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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 402, 8 April 1937, Page 4

PATIENTS’ FEES. Concerning the fees received from pathnls per occupied bed, the secretary, Mr T. E. Penn, stated at the. qp cial meeting of the Stratford Hospital Board las., evening that Whaka Lane and Gore hospitals, in a group of 18, with approximately the same number of occupied beds as Stratford/, were the only institutions that had coll cted more than Stratford. Whukatane had obtained £99 a bed, Gor ( £9l, and Stratford £B9 9s. LOST FOR FIFTY YEARS. To have lost a smoothing plane moyi' than 50 years ago, and to have had it returned to him, was the ex p riunce of Mr Peter Comrie, of W .n ganiii. While working on his. first job in Wanganui, which was the con struction of the A.M.P. building in the Avenue, Mr Comrie lost the plane, which had his name on it. Dur ing recent renova'jcns to th: building ..'orkmen found the plane and re urned it to its ouner. NURSES’ SALARIES. “There is no doubt that the salaries of nurses are inadequate,” remark d Mr. A. 80. ’le at, the Tu-akau Town Board meeting, when Mr. G. A. Parvin, a member of the Auckl nd Hospital Board, spoke on t’he activities >f that institu ion. “Absolutely; they are the rnos. sweated occupation in New Zealand,” said the chairman, Mr G. Arrowsmith. “No ratepayer would object to an increase in he payment of salaries to nurses or probationers,” he added. CORONATION DAY. Coronation Day. Miay 12. will be observed as a holiday by all Govern m nt depantments ar.H by the schools. The - Government has also Invited all local bodies and private employers to legard the day as a holiday for their staffs. It has also •een d cided, that all schools, through the Education Department, should be asked to recognise and explain to scholars on the day 11 fore ICoro l , a ion Day, the significance of the Coronation. It has been decided that ‘he pupils of each school should assemble at 9 a.m. on Corona: ion Day and, after some suitable ceremony should be allowed to disperse for the remainder of the day.

FOR DEtiT. Judgment, for pTJntiffs. by default was entered by Mr W, 11. Woodward, S.M., at the Stratford Court thia morning in the following undfeftilled civil claims; —Standard Timber Co. v. Percy George, £l4 2s (cos.s £2 18s); W. S. Currie r. A. E. J. Wiliianison; £2 ISis Gd iBt). MAINTENANCE PROCEEDINGS. For failure to pay moneys, under a inaint.nance order, F'aser Ste.Jart was convicted and sentenced to two mon hs’. imprisonment nt the S'a-at-lord Court this morning, .the warrant to be suspended so lonj at defendant pays current main!., nance £1 per week and 2s Gd per week off arrears. NEW ZEALAND STATE LOTTERY? that the New Zealand . Government vUs seriously consider ing the ea.ah'ishnrent of a Sta e lothery was made by Hon. -T. F. O’Byrne, M.L.C., of inver argill, wh n visiting Queensland i i.cuitly. According to Mr OByne, who was interviewed by a representative of the Brisbane B Telegraph, tl ere i: also a likelihood I I hat Queensl <nd labour laws, which i have worked sat i-sfac'iorily, v.'ill 1> ( » - adopted in New Zealand. DEER-STALKING SPORTj , The New Zealand record red deer ■ head was for many years a 24-pointer, I ' which was secured in the Rakaia forI est in 1917, but a new record has now "(been set from Palmerston North dis- | trict. During last week Mr. G. G. j Buckman, of Umotoi, secured a 25- | pointer in the Pohangina area. It is j particularly heavy and of the Warn- ; ham Court type, and is a typical bush I head. i j ! PRICE OF COPPER. I The recent rise in the price of cop--1 j per was reflected in the tenders received by the Auckland Power Board tor the supply of cable. Tenderers were required to submit quotations on the basis of £6O a ton for copper, this price to be corrected to the market price on the date of acceptance of the tender. At this date the market price was £79 a ton, with the result that a tender of £5lO came to £555/18/4, and another of £lBOO to I £2187/18/4.