a railway and with bad roads. The Board is taking into consideration the question of sending district nurses. Hastings, March 7. The property known as Beecroft’s Block, subdivided into twenty-three business sites, frontages to Qulec/n Street, and Karamu, was offered at auction this afternoon. Twelve were sold at £OO per foot, two at £SO, and one at £52 10s per foot. Wellington, March 7. The steamer Gertie >is proceeding to the Chathams probably leaving on Saturday, with special gear to endeavour to tow off the steamer Himitangi, which is aground there. A woman, so far unidentified, was knocked down by a tramcar in Feathorston Street to-night. She had her log broken and her bead badly cut, and was taken to the hospital.