PATEA HOSPITAL AFFAIRS

Taranaki Daily News, 10 July 1929, Page 6

PATEA HOSPITAL AFFAIRS

BOARD’S MONTHLY MEETING. The monthly meeting of the Patea Hospital Board was held at Patea yesterday, Mr. C. R. Honey field presiding. The medical superintendent's report for June stated that at the beginning of the month there were 29 patients in the hospital, seven males and 22 females. The admissions numbered 21, 12 males and nine females; the discharges were 22, eight males and 1-1 females. Jheie were no deaths and at the end of the. month there were 28 patients in the institution, 11 males and 17 females. The report of the matron stated Nurse Crompton had passed her State examination. There were now five cases of scarlet fever in the isolation block. No communication had been received by the board from the Department of Health regarding the new ward, blit Messrs. Duffill and Gibson, the board s architects, stated that approval of the plan was held up.pending boundary arrangements. The chairman stated that while in Wellington he had interviewed Dr. M att, tho acting-Director-Gencral of Health, with a view to having the matter finalised. In view of the return of Dr. Valintiiie the matter had been deferred, but the chairman was of opinion that approval would shortly be forthcoming. He had also interviewed the Hon. J. Stallworthy, Minister of Health, in V eliington. HAWERA GOLF CLUB. LADIES V. MEN MATCH: Details of the match played at the Hawera Golf Club's links on Saturday between ladies and men are:~ Mrs. Thomson lost to Wiggins, Mrs. Walkley beat Little, Miss Robertson and O’Callaghan all square, Miss D. Richardson lost to Gibson, Miss D. Hawken lost to Walkley, Miss E. Burgess beat Cox, Mrs. Wake beat Hay-Mackenzie, Mrs. Dickie lost to Wills, Miss Knight Jost to Corfe, Mrs. Gabites beat Gtblin, Miss Pease lost to Wilson, Miss McCormack lost to Bright, Dliss J. Page and McGregor all square, Mrs. Gibson lost to Ritchie, Miss M. Death lost to Duffill, Mrs. Corey lost to Robinson, Miss Bryant beat Bull, Miss DI. Nicholson lost to North,. Miss D. Meyrick lost to Lawn, Mrs. Bright bent Williams, Miss Bell beat Anderson, Mrs. DlcAnerin lost to McHattie, Mrs. Rota beat Horner, Miss DI. Powdrell and M. Page all square. The second round of the Quin trophy competition will bo played to-day and on Saturday, together with bogey competitions for players with bogey handicaps up to 18 and for those with handicaps greater than 18. To-day’s draw is: Harrop v. C. S. Robb, Sinclair v. Pease, Champion v. Blair, R. F. Page v. Muir, Mortlock v. W. Strange, Sagai’ v. Smith, Hunt v. Bull, Simpson v. Emmitt, Westaway v. Dalgetty, Good v. Anderson, Looney v. Hainsworth, J. C. Robb v. Davy, Fraser v. Ablett.

HAWERA POULTRY SOCIETY. SHOW QUESTIONS DISCUSSED. A meeting of the Hawera Poultry, Pigeon and Canary Society on Monday evening discussed questions relating to the recent whiter show. Mr. E. Galvin presided. A difference of opinion having arisen concerning tho method of scoring for points prizes, it was resolved that points should not be counted in any class which had fewer than three entries. As a means of stimulating interest in the game section competition, it was decided, conditional upon the approval of the former winner of tho game rose bowl, Dlr. 11. Cate, to award the trophy as an open points prize without restriction as to the number of entries and to allow tho engraving of the names of Messrs. J. E. Beamish and A. Bryant, who in respective years had been unopposed in tho section. The secretary was authorised to arrange for tho engraving of trophies won outright at tho show.

Votes of thanks were accorded Messrs, W. Watson and A. Cadman for their services in arranging for a supply of artificial flowers which were on sale at the show as a means of assisting the society funds. The secretary was requested to convey the society’s thanks to the Wanganui Agricultural Association for its invitation to the Ilawera society president to attend the Wanganui winter show. The secretary and president were appointed to make arrangements for a social at which trophies .won at the show would bo presented. CYCLE ROAD RACE. HANDICAPS FOR TO-DAY. Tiie Hawera Amateur Athletic Club s third cycle road race of the season will bo held to-day. The course of about 25 miles is from Ilawera via Normanby, Okaiawa and tho junction of the Norma nby and Manaia roads to Manaia, thence returning to Ilawera via the Main South Road. The' finishing point will bo the post office. The race is to start from the corner of Princes and High streets at 2.30 p.m. Handicaps have been declared by Mr. H. McCabe, as follow: R. Kelsen, W. Stening, scr; R. Rumball, 4min; C. Walker, A. Moore, 6min; K. Foy, B. Seaver, A. Dredge, F. A. Gray, 11 min; E. Woollett, S. W. Kelsen, 13min; N. Stening, lamin. Arrangements for a boys’ race, 16 years and under, are being made for the following Wednesday. WHAREROA NOTES. Dr. R. J. R. Mecredy and Nurse Inglis visited the school last week, when they | conducted a medical examination of all the pupils. i A branch of the junior Red Cross ! Cifclo has been formed by the senior school girls. Tho following officers have been elected: Patron, Miss McCormack; president, Miss Mary Williams; honorary secretary, Miss Mavis Smith; honorary treasurer, Miss Mary Hughes; committee, Misses Zoo Tocher, Gladys Reynolds and Olivo Smith. Nurse Inglis will instruct the girls in first-aid and homo nursing. Several school children have made new pen-friends with children of Norfolk Island. Interesting letters have been re-

ceived from the island in reply to letters written weeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hughes, South Road, are visiting Wanganui. Mr. and Mrs.. G. Gibson, Whareroa Road, are visiting tho Wairarapa district. REFEREES APPOINTED. The following appointments of referees for Saturday's Rugby games were made at a South Taranaki Referees’ Association meeting last night, the games to be played on the grounds of the teams first named: — Juniors, 2.45 p.m. Southern Group.—Hawera v. Patea, Mr. M. R. Jones; Alton v. Athletic. Mr. L. Hunt. Western Group.-—Opunake v. Okaiawa, Mr. J. McMahon; Waimate v. Kaponga, Mr. J. McNamara. Third Grade, 1.15 p.m. Okaiawa v. Patea, Mr. T. J. Hurley; Hawera v. Waimate, Mr. A. E. 'Spratt; High School v. Athletic (at Hawera). Mr° K. McNae. Fourth Grade, 1.15 p.m. Waimate v. Kaponga, Air. A. J. Christie; High School v. Okaiawa (at Normanby), Mr. P. Linn. Mr. F. Atkins wiil referee the Ngatiruanui v. Te Atiawa match at Hawera to-day. GENERAL ITEMS. The Tokaora branch of the Farmers’ Union decided'on Monday night to cooperate with Whareroa and Glover Road in this season’s bobby calf pool. Messrs. G, Pettigrew, K. McNae and S. Poulsen attended” the meeting on behalf of the Patea Freezing Company and Mr. Pettigrew addressed the gathering In reply to questions he stated that the main cause of calves being rejected was want of feeding. Calves should be live days old when sent to the works. Of the total of 67,000 handled last year 1455 were rejected, 314 of these on the farms.

It is expected that there will be a largo gathering of ex-service men this evening at the South Taranaki Returned Soldiers’ Association's annual re-union. Dinner will be served at the Central Hotel, Hawera, at 6.45 p.m., and there will be a musical programme afterwards in tho Foresters’ hall. The fortnightly euchre party and dance will be held at Te Roti on rriday. Four good prizes are offered for competition. The second of the season’s assembly dances at Hawera is to be held in the Foresters’ hall on Friday evening. The Hawera Scottish Society’s concert party will give its concert in the Mokoia hall to-night, and a dance will follow. The proceeds will go to the fund for providing tennis courts at the school. Members of the Hawera Astronomical Society on Monday evening listened to a lecture by Mr. F. J. Morshead ’on comets. On tho motion of Dr. W. M. Thomson, who presided, the lecturer was accorded a vote of thanks. Mr. Morshead was accmpanied by two other members of the New Plymouth Astronomical Society, the visitors being warmly welcomed. Dr. Home expressed their thanks and said they hoped that exchanges of visits between the two societies would become frequent. The Battlers’ team to meet Otakeho in a hockey match at Hawera to-day at 1.30 p.m. will be: Rodie, Shaw, Ryan, Wilkinson, Quin, Dowdle, Wise, Johnson, Hamilton, Price, Darbyshire and Kehely. The serertary of the Hawera Lodge of Druids ha's rereived word that the Grand Lodge Benevolent Committee of the order has granted £25 for immediate assistance to members of the Murchison lodge and has given £5O to the general relief fund. The Hawera lodge has decided to assist the local funds.

PERSONAL ITEMS. Mr. T. A. Winks left for Wellington yesterday on a business visit, He will return on Thursday. Dlr. H. G. Dickie, M.P., left Hawera yesterday for Wellington. Dlr. A. J. Glasson, of the Department of Agriculture, has been visiting Wellington, having been asked to stage a display of carrots and mangolds at the winter show. The exhibit comprises roots grown by members of the South Taranaki Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs. The Hon. G. DI. Thomson, M.L.C., left Hawera yesterday, for Wellington, having spent the week-end with his son, Dr. W. DI, Thomson. ! ITAVvERA OPERA HOUSE TO-NIGHT. 'LAUGH, CLOWN, LAUGH.” Lon Chaney, the “Dian of a Thousand Faces,” adds his masterpiece to a brilliant aggregation of screen achievements In “Laugh, Clown, Laugh,” the Dfetro-Goldwyn-Dlayer, special production which will commence a three-night season at the Hawera Opera House to-night. It is a most unusual story, masterfully acted by the greatest of character stars, and superbly directed by Herbert Brenon, the man who made “Beau Geste” and “Sorrell and Son.” Lon Chaney as the clown who finds love for one fleeting moment, and then loses it, hiding his broken lieart behind a painted smile, is a characterisation that will be long remembered. The supporting cast includes Loretta Young, Nils Astlier and many other noted players. Tho box plan for the season is at Dliss Blake’s sweet shop where early reservations may be made.