HOSPITAL RADIO SERVICE

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 200, 19 August 1933, Page 5

HOSPITAL RADIO SERVICE

CONTRIBUTIONS ACKNOWLEDGED With the object in view of providing n radio installation for the benefit of the patients and nurses at the Waipukurau Public Hospital the “Press” has opened up a subscription list, as fol-

Memorial Tree. The planting of a rimu tree, in memory of the late Mr Henry Hill, took place at the Waipukurau District High School yesterday afternoon. Scholars and teachers assembled In the grounds and after the Chairman of the School Committee. (Mr H. B. Smart) had explained the purpose of the gathering, Mr F. B. Curd, a former headmaster, gave a brief address. Mr Curd paid a tribute to the many fine qualities of Mr Hill, with particular reference to his love of nature. His was a character that the children might well try to emulate. At the conclusion of the address Mr Smart planted the tree. Bridge At Waipawa.

A bridge tournament organised by the Ladies’ Golf Club and held in the ■Oddfellows’ Hall on Thursday evening proved most successful in every way. All the tables were full, the players including a number from Waipukurau. Mrs W. I. Limbrick won the prize for the best score and Mrs Hunt that for the hidden number. In presenting the prizes at the conclusion of play Mr N. ,T. McKay, captain of the G'olf Club, thanked the ladies for their successful effort towards improving the finances. Motor Union Officers

The North Island Motor Union at its annual conference in Auckland re-elect-ed Mr W. A. O’Callaghan (Hawera) president, and Mr J. H. Edmundson (Napier) and Dr. E. Porritt (Wanganui) vice-presidents, and elected the following executive: —Messrs Grayson (Auckland), Palliser (Wellington), Edmundson (Hawke’s Bay), Mackie (Manawatu), Roydhouse (Wairarapa), ,’Carter (South Taranaki), Macfarlane (Wanganui) and Duff (Taranaki). The next meeting will he held in Napier. Press Association. An Unusual Claim Succeeds.

In. a reserved judgment on an unusual case heard in the Magistrate’s Court at Carterton, in which Gladys Helen Wilson, of Carrington, claimed £52 10/- as damages from William Charles Deller, of Carterton, the magistrate, Mr J. Miller, found for plaintiff for the sum of £47 10/- and costs. The claim arose out of a collision at Carrington on the afternoon of November 1, 1932, when the plaintiff, who was riding home from school on a bicycle, received injuries which necessitated her staying away from school. She thus lost her opportunity of sitting for her Senior Free Place, which entitled her to another two years’ free education. Open Sundays.*

"Where shall we go?” That, is the question which invariably crops up every week-end. Now, how about a run through to Napier? The new town’s great, and the Parade "beats the band.” Don’t bother about Backing a hamper, as the "Trocadero” tea-room in Hastings street is open 'all day Sundays, and makes a special feature of catering for visitors. It’s real cosv, too. if the dav’s cold. May •we expect you this week-end?*

lows: — d 0 £ s 1 ‘ 1 lllStlCQO WIL ’' Waipukurau Press ’ ’ 1 1 0 Mr A. Edgar .. 1 1 V a Brascll •«* - 10 0 C. A. Bliss .. 1 1 0 Mrs Withcrow 6 Miss H. Peacock 6 I. W. N. Mackie ... 1 1 0