THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1919. EDITORIAL NOTES.

Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 10 October 1919, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1919. EDITORIAL NOTES.

Paraparaumu : District Nurse. Residents of Paraparaumu and district arc to be congratulated on the ! success of their efforts to secure a disi trict nurse. Sister Ongley, who was I recently appointed to the position by I the Wellington Hospital Board, will . arrive at Paraparaumu on Monday j next, and take up her duties at once. , We understand that this is the first instance where a district nurse has been appointed along this coast under these conditions. The nurse will be under the control of the Hospital Board, but ' a district committee has been appointed, which controls the guarantee fund, and acts generally as an advisory committee. Sister Ongley’s services will be available anywhere in the Paraparaumu district. Fees are, of course, charged, , but these are most reasonable, and, in certain cases, payment may be made in part, or foregone altogether, in accordi ance with the patient’s financial posi- ; tion. In scattered districts such as i Paraparaumu, many miles away from a ; resident doctor, the district nurse will • doubtless prove a great boon to the 1 residents. In emergencies the nurse ' will be able to take charge of patients , until a doctor can be summoned, while in many other cases she will be able ; to do all that is necessary, thus saving I mu*h unnecessary delay and expense in i securing a medical practitioner from a great distance. Waikanae district now . has everything in readiness for the appointment of a nurse on similar condi- ; tions to the Paraparaumu appointment, ! and in all probability applications will j be called for the position very shortly. I Much interest is being taken in the cxj periment, which, we feel sure, will result in conferring a great boon to the ! residents of the scattered districts 1 named, and in all probability other disI tricis will follow the example of ParaJ paraomu and Waikanae. j Totalisator Figures. During-the year ended 31st March, 1919, the sum of £3,732,479 IDs was passed through the totalisator, and investors received back in dividends £5,002,772 12s. The diffwencc—viz., £729,706 ISs—was disposed of as follows: The Government received £272,313 4s 3d, of which £143,311 19s 9d ' represented 2} per cent tax on the total I investments, and £129,001 4s 6d was the j dividend tax of 6d in the pound. The , clubs received the balance of the I £729,706 ISs—viz. £457.393 13s 9d-~ which is made up of £4291135 39a 3d, ! | being 7} per cent of the totalisator [ turnover and £27,457 14s 64 unpaid ; fractions. “I desire to call your alien* . tion to the large sum the fractions _ amount to —viz. £27,457 14s 04 —equal io over £ll6 for each day’s racing,” states the Inspector of Totalise tors in his annual report to the Department of Internal Affairs. “In my opinion clubs hove no just claim, for such fractions, i and they should-be paid into the Cun- t solidated Fund and the money ear- » wg.Tked for some good purpose.”