General News

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 118, 22 May 1942, Page 4

General News

Blackout Time. The time for the drawing of blinds in Wanganui to-day is 5.45 p.m. Film to be Taken. ■ Arrangements have been made by the town clerk, Mr. C. R. White, for a publicity film to be taken of the i; military display and proceedings in I Victoria Avenue this afternoon. Rotary Club Speaker. c The Rev. F. A. Thompson, New Zead land secretary for the Mission to Lepers, will be the speaker at the Wanganui Rotary Club luncheon on y Monday. 11 j Labourers Required. u The placement officer in Wanganui, | Mr. E. J. Appleton, has received an >- j urgent inquiry for between 40 and 50 s labourers for defence work in the Auckland district. The men must ne physically fit to undertake hard work. y So far 12 men have been sent. >1; Durie Hill Red Cross. i It was reported at the annual meeting of the Wanganui Centre of (he H Red Cross Society yesterday that as a s result of a drive for members by tne ’ Durie Hill Sub-Centre of the Red Red Cross, the membership of the .'V j last-named body totalled 200. ic ! Free Ambulance I A recommendation that the Waiv ' i ganui Hospital Board defer any acio I tion regarding taking over the St. | John Free Ambulance was made by the house committee and adopted by 10 | the board at its monthly meeting yes- ! terday. It was also recommended .• that the board have three represen--4 tatives on the Free Ambulance Cornel mittee instead of two. 1- Sugar Beet. Sugar beet is being grown in large quantities in Dorset, England, accorclic ing to a letter received by a Wangan nui resident from a friend in that country. Besides making a sweet dish I| ' which requires no sugar, it being full s of sugary sweetness, sugar syrup can be extracted from this vegetable, it. ■ s was slated. The English correspondent inquired if this vegetable was j grown in New Zealand. Growing of Vegetables All public institutions, such as hospitals. should make arrangements to use spare ground lor vegetable grow- . ing and should be self-supporting, 1 ' particularly in potatoes and root is crops, stated the Health Department in a letter received by the Wanganui Hospital Board at. its monthly meeting yesterday. The recommendation ! was referred to the grounds committee with power to act. Tank Brigade Team. it Members of the Ist New Zealand v Army Tank Brigade team, which is to play the Wanganui Rugby representative team on Spriggens Park tomorrow afternoon, will arrive on Saturday morning and will stay at the Imperial Hotel, rhe selector, Mr. C. t K. Saxton, the former All Black. ,] states the visiting backs are up to All Black standard. The team will return ' on Sunday. L Child Burnt e When she fell into an open lire at the home of tier parents on Wednes,l day evening, Barbara Spiers, aged 15 months, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .. E. F. Spiers,' Groatford, received burns on the back of her head. She I was attended by Dr. R. A. Church I (Marton) and later conveyed to the Wanganui Hospital by the Free Ambulance. Her condition yesterday was reported to be satisfactory. Appreciation of Services Appreciation of the services of Mr. R. L. Garden, secretary of the Wanganui Red Cross Centre, was expressed at the annual meeting held '■ yesterday. Mr. Garden has been as- ]• sociated with the Red Cross Society i since its inception in Wanganui. Mr. F. Puinell, Marton, a former chair- (■ man of the execu'iivc committee, was thanked for past services to the ■ centre. 1 Red Cross Activity. c Speaking a. the annual meeting o; I the Wanganui Centre of the Be l I Cross Society yesterday the Rev. J. IL I 1 DaLson, chairman, said that although * it was not the policy of the Red Cross lo raise funds lor patriotic purposes. 1 members had given a great deal cl j I assistance to organisations which i ’ were raising funds for the war el'foJ. . Several sub-centres had given largv : * sums of money toward the Prisoner.i of War Fund. i Ambulance Examinations. A series of lectures for the St. John senior first aid examiijicV’.io;i < have been completed and the examic nation will be held in a fortnight's time. The lecturer was Dr. H. Christie and the examiner will be Dr. J. , Crawford. Included in the class are Wanganui chemists, police, members of the Works Section of the E.P.S. ■ and men enrolled in the E.P.S. as > I stretcher-bearers, as well as new members of the St. John Ambula ic ■ ' Division. I Exhibition Relic Sold. > Two years after it rumbled round its track at. the Centennial Exhibition, Hie s Kiwi Train was sold by auction recently. The blue and silver locomo- . live and tender were knocked down 1 for £6O, the principal value being in I the eight-cylinder motor-car engine that was the source of the locomotive s power. The live carriages were bougnt for £l6 10s each by a Wellington s eoach-builder. Other equipment was also sold, hut the rails had been dis1 posed of previously. Hospital Statistics | The average number of occupied beds a day ai the Wanganui Hospital ' last month was 167.2, reported the i meaicai superintendent, Dr. H. L. . Widdowson, at the monthly meeting of the Wanganui Hospital Board yes-

terday. At the beginning of April. 198 patients were in hospital, 215 were admitted during the month, 11 deaths occurred and 171 patients remained in the institution at the end of the month. Dr. B. T. Hooper, radiologist, reported that 491 X-ray examinations were carried out. Fees charged amounted to £394. Wiiat Restrictions Mean. Though the Hastings district is well suited to the growing of lemons, ’ano heavy crops are taken there, the fruit marketing regulations do not permit this fruit to be sold through the shops. As a result lemons can be bought the orchards at prices ranging from 9u to Is a dozen, while in the shops lemons handled by the Internal Marketing Division must be sold at four, five, or six for a shilling. In recent weeks the division has been able to supply shops with approximately a case a week at a time in the year when the demand for lemons is at the highest. Hospital E.P.S. Drill Reporting to the Wanganui Hospital Board at its monthly meeting yesterday, the engineer, Mr. Martin Smith, stated that at the Wanganui Hospital E.P.S. drill had been carried out once a week by the works staff. “The tire brigade will give a series of lectures and I must say all members of the staff seem very keen and show great willingness to do anything to assist in carrying out the duties assigned to them,’’ Mr. Smith added. A look-out tower on the top of the house stewards' store had been completed and an electric warning device fitted, a warning system was also being installed in the main corridor and would be controlled from the look-oat.