NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 716, 15 January 1910, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By, . Telegraph.—Press. Association.) : ' ; \ ; •''.:' NEW HOSPITALS :ACT.v—.;':';;'- ;; . s /■■the'ionistee's .hopes."/-;.';'-,'/''" _ Auckland, January: U. ; ■ The' Hon. G; IWlds, interviewed, said 1 •the first election under-the new Hospitals; '. Act:■will take- plaoe about'MarchY when.■'";'■ each: contributory local. authority. will'; ■ elect a representative according to I its/ population and.rateable value. The tiomi-'-. ■'■:■' native, system will; then be abolished,and/,' the; board , members bo elected -by the ■/' ratepayers..." The Minister hopes 'to .see. '['; hospital: boards tako. oyer from. ; the local, Y. : bodies:, the "responsibilities- in ..regard to /'.:■ the' Public Health Act..; ; ' Under the-pro^ - ; .-. visions' of * the. new Acti he hopes to see : , .'• •maternity wards' provided at. all country '■■".' ;'■' hospitals. ! With'-a view to encouraging' . country; girls to corrie in.ior training, ana.'•■' ■go- .back, go'their • districts to practise, he/ proposes to allow such..j girls, to-obtainl •'.■' training ■ free of cost, provided the}* are ■'. .'• recommended by a: hospital<bo'ard'and- :: -' parantee. to ..practise in-any. part of the'hospital district to which .they may/ bo' ; - sent;• for at.least:two years.' St. ; Helens- : '<■' nurses.will.also.be allowedto fiaish'mid- : training. in. the backblocks. The Minister hopes.for:excellent results from .''■;. the, system of setting- up.'special coin--, : mittees of public-spirited people in: con-' nection' with'hospital boards.; !.."■.•■.■■:•'■''■'.''■■/. •'. ;UNDrFOR,SETTLEMENT.;;;-- :: --.'■/ '■■■'■■ l - : '/i; '..Napiero:January'll.-■ v : The,Land-Board toJay considered tl»/ subdivisions! .'plan'.•'.. of -' the : .Clydebank ''■•'' Estate.- near ; Wairoa,'.which will probably '' - be offered for:selection .in -Marct./T-;;;-CHARGE OF: ATTEMPTED/SUICIDE/// ■;."'-'■■ : f : * : • Napier, January 14;.' -.? Joseph O'Connell,: a v labourer, middle- /- aged, .was .remanded-.at;the''Magistrate's : ' Court..to-day, 'on' a. charge of '.attempted '■' V suicided -It;- appears ■' thai -last night'hejumped off the;breastwork: of'the 'iron-'.. ■ pot into"the': inner, harbour, but toob.ta .'■■'-■ .swimming:' when.. in the,.water/.: : : '///A- '■■' //^ABSCONDER/^ ■ 4* ;,/'■/„/ .'Dunedin, I ;January:' : li'"/; ■ V'lri r the. Magistrate's ■ Court to-day: Do- '- ,aid:MTKenzie,.the absconding clerk,,who '- arrested in\ Perth- and 'extradited, ! ' pleaded -guilty.- to a charge of theftot ■■'■■' '£85,: the property*.of'ithe : Dunedin City.'-.'.:•'.' Corporation,.-.and forging • a ,voucher' for/ the. receipt, of ,£504.'-; Prisoner'' wasVeom-'::-mitted •;;.';-;-' : ;',/ :;.-:>: > -.-. ■.;./' '/'; // 01 L;WElili \ ALIfiHT^V^-i ■ V ■ New PlyrhouthjJannary li//// By some means gas escaping from No. 1' ■ bdre;-.at',tho Taranaki Petroleum: Com-:/ . panyV: .works, was,, ignited ■ at 1.30 . this ■- afternoon while boring operations were.in ;■"•■ progress at a,depth of nearly.3oooft, ..The i whole workswere in imminent;dahger f0r.... some, hours,: but'tho.outbreak'was even-' tually suppressed. ; Larg'e'.gangs : of men . worked strenuously, : ■ smothering the ! bore " with, clay.-. 'The oil ■: wellslwere ■ visited -' ; latcr;>y'the:Hcm.,Gr:;i?owlds.»: The. dam--' age was "ultimately found to be venp ■' ■ trifling. ;[',■■, : :.'.; •;..-;;,- v , .;;.;:.':/;■;-f ;■':%;''': ■-... '/; ■ •■,..;:;-;;;,; -.';■',.-; Auckland,V January"; 'iii'-'M . : A.,five-roomed house'- at' Eemuera,' oi'•'cupied by W;' ,H. Bobinson,' an^.owned' ,' by-;E. : :,L.''-Cleland,.was totally;'destroyed '".■■ by. firo,last night.; A• similar.' cottage: t&t't joining was ■ damaged; to>tte'.;eitentVof ■:■;■ £100.; The" insurances' '■'■ were, JE2SO 'jvt (he; -Phoenix' office Von .each of .tie i cottages," onthoftmiitDje.inytbi'twobnildiiiga: £8B- ■'.■ in. the: : New/Zealand and; £100 in : tha : TTnited;Office:'::':.: ; JZU'X ;V : " ; > : ; ':"':'■'■