Maori Triplets.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 August 1938, Page 4

Maori Triplets.

Triplets born to Mr and Mrs Mohi Gerrard, Maori settlers living in an isolated part of the East Coast, will have to receive special treatment, preferably by a Karitane Home, to survive, in the opinion of the district nurse. The home is so isolated that it is difficult to arrange for proper medical attention and facilities for the rearing of the babies, who are not under the care of the Waiapu Hospital Boaid. The Tairawhiti Maori Land Board has granted a substantial sum which will be used in outfitting the babies if they are sent to a Karitane Home.

Societies and Security Bill. Consideration of the Social Security Bill was the principal business before a special meeting of the Dominion Friendly Societies’ Council held in Wellington yesterday. Interviewed last night, Mr A. G. Shrimpton, secretary of the council, said that no statement was available for publication dealing with the business done at the meeting of the attitude of friendly societies toward the Bill. It is understood that representatives of the council will confer today with Cabinet Ministers regarding the proposals embodied in the Bill. A Salvage Setback. Salvage operations on the tug Te Awhina met with a setback yesterday morning, when the vessel slipped back 30 feet off a mud bank after having been moved further inshore on a rising tide. Salvage work has been suspended until a channel has been dredged through a mud bank. So far it has been impossible to inspect the tug’s hull for damage caused when the vessel fouled the starboard propeller of the Essex. To refloat the Te Awhina the damaged portion of the hull will be covered with a collision mat, upon which men were working yesterday.