DOMINION NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2311, 2 October 1908, Page 3

DOMINION NEWS.

[Press Association.] AUCKLAND, October 1. At a meeti-ng of the Hospital Board to-night, it was decided to draw the attention of the Government to the ■necessity for more stringent .examination as to the health and financial position of immigrants. In the course of tlie discussion it was shown that during the last six years 50 cases, involving 9-1 persons, had become a charge on the rates, all these being recent immigrants. Included in these were 17 cases of consumption. WELLINGTON, October 1. Tlie following is Captain Edwin’s weather forecast to 3 p.m. to-morrow : Strong winds to gale from tlie eastward, probably with rain at most places northward of East Cape, Taupo, and Manuka Heads ; moderate to strong from the northward, but generally fine, elsewhere. Mr. Hector McLeod, who has done much exploring of the sandhills at Miramar and Seatoun, has just been successful in securing some leg hones and part of tho pelvis of a small moa. Tho bones of the bird were found associated with Maori adzes and chisels in a cave near which some workmen were quarrying. Two caves at Karaka Bay have been discovered, and are expected to yield some important relics. CHRISTCHURCH, October 1. Up to yesterday tho Arthur’s Pass tunnel had been driven ail 730 ft. Dr. Finch, District Health Officer, is a strong believer in the present niodo of carrying on tho operations of the local society which lias voluntarily shouldered ‘ the responsibility of spreading knowledge tending to the preservation of infant life. Speaking at the Choral Hall last night, the doctor said it would he a thousand pities if a work of such a character were placed under the control of the Government Department. He was at a loss to conceive which particular branch of State undertakings it could bo controlled by. It might ho by the Health Department, or it might be by the Mines Department, or Stock Department. The corporation of Invercargill lias written to the Christchurch City Council asking its co-operation in obtaining a modification of the Scaffolding Act, 1906, in the direction of giving the inspectors discretionary powers as to tlie bedding of scaffolding poles in asphalt. It was pointed out that this regulation meant useless damage to asphalt footpaths, as the poles "could be secured just as well in most cases without resorting to this method. On the arrival of tho s.s. Malieno at Lvttelton this morning, Detective Hammond arrested a seaman on a charge of assaulting the polico at Port" Chalmers yesterday. The man was sent south by the express.