General News

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 16 October 1942, Page 4

General News

Hospital's Domestic Staff ' j On the subject of staff difficulties at ‘j Nelson Hospital which was discussed ! 1 at this week’s meeting of the Board. . i“The Other Side” writes stating that a ’! member of the staff who obtained holi- ' day leave on a doctor's certificate tried ■ her best to obtain someone to take her place while she was away. “The work* I er had no need to do this.” adds the j writer, “as the onus is on the hospital [to obtain the staff. The domestic in question also obtained the consent of I the Manpower Board to go on holiday. 'On several occasions this worker tried lo obtain help for the hospital when i the Matron was unable to do so. I j would like the Hospital Board to un- ! derstand that there are always two [ sides in a dispute. - ' Relief Goods for England ; Advices have just been received that a further large shipment of relief gift ; goods sent through the Joint Council I of the Order of St. John and the New ! Zealand Red Cross Society have arriv|ed safely in England. The War Ori ganisation of the British Red Cross Society have asked that publicity be given |to the fact that the goods are a very j welcome gift. It is also stated that they | are not only greatly appreciated, but ) will be most helpful in these days of stress, and especially for the coming ! cold weather. ; Penalties of Pacifism ! “We have had our political and dip- ) lomatic weaknesses, but all have been ! due to pacifist, public opinion,” said Mr j F. G. Ilal l-Jones, district governor of | Rotary, in an address to the Dunedin Rotary Club, reports the “Otago Daily Times.” “Mr Baldwin warned in vain." he added, “that ‘the bomber will always get through’ and that ‘Britain's frontier is on the Rhine.” Mr Cliam- . berlain. when Chancellor of the Exchequer, put through a re-armament vote of £150.000.000, but the money ! could not be spent. Business men re- . j fused to join the despised and hated 1 class of munition manufacturers. When • Lord Londonderry boasted in 1935 that s l he had preserved the bombing plane s I for use in the British Army such was . the howl of indignation throughout , England that he had to be dropped from the Cabinet. , Nesting at the Zoo

A brush turkey at the Auckland Zoo has for the past two months been piling : lip over 50 sacks of leaves into a large I mound which it uses for a nest. Brush , turkeys are natives of New South Wales and Queensland, and the male | bird does all the work in creating the ! nest by scraping up leaves with its j powerful legs. When the mound, which the birds in their natural state often | build as high as 9ft. with a circumfer- ! ence of 50ft, reaches the correct temj perature. the female turkey deposits its eggs in a hole about a foot deep, and the parent birds are then absolvled from all responsibility. The young birds are hatched able to lly and to fer.d for themselves. Another bird which is now sitting on two eggs is the Cape owl. The eggs, however, are bantam eggs, and it is doubtful whether the chicks will be welcomed by their foster-mother, as bantam chicks, unlike owlets, are born feathered, and may be mistaken for the sparrows which form part of the owl's diet. j Not Held Essential The Horowhenua County Council does not see eye to eye with the Counties’ Association in the rrfatter of having county work classed as an essential industry, slates “The Post's’ - Levin correspondent. When a letter asking for its co-operation in the matter was considered the chairman. Mr G. A. Monk, said he thought such a course unnecessary. Members conI curred that only very important enterJ prises should be declared essential and the county work was not one of them, j The Counties’ Association rests its case to some extent on the amount of damage roads are suffering from military traffic and the expense that will be entailed in bringing them back to normal condition. Tobacco as a disinfectant? Anti tobacs laugh at the idea. But if there's nothing in it why do so many doctors smoke? Of course, they may love the ■ weed for its own sake, but" doubtless value it as a safeguard as well, and although constantly exposed to risks they seem to enjoy comparative imnn nit.v from infection. And mark this: During the terrible outbreak of influenza in 1918 in New Zealand it is re ■ corded that of the numerous ambulance I drivers engaged in conveying the sick to hospital, only four were affected and j of these four three were non-smokers! . But if tobacco is to effectually ward off infection it must be good, as of course, it should be in any case if the smoker values his health. And in all respects ’toasted" stand* first and foremost. Not only is it composed of the choicest leaf, but it’s the safest. Toasting does it!— and the famous toasted blends. Cut Plug No 10 (Bullshead). Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog-. Pocket Edition. Riverhead Go’d and Desert Gold are as pure as they are fragrant.’