Infectious Diseases.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 March 1939, Page 4

Infectious Diseases.

For the week ended yesterday, ten cases of infectious disease and one death, from tuberculosis, were reported to the Wellington office of the Health. Department for the central Wellington area. There were four cases of tuberculosis, three of septic abortion, two .of diphtheria, and one case of erysipelas. Homer Tunnel Problem.

The purpose of the visit of inspection which is to be paid to the Homer tunnel on March 21 by the Minister of Public Works, the Hon R. Semple, accompanied by the Chief Engineer of the Public 'Works Department, Mr J. Wood, -is to determine whether it is practicable to carry out work during the winter months. “Winter work would involve a tremendous amount of pumping,” Mr Semple explained in an interview. “Mr Wood and. I want to convince ourselves that the job can be continued with safety. We are trying to make it as safe as possible, trying to protect the men against avalanches.” Burning of Sheep. ,

An extraordinary accident occurred to a mob of 138 .ewes brought by rail from Te Kuiti for the Taumarunui livestock sale. While the sheep were being driven from the railway yards at Taumarunui to the sale they strayed through an open gateway to Winstone's brick and tile works. About 100 of the ewes walked on to an extensive bed of hot ashes, which had been spread about lin in depth over the surface of a portion of the furnace yard. Most of the sheep, as soon as they felt their feet burning, sat down in the ashes, and this made matters worse. It was found necessary to kill about 30 of the sheep. Valuable Gifts.

“Our order is deeply indebted to those men and women of goodwill we call our benefactors who have endowed us so richly that we might be enabled to carry out our humanitarian work,” said Canon Coats when speaking at a special service attended by the commandery and members of the St John Ambulance-Association and Brigade at St Matthew’s Church, Auckland. “Only within the last few days two splendid gifts have been made to our order,” he said. “The happiness clubs in the Auckland area have given to the order what is to be known as a trailer ambulance or travelling hospital, a splendid gift into which has been put the goodwill of thousands of women and men in and around the city.” There was also a deep sense of gratitude to Mrs .Bertha Wilson, who had intended to provide a new ambulance and trailer in commemoration of her father, the late Sir Edwin Michelson. However, as the trailer had been given by the happiness clubs she had decided to give to the order two ambulances. These constituted a splendid and opportune gift-

“Bachelor sea-captain weds,” reads an announcement. We wonder how he likes taking orders from his first mate!