DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 November 1928, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

RELIEF OF DISTRESS

AUCKLAND’S BIG BILL

By Telegraph—Per Press Association.)

AUCKLAND, November 7

Poverty is knocking so persistently at Auckland’s door that it is estimated by the chairman of the Auckland Hospital Board (Air William Wallace), who is competent to judge, of the position, Unit the city’s relief of distress bill aggregates £190.000 a year. This rather startling figure includes charitable aid, which promises to reach £•12.000 this year, and the value ot food and clothing distributed week in and week out by the benevolent societies.

“For the year 1923 the Board paid £18.600 in relief, while for the first six months of the present year we have paid £21,000,” explained Air AY a I lace. “Reports from officers of the Board show that there has been practically no falling off in the number of applicants for assistance, and if we continue as we are doing we will spend C 12,000 this year. In view of the Board’s experience it would ho interesting to know the gross amount paid by the various social organisations operating in and around the city it would I>e out of the way to say that it runs to probably £IOO,OOO a year.- ’

A. AND P. SHOW

CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 8

Glorious weather prevailed for People’s Day at the A. and P. Show and thousands attended from all over Canterbury, as well as hundreds of visitors from oilier parts, taking part in Carnival Week.

THE DA RAVIN MEDAL. WELLINGTON. Nov. 9

Re the award of the Darwin Medal to Dr Cockayne, the medal which is accompanied by a grant of £IOO. is given biennially in reward of work of acknowledged distinction especially in bioiogv in tin' field, in which Darwin himself laboured. The award may bo either to a British subject or foreigner. and without distinction of sex. The Darwin medal has been awarded among others to Alfred Russell Wallace 1890; Sir J. D. Hooker. 1802; T. IT. Huxley. 1891 : Ernst TJaechel, 1900: Francis Gallon. 1902; William Bateson. 1901: August AYest Alnim. 1008; Francis Darwin. 1012: A'ves Deluge, 1016: Thos. H. Morgan. 1021: Duekinfield Henry Scott. 1926. Cockayne’s is the twentieth medal awarded.