LOCAL & GENERAL

Western Star, 5 August 1938, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

The search for the American air liner Clipper has been abandoned. A heat wave is prevalent in America and a number of deaths have occurred. Many factories have ceased work. Berlin has decided to stop al[ Jewish doctors from practising in Germany after the end of the month. The auxiliary vessel Vera lost her propeller in the vicinity of Centre Island on Wednesday and had to be towed to port.

well known resident of Winton passed away on Wednesday in the peTson of John Alexander Broom. He took an active interest in the civic affairs of Winton and was Mayor for a number of years. The annual conference of the Natij.nl Party was held at Wellington on Wed nesday, when delegates were pre;ent from all parts of the Dominion. A .motion of confidence in Mr Hamilton as Party leader was unanimously carried. Owing to a deficiency in the potato supplies in Australia it is Jikdy that a permit will be granted to. secure a supply from New Zealand. Small quantities qf whitebait were secured in the Aparima river during the week. It is expected that a greater supply will be obtainable in the course of a fortnight’s time. The Hon. Mr Savage returned to Wellington on Wednesday after a- triumphal tour of Canterbury. Ho stated that it was his intention to visit the Hon. A. Hamilton’s electorate before the General Election. Japan is greatly perturbed by the Russian raids on her borders. Should a general outbreak occur she will have her hands fulh The Hon Mr Armstrong states that in a few months’ time there will be no unemployed- At the present time, the number of Government employees is about one in three of the population. A new note was sounded in the financial debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday night when the Rt Hon. J. G. Coates (Nat., ‘Kaipara) accused the Government of making a raid on the Employment Promotion Fund in order to avoid a deficit for the current financial year. Mr Coates’s entry into the debate at last infused some life into the monotonously dull discussion and his was easily the most outstanding critical analysis of the Budget that has yet been delivered. Prior to his departure from Riverton Mr M. McKone was presented with a gold mounted fountain pen from the members of the Athenaeum Committee. In making thq presentation the chairman (Mr J. A. C. Mackenzie) referred to the excellent work carried out by Mr McKone as a member of the Committee and wished him every sucress in his new home. Mr McKone briefly replied, thanking them for their present and good wishes-

“Visits of inspection paid to hospitals emphasise the fact that the standard of nursing technique being demanded in turn requires equipment and staff,” states the report of th e Department of Health “The majority of hospitals are crowded, largely due’ to the fact that so little buifding has been done for some years, plus the increased use of the hospitals wider section of the public, and, in the North Island, by the Maoris. In one countiy hospital the number of Maoii patients in comparison to non-Maorj patients has increased from one-sixteenth. to dne-third in four years. This is no doubt due to the Maoris’ increasing ltnowledgo and : espect for the health services of the country.’*