Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 57, 31 October 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Surgeon to Visit Whakatane Arrangements have been made by the Bay of Plenty Hospital Board for an orthopaedic surgeon to pay one visit each month to the Whakatane Public Hospital. This will give treatment that Whakatane patients have hitherto not been able to haveAf" ; The surgeon will come from a Gis-. borne Hospital. Additions to Annexe Because of the lack of room in the annexe at the Whakatane District Hospital the Bay of Plenty Hospital Board is to make urgent representations to the Department of Health to hasten the proposed additions. This was decided at the monthly meeting of the Board where it was stated that nearly every available foot of space in the annexe was being used. Whakatane Weather There was a total of 169.2 hours of bright sunshine at Whakatane during last month and a total rainfall of 2.35 inches of which the heaviest fall of .81 inches fell on September 18. Altogether it rained, on 12 days. The highest maximum temperature recorded was 67 degrees farenheit on September 25 while the minimum was 32.4 degrees on September 30. New Air Mail Service From today a new part air mail service from Whakatane to Auckland is to commence. Air mail letters addressed to Auckland or to destinations overseas will go from Whakatane to Rotorua by service car in a mail closing at noon Mondays to Fridays and will go by air from Rotorua to Auckland, arriving there about 5 p.m. This mail will connect with the air mail going overseas early the following morning. Factory Brigade’s Success Fourth place in the aggregate points of the tournament was gained by the Rangitaiki Plains Dairy Factory Volunteer Fire Brigade at the Bay of Plenty Fire Brigade Championships. The brigade gained considerable success in a number of individual events, being second in the Silver Jubilee Shield for the two-man hose and stand pipe, just 4/5 of a second behind Opotiki who were first. In the Hugo Memorial*wj four-man hose they were placed ■ third in close competition. Bonny British Babies Although she said the average adult in Britain was showing the effects of stringent rationing, Miss R. T. Cameron, Nursing Selection officer for the N.Z. Government Immigration scheme, said when she was here last week that in Britain she had seen the finest, healthiestlooking babies she had even seen in her life. Clinics provided cod liver oil, orange, juice and other such necessities free, and school children were all provided with a good meal at school, either free or at a nominal charge.

Annexe Nurses’ Dance Over 200 dancers crowded the floor of the King Street Hall on Saturday night for the popular annual dance of the Whakatane Annexe Nurses. Visitors from many parts of the Bay of Plenty were present. The guests of the evening were Dr E. T. Dawson, Dr A. F*. Cole and Mrs Cole, Dr R. and Akel. Harrison’s orchestra provided/ the music for the dancing and the monte carlo winners were Mr and Mrs G. Thompson, Otakiri. Extras were played at supper time by Miss D. Stewart, and Mr G. Patterson. Supper was served by the annexe nurses and Dr Cole acted as M.C.