GENERAL NEWS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19623, 18 October 1933, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS

H.M.S. Dunedin is due to arrive in Timaru to-morrow morning, and will remain in port for a week.

The town clock tower is rapidly nearing completion. The structure has reached its full height, and the flagpole is now to be seen standing above the uppermost scaffolding.

The question of irrigation in South Canterbury is to be discussed at tonight's meeting of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr A. E. Hurst of Papakaio will be present and speak on his expei'ience in regard to irrigation.

The number of patients in the Timaru Hospital at the beginning of September was 102. During the month 145 patients were admitted, as against 136 in September last year. During the month, 138 patients were discharged, leaving 109 in the institution at the beginning of the present month.

Consultations at the Outpatients’ Department at the Timaru Hospital last month totalled 424, as against 375 in the corresponding month last year. In the Massage Department, 165 patients were treated, while in the Dental Department, there were 425 attendances.

Fairly extensive damage was caused by fire in the trimming shop of Mr A. G. Knowles's coach and motor body building premises in Barnard Street yesterday morning. The shop was unoccupied at the time of the outbreak, and the flames spread so rapidly that the employees had little time to save any material. The Brigade confined the flames to the trimming shop, where upwards of £2OO- worth f damage was done. The proprietor stated that the insurance on the premises was ample cover.

The annual report of the Department of Immigration for the year ended March 31 was tabled in the House yesterday by the Minister for Immigration, the Hon. J. A. Young. The total arrivals from the United Kingdom and Ireland for the year were 626 (288 males and 338 females). Of this total 56 were assisted by the Imperial and New Zealand Governments, and these were all nominated by persons residing here. Of the assisted arrivals Auckland received 31, Canterbury 5, Nelson 5, Otago 3, Taranaki 4, Wellington 8.

At yesterday's meeting of the South Canterbury Hospital Board, the Finance Committee, reporting in regard to the Timaru Borough milk supply, stated that the bacteriologist had submitted a scale of fees to be charged for the examination of milk samples and stated that before the work could be undertaken it would be necessary to provide equipment at an estimated cost of £ls and to employ an assistant in the laboratory. A letter was also received from the Director, Division of Public Hygiene suggesting that the bacteriologist should be included In a District Committee which should be set up in connection with the milk supply. The committee recommended: (a) That the bacteriologist's letter be referred to the Direc-tor-General of Health to ascertain to what extent the Department was prepared to subsidise the work, (b) That the bacteriologist be permitted to act on the proposed committee. The recommendation was adopted.

Reporting to the monthly meeting of the South Canterbury Hospital Board yesterday, the Finance Committee stated that a deputation from the Timaru Borough Council consisting of the Mayor and Councillors W. G. Tweedy and W. H. Hall waited on the committee requesting that the macrocarpa hedge facing High Street be cut back or removed. It was pointed out that the hedge was encroaching to the extent of five or six feet and that it was in the interests of the people using the footpath that some action in the direction indicated should be taken. A suggestion was also made that a sun porch could be built on to Ward 1 at an estimated cost of £3OO which would benefit patients and improve the appearance of the Hospital. The committee expressed the Board's appreciation of the Council's action in waiting upon the committee instead of serving the usual notice, and made a suggestion which was adopted: “That a conference be held at the Hospital between the town members of the Board and the Borough Council Works Committee *o consider the question of cutting back the hedge and erecting an iron fence about seven feet high enabling the top of the hedge to overhang the fence with the idea of obviating the removal of the hedge, thus preserving the privacy which the hedge at present afforded.” The recommendation was adopted.

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