TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 December 1922, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

SV TELEGRAPH —I'UBSS ASSN., COP/RIGHT. POINTING A REVOLVER. WELLINGTgON, December 14. John Angland, ship’s fireman, charged with pointing a revolver at man, claimed to have found it. He also carried a seaman’s discharge in a name not his own, which he also said he had found. He w’s fined £5 and also imprisoned for one month for carrying the revolver and being in possession of an unregistered firearm. BOARD OK HEALTH. WELLINGTON, Dec 13. A meeting of the Board of Health was held to-dav; the Hon C. J. Parr (Minister of Public Health) presiding. The question of carrying out the recommendations of the- recent commission on maternity mortality was discussed, and some interesting figures were furnished by the Health Department showing the number of deaths from puerperal septicaemia, and how they were distributed between public hospitals, private hospitals, and private homes. The Statistics indicated that a much larger proportion of maternity mortality occurred when con- > finements • took place in private homes: The Board asked the Department for further information with regard to the inspection of such cases. The recent report on venereal diseases furnished by the committee of the Board was also discussed at some length. The Board unanimously adopted the report and eulogistic references were made to the good work done by the Hou W. H. Triggs (chairman), and the other members of the com’"T resolution was passed, recommending the Government to legislate as early as possible on the lines laid down in the report which includes a recommendation that notification m V.D. cases be made compulsory.