Cot Cases.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 July 1941, Page 4

Cot Cases.

Two returned soldiers, both cot cases ,are to be brought to Masterton Hospital tomorrow by ambulance from Wellington. They are Privates Athol George, and Graham. Bridge Closed. Hefty’s Bridge, near the Kaiparoro Factory, on the Hastwell-Eketahuna Road, will be closed to all through traffic tomorrow, to allow urgent repairs to be carried out. Bankruptcy Meeting Lapses. A meeting of creditors in the bankrupt estate of Kenneth H. Garside, lorry driver, called for this morning before Mr A. D. Low (deputy official assignee) lapsed for want of a quorum. Frost and Rain. Masterton experienced a frost of 11.7 degrees this morning. About 5 o’clock there was a light shower of rain, which is most unusual when there is a heavy frost. A few minutes after the rain the sky was clear of clouds again. St. John Ambulance Examinations. The Cadet Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade held re-examina-tions for old members and examinations for new members in Masterton last night. Dr. J. C. Forsyth conducted the examinations. One hundred per cent passes were recorded.

An Appreciation. In a letter to his relatives in Masterton, Private G. K. McEwen stated that he had received a gift of cigarettes through the Patriotic Fund Board. “Please convey my thanks,” he writes. “We are grateful to the people of New Zealand for all that they are doing for us.” Anti-Sabotage Measure. “As a war measure to prevent sabotage of the water supplies in England all reservoirs have to be equipped with a chlorinating plant,” stated Mr Trueman, Health Inspector, in giving evidence in support of an order by the Department of Health that the Carterton Borough Council should instal a chlorinating plant for its water supply. Mortality Rates. “The suicide rate in New Zealand is twenty to thirty times higher than the typhoid mortality rate,” stated Mr H. H. Daniell, representing the Carterton Borough Council at a sitting of an appeal board which heard an objection by the council to an order by the Health Department that a chlorinating plant be installed for the borough water supply. Coke Prices. A price order controlling the sale of coke in Christchurch for the next six weeks at a slightly increased rate has been issued by the Price Investigation Tribunal. As a result of this temporary arrangement, due to a shortage of coke, small users of two or three bags will requure to pay 3d a bag. extra, the rise in the case of larger quantities being slightly smaller. Halfton lots and ton lots will be 2s and 4s dearer respectively. The new prices operated as from yesterday.