LATE NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 October 1918, Page 3

LATE NEWS.

“I consider that influenza, like many other diseases, is more contagious when it is in the convalescent- stage,” said a prominent citizen to a Wellington Times reporter. “The epidemic has been prevalent in the military camps, and I think it advisable that the weekly dances that are hold in Wellington for soldiers should he discontinued until the disease has been stamped out.”

Writing to his mother, Sergt. L. W. Louisson, son of Mr. T. Louisson says: ‘.‘During the past- few month? I have had a god deal to do with the Yanks. They are a fine and willing lot and think a great deal of our "Boys. They have such a quaint way of saying things. A while ago one of them show ed mo a letter that he was writing home to his brother in Chicago. Olio of the many amusing passages I read went something like this:—“You tell me in your letter there are a great many aeroplanes being built in our town and that sometiffes you can see three or four flying over the city. You think that great, do you? Well just let me tell you that the aeroplanes are so thick in the sky here that- the,birds have to coine down and walk.”

“Jerusalem is the filthiest city I have ever seen,” said a seasoned New Zealand trooper, who has seen many Eastc-’ v cities and towns. “1 ean’t get the smell of the place out of my nostrils. It vines buck every time I think of the Holy City. There is no attempt at drainage anywhere.. The people jtist throw their rubbish out in the streets where it is worried b.v mangy dogs and ningny children. Ugh! Don’t talk tome about Jerusalem the Golden. I’m afraid its upset a lot of the Sunday School ideas we had a bout "the place. The Garden of Gethsemane is all right, but it doesn’t hold a candle to the Botanical Gardens' here, (in Wellington). The Kaiser’s Church on the. hill is one of the- best things in the place. Since we got hold of Jerusalem some improvements have been made in the district, mostly in road construction. A splendid new road hits been constructed between Lud and Jerusalem with the aid of native labour.” Work is to bo begun shortly on th-~ consumptive sanatorium that is to be erected for tho Defence Department atHatuma, near Waipuknrau, in the Hawke’s Bay district. The main block of buildings will bo 300 ft. long, and will, contain ono ; two, and three-bed

wards for soldier patients who require constant attention. There will he wide verandahs and corridors, with separate storage accommodation for kits, linen rooms, bathrooms and lavatories. The kitchen and dining blocks, running at right angles to {he- centre of the main building comprise separate diningrooms for officers, patients, and orderlies, and separate serving, and washing-up rooms. Ample provision is made for fresh air and for the separate storage of patients’ dishes. In tho kitchen there is excellent storage and modern cooking appliances. There is also an administrative building in the form of a detached wing of the main .building. It comprises offices, labratory, visitors’ waiting-room etc. On the corresponding wing are the sleeping quarters of the n.c.o.’s and orderlies. Connected by verandahs with the main buildings are sunny two-bed shelters, and dotted about the grounds are the single-bed shelters for patients who require less attention than those in the wards. The site of the new sanatorium is a sunny, sheltered knoll, surrounded by about 350 acres of pleasant undulating country .