LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 July 1941, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Heavy Frost in Masterton. A' frost of 15 degrees was registered in Masterton this morning. A black frost was experienced in Eketahuna.

Six Soldier Sons.

Mrs E. Thompson, of Maeroa, Waikato, has six soldier sons on active service and all have reported themselves safe and well.

Farm Hand Injured. Mr S. Smythe, an employee of Mr Ralph Tatham, Homewood, was admitted to the Masterton Hospital this morning with injuries to his hand received in an accident on the farm. Two of his fingers were amputated. His condition is satisfactory.

Collection of Waste Material. Matters in connection with the collection of waste material are to be discussed in Masterton on Monday, when Mr J. M. A. Hott, a member of the National Council of Waste Material will visit the town. Mr Hott will meet the Mayor, Mr T. Jordan, and others interested in the matter.

Sickness in Trantham Camp. There were always a few cases of infectious disease in camp, but the number at Trentham at present was rather higher than normal and it was necessary to take the greatest care that infection should not spread through the camp, said the Minister of Defence, Mr Jones, last night. There were at present 47 cases of measles and 10 of mumps, he added. He understood that none of them was serious.

State Medical Service.

Commenting on reports from Dunedin that some doctors there were prepared to give practitioner service under the Government’s scheme, the chairman of the National Health Insurance Committee of the New Zealand branch of the British Medical Association, Dr J. P. S. Jamieson, Nelson, said in an interview last night that the number of doctors throughout the Dominion who had joined the scheme had not altered appreciably since last March. No actual denial was given by the president of the Otago division of the New Zealand branch of the 8.M.A., Dr Lawson, when the rumours were mentioned to him, says a Dunedin Press Association message.

Waiouru Military Camp. Rumours that no more men were to be sent to Waiouru military camp this winter were denied yesterday by the Minister of Defence, Mr Jones. “We have a fine camp at Waiouru, with modern amenities that make it equal to, or perhaps even better than, the camps at Papakura, Trentham and Burnham,” he said. “Naturally, therefore, we wish to make full use of Waiouru. We intend to send there the number of men that the camp will accommodate comfortably. That means, of course, that we will take into consideration the fact that the weather may be fairly cold. We are confident that, with the comfortable housing, good food and recreational amenities that are provided at Waiouru the men will have no complaint, and will be at least as well off as at' Foxton, Palm--1 erston North, Dannevirko or WangaI nui, where the camps are really only improvised.”