LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 3 May 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

•i Vital Statistics I Last month s vital statistics show- ! ed an increase. in births and deaths. | J?he figures as supplied by the reg- J ! istrar, Mr. H. J. Henderson fOr/Aprilj j are as -follows, those for the same j j month of laSt year being given ih j parenrheses : Births 16 (10), deaths; (3), marriage notices 6 (7) and •rnarriages by the registrar 4 (0). j 1 £30 for R.S.A. Memorial ! At the ourset of tne Levin R.S.A. 's j | apj)eai for £10,000 to erect a memorial hail aild. club rooms, the Levin | I Horneservic'ernen's Association pled- | ged ifcs supporL This promise was ' ii'mplemented recently With the; i noxding of a highly successf ul back I to chiidhood dance, as a result of which £30 will be handed over for' the memorial hall ftmd. ' Casualties and Otitpatieftts The totai attendances at the easualty and outpatient department of the Palmerston North Hospital for the past year were 19,211, a considerabie increase over laSt year's figure of 14,814. Theie" is still a large number of attendances of army and air force personnel, a^total of 2524 attending this year. The work of this department has been considerably improved by the new iaciii- ; ties m the outpatient block. Year's Fire Alarms During the year ended March 31, 1946, the Levin Vohmteer Fire Brigade ' attended to twelve ' calls, according to the annual report made to the Levin Fire Board by • its secretary (Mr.. F. P. Walkley). ; Twb oi the calls were • of a major nature, one in a drapery store, and the other. in a paint shop. These hres accounted fpr.-a fire lass for uhe year of £1180; ,;the' remainder of • the calls being grass or chimney iires and false alartns. Off the Def aulters List - I The milder weatner during the past few days, coinbined ivith the eiforts of CdnsUmerSi has resulted s in the Horowhenua • El'ectric Power1 Board being removed from the list of those suppiy authorities who have exceeded their allocation of electricity. In .consequence day- : time and early eVening cut-offs of 1 ; power were not necessary on Wed- j nesday or- yesterday. An "appeal is j ! made to consumers to continue to j save electricity Whereyer possible, 1 thus enabling the board to kdep : within its allocation and rernove the ; neeessity for drastie rationing.

Widow Awarded £3810 I The heafing was .concluded in the | Palmerston North Supreme Court | yesterday, in the action in which | Patricia Mary Gifkins, of Mangaj tera (Dannevirke) , •olaimed . from j the Railway foy j the death .of}'m#a:^sband' whf;Ch [ occurred as the re&ult 0f a~collision oetween an engine and a jigger ! on August 18, 1945. .The jury's ver- : dict was for 13810 general aird £20 ' special damages. A flofi-suit point i raised by Mr. G. I; McGregor, coun- ! sel for the CroWn, has not yet been l decided. • Infectious Diseases "In regard to th't infectious dis--eases figure the number of scarlet fever patients has again been Very high. Dtiring the past two years scarlet fever has sftdwn epidefnic tendencies and the number of admissions has been considerably nigher than in previotis years," said he medical superintendent (Mr. j. H. North) in his annual report to une Palmerston North Hospital Board. '"The diphtheria figure is slightly higher, t-he other infectious diseases showing a relatively low incidence." Numbcrs" admitted during ohe year ending March 31, 1946: Diphtheria 61, SCariet fever 127, cerebto-spinai meningitis 10, typhoid fever 2,-hydatid 7, dysentery 25, erysipelas 12, undiilaiit fever 1, Duberculosis 150. ■ Fire Danger in Fibrolite ; At' the quarterly meeting of the Levin Fite Board last ' evehing, the chairinan (Mr, F1. Parker j di'ew the attention of members to a section of his annual report deaiing witli the alleged dahger during fii'es in buildings incorporating a' farge proporfcion of flbrolite eonstruction. He explained that under intense heat this material expanded and exploded with terrific force, creating a danger to hremen and adjacent property from flying fragmehts. In | the course of discussion of the mat- i ter, cases were quofced of recentj fires at Te Awamutu and Whakatu, where this feffeebiiad been observed. j The chaiTman reCommended in his report that methods be sought to deal with this danger in an effective fashion, aild -the superintendent (Mr. W, S. Salmons) was instructed to act aecordingly.