Diphtheria Carriers.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 July 1943, Page 2

Diphtheria Carriers.

Two diphtheria carriers were admitted to the Masterton Hospital on Thursday. They were children associated with a case of diphtheria reported over a week earlier.

Calling-up Cancelled. A notice has been issued cancelling the calling-up of 98 reservists for service with the armed forces. Included in the list is the name of George Alfred Sexton .of 13 Fleet Street, Masterton, who was not a member of the classes called up.

Liberty Loan Analysis. A leading Dunedin accountant after an analysis of the subscriptions to the Third Liberty Loan on the basis of the amount per head of population, states that honour of the largest goes to Southland. His figures deal with provincial populations, the amounts allotted per head and the amounts subscribed. The actual subscription per head, he states, works out as follows: Southland, £2O 10s; Otago, £2O 6s; West Coast, £2O 6s; Wellington, £lB 13s 6d; Canterbury, £l7 4s 6d; Auckland, £l6 8s 4d; Marlborough, £l6; Hawke’s Bay, £l4 10s 9d; Taranaki, £l3 7s 6d, and Nelson, £l2 6s. Baby Bitten by Rat. Savagely attacked by a rat, the 10-months-old baby of Mr and Mrs E. V. Edwards, Oriental Parade, Wellington, had fingers on the left hand bitten almost to the bone, and also suffered lesser bites round the left eye. The rat’s teeth marks were clearly defined. The baby is being treated at the hospital daily. Mr Edwards was told by a hospital doctor that the child was lucky not to have lost the fingers of the left hand. At 316 Oriental Parade the four flats are occupied by 16 people, and Mr and Mrs Edwards and their five children, the eldest of whom is nearly eight, live in two rooms. Two of the children sleep in what has to be a general purpose room, and the rest of the family are crowded into the bedroom. When the baby was attacked it was sleeping on two upholstered chairs placed together. Air Training Corps. The weekly routine orders for No. 21 Squadron, Air Training Corps. Masterton, states, inter aia:l —Parades, A and B Flights: Monday, July 19, and Thursday, July 22, at 6.50 p.m., at Wairarapa College, Masterton; C Flight, Tuesday, July 20, and Thursday, July 22, at 6.50 p.m., at King’s Theatre, Carterton. Syllabus: Monday, A Flight, Mathematics, Science and Navigation; B Flight, Mathematics and Science; Tuesday, C Flight, Mathematics, Science and Navigation; Thursday, A Flight, Drill, Signals and PT.; B Flight, Drill, Basic Fitting and P.T.; C Flight, Drill, P.T., Signals and Gas. Cadets C R. Thorne, C. N. Thorne and R. I. Stalker are posted as air crew. Cadet W. B. Cameron is promoted to the rank of Acting Corporal. A wing parade will be held in Wellington prior to the North v. South Island Rugby match on August 14. Cadets who will be available are required to notify the Squad- | ron officers at the parade on Monday, , July 20.