LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 50, 23 November 1918, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Minister of Public Health states ■that on account of the epidemic it has been decided that the annual ineetinga of the county councils set down for next month are not to be held. The Auckland Savings Bank reopened for business yesterday, says a Press Association telegram, Tho Naval Adviser to tho Now Zealand Government (Captain P. H. HallThompson) notifies in the Gazette that from December ■15 all British ships of Kiflp tons or .upwards not registered in New Zealand and trading out of New Zealand must be fitted with a wireless telegraph installation and carry two certified operators. Sir Walter Buchanan, M.L.C., luis given JEIOO in aid of the relief of sufferers by the influenza epidemic in Masterton.

The alertness of a Boy Scout was exemplified in Ivelburn yesterday as the following goes to show.—A .resident of Boundary Koad was waving a white cloth to a friend somo half-mile away, quite unconscious of the Mayor's request that people in'distress should use this method of attracting assistance. To the surprise of tho Boundary Kotul resident a Boy Scout almost immediately appeared on tho scene inquiring in what manner he could assist. In the Magistrate's Court yosteslny morning, before Mr. F. V. Frazcr, S.M., a man named William Harland was charged with being found helplessly drunk. Inspector Marsaek produced three bottles that had contained chlorodyne; two were empty, and one was half empty. The accused appeared very dazed, and epoko thickly and confusedly. Ho faid he had been taking chlorodyne einco Sunday to relievo an attack of bronchitis, from which he was suffering. The accused was remanded for eeven days for medical treatment. , After recording hie finding in an inquest held yesierday morning, when Mr. .1. J. M'Grath, officer in charge of the Eoseneath and Oriental Bay district, had given evidence as to what iJie committee had done for the deceased and his family, the coroner (Mr, IV V. Frazer) said that ho was glad that Mr. !iad volunteered to give evidence in tho case. He believed that sometimes people complained that proper assistance- was not given in necessitous cases. SomeI times it might happen 'hat a committeo had not been fully informed, or that Romo oversight had occurred, but he believed that Mr. M'Grnth's committee, like tho othor committees about tho city, had been and were doing excellent work, and in this case everything appeared to have been done for tho family. When, ho received the message Mr. M'Grath acted promptly, and it was only by a margin of minutes that the man's life was not saved. They all owod a deep debt of gratitude to tho voluntary workers and the committees which were doing so much, to relievo suffering, .not only from illness, but also in assisting people who would otherwise bo worried over their financial responsibilities.

The following.temporary appointments have been approved by the Camp Commandant at Featherston:—Corpls. A. M. Meyers, P. G. Doyle, L. M. Taylor, F. W. Tothill, Headquarters C.C.s Office, to be temporary.sergeants; Corpl. 15. P. Simcox, Forty-fifth M.R., to bo temporary quartermaster-sergeant; Pte. C. J. Molloy, Lce.-Corpl. H. West, N.Z.M.C, to be temporary corporals; Ptes. J. A. Wilson, W. Brereton, P. Couper, N.Z.M.C, to bo temporary lance-corporals; Corpls. K. Andrews, E. W. Dobson, B Coy., Fortyninth, to be temporary sergeanis; Corpl. J. Reedy, B Coy., Forty-ninth, to bs> temporary sergeant; Lce.-Corpl. R. W. M'Nicoll, B Coy., Forty-ninth, to bo temporary corporal.

, The Mayor (Mr. J, P. Luke) acknowledges receipt of the following donations for the Relief Fund:—Blundell 8r05.,. Ltd., ,£SO; I'.C.W,, <£50; L. Blmidell, £20; D. W. Virtue and .Co., Ltd., .£lO 10s.; Harrisons, Ramsay Proprietary, Ltd., ,£lO 10a.; Hon. W. H. Hemes, £W; G. M. Kebbell, £"a 55.; Mr. Justice Hoskhtg, £0; A; Lindsay, JES; T. Inglis, £2 25.; G.M.W., £2; James R. Foster, £3; S. and A. Ingram, £2 2s. The Mayoress (Mrs. Luke) has received the following:—Joseph Joseph, £1CO; Charles Plimmer, .£SO; Charles Begg and Co., Ltd., ,£25; W. F. Barraud, Mrs.H. Brittain, Mrs. William Reid, Mrs. Rotherhnm, C. A. Allen, and. Colonel Gibbons, each ,£5; Mrs. M. Fitzgerald, JJlfl; Mrs. 'H. Read, £2 25.; "Anonymous," ,£3; "Widow," 10s,; E.M.8.., 55.; "Donation," 4s. od. ' The total to date is ,£750 Gs.

Services will be held at St.' Murk's Anglican Church to-morrow, also at St. Biirnabas's, Ros'eneath. A service will be held in the Methodist Church, Brooklyn, at 3 o'clock. No services will be held in tho Wesley Church, Taranaki Street'. ,

A deadlock lias arisen between the Union Company and the watersiders, enys a Press Association telegram from Auckland, regarding discharge of the Taluuo's cargo (principally bananas), the workers refusing to unload the vessel on account of the epidemic. After consultation between the workers' officers and the Union Company and Dr. Fwngtey, arrangements were made to fumigate the ship and indemnify workers us in the case of the Niagara. Work is starting this morning.

Supplies of oranges and lemons in the auction marts were commandeered by the police yesterday morning, .says a Press Association telegram from Auckland.

There will he no services in St. John's Church to-morrow. Not only are all the school buildings in use for hospital purposes, but part of the church also. Dr. Gibb asks the people of St. John'* to gather as , far as possible in their homes to-mowow morning for tho worship of GBd, to pray for the bereaved, and the great number of sick folk, and to ask that the calamity which has fallen upon the city and the country may 'speedily pass away.

Until the conclusion of peace all restrictions at present in force with regard to the landing of persons in New Zealand will be continued, stated the Minister of Internal Affairs yesterday.

In conversation with a reporter, Mr. J. I. Fox, malinger of the Wellington Returned Soldiers Club, said it was sad to note that every day a number of returned soldiers succumbed to the prevailing epidemic. The activities of the Returned Sojdiers' Association were at a standstill, the whole staff being laid up. So far as tho club was concerned, they have had to carry on as best they could. With the exception of the dining-room, convalescent returned soldiers appreciated having a place vhero they can spend their leisure in comfort. Mr. Fox said he had made.arrangements whereby tho meinbors coulil obtain beef tea at tho clubhouse, and this also was much appreciated. A hairdresser was also in attendance for a couplo of hours each morning. It is hoped to have tho club working again by tho , * middle of next week.

Complaints regarding tho conduct of certain doctors m demanding their fees before they, leave houses at which they have attended patients hayo for some tiino been made to the .chairman of the Auckland Hospital Hoard, Mr. W. Wallace, and the acting-chief health officer, Dr. J. 1 , . Jb'rengley, says the "Star." It is assorted that in some cases fec3 have been demanded before attention lias been given to sick .people. Referring to (lie matter subsequent to a discussion with Dr. I'rcngley, Hγ. Wallace intimated that he would like to be supplied with definito information, so that the complaints oould bo investigated. It would assist tho authorities if persons who had experienced such treatment would make a declaration sotting forth the circumstances. He had received Dr. Frengley's assurance that if the complaints were substantiated he would recommend a full inquiry. Sir. Wallace said lie could not credit that reputable medical, men would be gtiilty of such unprofessional conduct as had been reported from lime to time. If Ilio complaints • ivero true, such conduct should bo exposed in order (o preserve the reputation' of tho medical profession. Light Boots for Summer Wear. Up-to-dato shapes, 225. Gil., 2os. Gd., l!7a. (id. up. Geo. li'owlds, Ltd,, Manners Street. -Advt.

The Naval..Advisor announces that, another mine was found off North Cape on Saturday last, ami was -destroyed.

Satisfactory progress is being made with the erection of tlio extensions to the King George V Military Hospital at Rotorua. The new wards fating the north are finished, and the oiiicers' quarters on (he samu side are nearly completed. The quarters for orderlies, on the western side, are finished and occupied. The new workshops are in course of erection, and when tJi*jf are ready th« building now used as a workshop will bo used us orderlies' quarters.

A remarkable coincidence in the experience of two returned soldiers is reported. The two soldiers fought together in the Battle of Messines, in which both were wounded, each losing a limb as a result. -After a time in hospital in Franco, they became separated. Their next meeting was brought about as a result of the epidemic in Auckland, as the two comrades in arms occupied adjoining beds in the Technical College temporary hospital.