BOROUGH BRIEFS.

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXII, Issue 222, 10 December 1926, Page 4

BOROUGH BRIEFS.

The next monthly meeting of the Plunket Society is to be held on Tuesday afternoon, in the. Salvation'Army Hall, when Dr. Mac Lean will deliver a lecture on “Tuberculosis and the child. ’ ’ During the month of November the District, Nurse, • (Miss Gladys Watt,) located at Porangahau, attended 16 patients, receiving 14 visits and payinJifL. The .fees collected totalled £4 13s 3. The next meeting of the Waipukurau *Lodge of the N.Z. Independent Order of Oddfellows is to be held on a Wednesday next when the election of a Grand Lodge representative will be the special business for the night. As reported to the Waipawa Hospital Board by Matron L. Bridge, three babies were born in the Rathbone Maternity Hospital during November, and four patients left during the period. At present there is one mother’ and her t baby in the institution. As announced ; in the monthly report to the. Hospital Board presented by Matron' C. I. Drummond, thci’e are at present 43 patients‘in the’Waipukurau Hospital, viz l 21. women find 22 men. The Isolation Ward is closed at present. Fees collected had totalled £73 4s. Dr L. J. Reed, resident Medical .Superintendent of the Waipukurau Hospital .in his monthly report to the Waipawa Hospital Board advised having forwarded suggestions and recommendations anent the proposed honorary medical staff. The surgical and medical work had proceeded satisfactorily and matters at the Maternity Hospital were also in good order. Shopping for Xmas? Mathewsons’ huge Auckland purchase is a great' inducement. Dainty Voile Frocks, with long or short sleeves in all sizes, in designs that are something different for 2906. Striped Fuji Frocks from 35/-. Frocks for House wear, Holiday wear or Sports wear at special December prices. Model Millinery from 12/6. Our Xmas display is worth a special visit —Mathewson’s, Ltd., Hastings.