Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 96, 19 February 1947, Page 5

Local & General

L.P. Branch Meetings As advertised in a recent issue, the ordinary meeting of the Whakatane branch of the N.Z. Labour Party will recommence as from tomorrow evening and will be held in the Methodist Hall.

Hospital Milk Supply On Mr McCready’s motion’ the Hospital Board has decided to investigate the whole question of milk wastage at the institution, arising from the introduction of pasteurised bottled milk, for consumption by patients.

House Frames Going Up Almost everywhere one looks in the Borough new house frames appear to be going up. There appears to be every indication for what one prominent man said. recently to a BEACON representative, that within three years he fully expected the population of Whakatane to be 5000. Food For Britain The value of coupons for rationed commodities handed in for cancellation at the Post Office, Whakatane, for the period 10th-15th February, 1947, was as under: Sugar nil; tea nil; butter 3£lbs; meat 18s 2d; fats nil. The total to date is now: Sugar 171bs; tea 121bs; butter 211£lbs; meat £207 10s 3d. '

Training of Male Nurses

The Whakatane Hospital Board has received notification from the Health Department, that prevision has now- been made to train male nurses along similar lines of those adopted for Nursing Aids. Persons interested were asked to contact the Nurses and Midwives. Registration Board, Wellington.

Thornton Scout Display

Residents are reminded of the display and dance social by the Thornton Scouts and Cubs to be held in the local hall on Saturday, March Ist at 8 p.m. The boys who are in the process of being trained for the forthcoming Rally at Opotiki, can be depended upon to. give a good account of themselves.

Hospital Statistics Statistics presented to the monthly meeting of the Tauranga Hospital Board for the Te Puke and Katikati hospitals revealed the following : Te Puke hospital: Admissions 17, discharges 8, average 9.5; Katikati hospital: Admissions 9, discharges 8, remaining patients 3 and average 2.6.

Guide Movement in Malay States An interesting and instructive address will be given in the Parish Hall tomorrow evening by Senior Guides Codlin and Bawn, who have recently returned from the Malay States after assisting to re-establish the movement there. The general public is invited, but a special invitation is extended the youth organisations of town and country to attend.

Doctor For Te Whaiti

In answer to an enquiry the Whakatane Hospital Board has been notified by the Health Department, that Te Whaiti has been designated a special medical area in which Dr. Allan Gort would be operating. Mr H. C. McCready at last Thursday’s meeting intimated that the Maoris in Te Whaiti had received excellent treatment from the Rotorua Hospital, and had actually signed a petition objecting to being severed from that district. The Board decided to make further enquiries. Women’s World Day of Prayer ' We would remind our readers that the Women’s World Day of Prayer for Missions will be Friday, February 21. The theme for the service is “Make straight in the desert a highway for our God,” and the offertory is to be forwarded to the Churches’ Missionary Fund in India. The programme has been prepared by Mrs Isabel Caleb, member of the faculty of Ewing Christian College, Allahabad, India. The local service this year is to be held in St. George’s Anglican Church at 2.30 p.m.