LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 August 1929, Page 5

LATE LOCALS.

The death took place at the West- ' port hospital at six o’clock..oii .Friday, • % evening of Mrs ,L:--Brown, wife of Mr y/ T. Brown, late '.ofvthe ..Harbour'- Boardtug staff, after a short 1 illness. De- :' ceased, who was 55 years 'of . age,, was y a daughter of Mr John Berlin,' and.jji ' native of Westport. She leaves a : sor- yV rowing husband, and one aged 13 years. . : . ;V----y , . ' • r 'v At Christchurch a reward of £250 is offered .by the State Fire Insurance Office and the Underwriters’ Association for information to be supplied to * the police which will lead to the conviction of the incendiarist. If there is more than one claimant the reward will be apportioned. A cablegram has been received by -'' the Dominion Observatory,, from the - 7 Melbourne' 6bsefvatory[anfiouncing/the discovery of a comet on August 2nd. at 22hr : 54.7 min. \ Its position on dis- M covery was'R.'A. ,21hr’16min 4.6 sec J: Ay ideclination, 12 deg 45’: miii 41 sec.UrtE south. Its magnitude wfis 13.5-(invis- '4U ible to the naked eye), ■ and' it had ; • planetary motion. V !, It was recently reported that some .'i radium needles hail been lost in tlierr* ; Clu'istchurch Hospital, and all efforts to trace them had been unavailing. should interest the Christchurch Hospital authorities to learn that a similar loss was recently sustained at the Perth (West Australia) Hospital, but was eventually recovered. In the Perth case the precious needle was . mislaid whilst a patient’s bandage was being changed. A minute -examination .of \ every ward in which the patient was being treated was made; the contents of the incinerator were examined and microscopically scrutinised, the whole staff joining in the task. An electroscope was applied to the ashes of the incinerator, and the presence of radium i . was indicated, but still, the needle evaded detection. Then a patient, who was undergoing treatment, offered his . services as a dry-blower. An old alluvial digger accustomed-to the work, lie ‘ began on the huge collection of ashes and rubbish, and after many days', of unremitting toil he discovered' the needle (worth about £SO). The digger , , was asked to accept something for his services, but he declined even his railway fare back to the goldfields.

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