The oldest of the Dunedin Hospital buildings: the administrative building, which was part of the first Dunedin exhibition in 1865. Photo: Otago Witness, issue 3781, August 31, 1926, page 43The Secretary of the South Otago Hospital Board wrote to the Otago Hospital Board stating that in future his board would take no responsibility for any patient admitted to Dunedin Hospital from its district without authority from the medical superintendent of the district or from the secretary of the South Otago Hospital Board. The secretary of the Otago Board tabled a copy of his reply to the South Otago Board, which stated that whilst his board would endeavour to comply with the South Otago Board’s request, the responsibility for the maintenance of such urgent cases as were admitted to Dunedin Hospital from South Otago would still lie with the South Otago Board. Happily ever after Young listeners will in future be entertained by bedtime stories from Station 4YA on Mondays and Wednesdays. From 7pm to 7.45pm “Aunt Diana” has great schemes for amusing the little folk before they take the nightly trip to Slumberland. Irresponsible There are certain irresponsible individuals in possession of firearms who should not be allowed out excepting in charge of a keeper. At a meeting of the Otago Power Board yesterday it was reported that two 11,000 volt insulators on the north transmission line had been removed in consequence of damage by rifle shots. Mischief of this description cannot be condemned too strongly, as these marksmen by their foolish action could easily interrupt a widespread circuit as well as jeopardising human life. A knock-down blow for potholes The tar spraying of roads by up-to-date methods is being carried out by the City Corporation. The plant was used yesterday on the Musselburgh Rise. The tar is heated in a 300-gallon container and is transferred to a sprayer capable of holding 200 gallons. Before the tar is laid on, the potholes are filled with screenings, after which binding is applied. The type of plant at present in use is capable of treating two miles of road a day, and has been employed with success in several parts of Australia and New Zealand. The new method will probably be used extensively in Dunedin. Nursing scholar returns Sister Kirkpatrick, the nurse for the combined Red Cross Society and St John Ambulance in the district extending from Oamaru to Invercargill, has returned to the Dominion after a two years’ postgraduate course in England. She was a scholarship holder at Bedford College, London, under the League of Red Cross Societies’ scheme, and for one year took a course in midwifery at the Mothers and Babies Hospital at Woolwich. During this period she saw fully the striking progress being made in England and on the Continent in regard to public health and welfare. A new feature in this direction, and one which fills a considerable gap, is the establishment of flourishing schools where children who are defectives, whether mentally or physically, receive the advantages of education combined in a unique manner with those of proper nursing care. The invaluable experiences which Sister Kirkpatrick has gained will, we hope with eager interest, be further detailed, and we look forward to her future lectures. — ODT, 25.6.1926
