BOMBAY.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 20, 12 March 1915, Page 3

BOMBAY.

Record entries have been received fur the Bombay Jubilee Sports, to be h= ld on Thursday next. Everything points towards the meeting being a success. The Kohanga Maori and will reiider items on the ground during the 'lay. Coiches will meet the early trains from Auckland at Drury. During the course of his visit to Bombay on Tuesday Messrs It. Donovan, W, H. Ar.derton and W. Vince wailed on the Prime Minister, Mr Massc-y, and asked iT it would be possible for the Government to arrange for a mid-wife to reside pern arisrlly in BomLay district. Tiny staled that there was only one !:tdy in ihe district i upon whom thty could depend for such cases, and she was not certi- | fuated. In many ir.scar.cea they had ! ti bring a nurse cither from Pukekohe ur Papakura to carry cut the duties. —Mr Maasey said he was not very well versed in the matter. He understood that nurses were sent by the Government only to tne backblocks districts, but tie would confewith the Health Department and would let them know the result later, Whilst in I'uki.koiiL on Tuttidiiy ~,• Mi v sey wa? interviewed by M I; ' Wcfcsici (president uf (he ((.,•: [/.! il Uunnnerce) and Mr F. t'lrkin.' ■ :• c-prcsidfiit), who lyade tI, L : ::,!nt that although written ; . ~ , : i-, . ago the Postal Dcpart- • !;.. • ' ken no action towards extendi :-; me opening hours ut the i'ukekuhe Telephone E-'xhange lu 10 p.m. The deputation pointed out that ijy virtue of Hie cumber of subscribers) exceeding 100 the Departments regulations provided f,.,r the additional hour of opening instead of closing as now ut (■ p.m. Jhe Prime Minister promised that ur, lna return lu Wellington he would comrnutiiLatu wilb the Foetal Dtparlutsnl m utui I! j- the BUggeeied additional telephone taeiiitits e'hoyid hp furtcconiiog •. withcut farttofr delff/.