Local and General
Date Advanced, The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co, Ltd. advise thai as the King's Birthday will be observed on Monday, November 25, the sale scheduled for the Te Tekc .yards will he held on Thursday November 21. Children's Court. Prior to the sitting of the Magistrate's Court on Tuesday Mr E>. L. Walton, S.M.. presided at a sitting of the Children's Court, when a Maori boy faced four charges, three of the unlawful' conversion of bicycles and one of theft. A 'Classical* Hospital. "This is the first stage of removing us from an ordinary hospital to a 'classical' hospital," said Mr R. W. Schofield yesterday when the Bay of Plenty Hospital Board was discussing a report on the reasons why the institution could not be classed as a 'B' training school. Additions to School. The,, contract for the additions to the Whakatane School has now been let, and the work will be put in hand immediately, some of the timber and plant already being on the ground. The contractors are Messrs Boon, Sullivan and Luke, Ltd. Acknowledgment. Donations to the patriotic appeal fund of £o os from the Whakatane Caledonian Society and £1 Is from "Anonymous" are acknoweldgedS These subscriptions will be handed to the secretary of the Inter-Zone Committee, A Correction. In Monday's issue an item in this column detailed a reminiscence of Mr R. W. Schofield concerning the town of 33 years ago and the arrival of Mrs Schofield. It was stated that she arrived with Mfs Brabant. This was incorrect; Mrs Scho- ! field arriving with Mrs Garaway. Clansman .Aground. The Northern Steamship Go's, auxiliary vessel Clansman went a-ground-about- half a mile up-river from the wharf when proceeding to the Paper Mills yesterday afternoon, The rising tide assisted the refloating of the vessel after half an hour's efforts. The Clansman was able to continue and returned to the wharf later in the day. River Fatality, In the report published on Monday of the death by droAvning of a boy in the Whakatane River, mention was not made of the assistance rendered the police party by many civilians. This assistance w.as appreciated by the police, particularly that of Mr' Petty, a council employee, who dived into the river in an effort to locate the body. Getting in Early. After the Medical Superintendent had referred to alterations desirable in the< Nurses' Home, ' particularly for the accommodation of trainees should the hospital receive classification as a training school, a member observed that if plans had tc be drawn and approved, from past and present experience it'would be just as well to start straight away,
thus presenting the possibility of accomplishment bv the end of two years. Headphones in the Hospital. Because the maintenance' costs on the radio headphones installed in the Whakatane Hospital were increasingly heavy, the secretary, Mr A, Bridger, suggested at a meeting of the Hospital Board yesterday that a deposit of 5s be requested? from those desiring to use the sets. The headphones could be tested when the patients left and if found to be in order the deposit would be refunded. Members considered the suggestion a good idea but Dr Dawson said its application might present some difficulties. -Accidents would happen, The matter was left to the chairman.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 238, 15 November 1940, Page 4
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546Local and General Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 238, 15 November 1940, Page 4
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