PERSONAL

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 9, 28 January 1942, Page 4

PERSONAL

Prior, to business commencing at yesterday's meeting of the County Council condolences were extended to an employee, Mr A. O. Stewart, who recently suffered the loss of another son in action, Pte. R. O. Stewart, who fell in Libya. t Present at yesterday's meeting of the Whakatane County Council were Mr J. L. Burnett (chairman), Crs A. F. McGougan, L. W. Luxton, W. A. McCracken, H. C. McCready» R. F. Wardlaw, C. T. Smitih, D.. W. Spence,. T. G. H. Cawte, F. J. Burt, and Messrs C. G. Lncas (clerk) and R. O. Tomkins (actingengineer). — " ' ' ~v So Red the Lips! a Members of the Emergency Precautions Scheme (Special Police) attended their initial lecture in the Town Hall, Auckland.: The first subject was the prevention of bleeding. According to the book, said the lecturer, pale lips were a sign of in- v ternal bleeding, but, although that was right when the book was published many years ago, it did not apply to the ladies of to-day! [t r s| An 111 Wind The blackout did a good turn for a dispatch rider recently. The siren had gone, and down the main road full tilt came a military motor cyclist. The traffic officer ordered him to stop. The cyclist hesitated, then said: "Oh, all right, this makes a good excuse. I was some minutes late; now I can tell the old man B had to obey the cop." N.Z. Nuirse in Somali land Surprise at the incredible amount of dirt half hidden by beautiful architecture and unnecessary arches nnd monuments is expressed Auckland nurse in a letter descrnfing her new post at Mogadishu, Italian Somaliland, which is now occupied by the British. The nurse, Mass .(• Joyce Oxenham, who was trained at the Auckland Hospital, left for Kenya Colony three years ago. Her family now lives in Australia. Miss Oxenham recently flew from Nairobi to Mogadishu with other British nurses to take over the hospital. The town is full of Italians, Momalis and British occupying troops. The hospital, a set of white wards scattered over the sand near the sea and encircled by a wall, is half a mile away from the {own. The nurses arc the only British women in Mogadishu. Even their quarters and the wards at the hospital were so dirty that they had a hard job cleaning xip when they arrived. The nurses main troubles are lack of green vegetables and the prevalence of flies and ants. ;