Representatives of the women’s organisations of the city met in the Council Chambers yesterday afternoon to consider the proposal to establish a women’s rest room and creche. Some two or three years ago the City Council looked into the matter and sought for accommodation, but without success. They reported that they had been unable to find suitable accommodation.
Miss Holford, matron of St Helens, said the noble work done by those in charge of the creche and rest room at the Exhibition showed more than ever the urgency of the need. No provision was made in the city itself for the extra visitors that came, and the sanitary laws were very often broken in such places as the Triangle by mothers with their children in distress. It was most necessary that a creche should be attached to the rest room. Under present conditions the mothers were being compelled to face strains more than they were able to bear.
Copper and marine potash remedy
Farmers state that in the Owaka district slugs have made the successful cultivation of vegetables impossible. One of the best methods for the destruction of slugs is the application, in dust form, of a mixture of 5 pounds ground copper sulphate and 1 hundredweight of kainit. The mixture is used at the rate of 3cwt per acre, and so far as the experiments have gone the results are hopeful, causing the destruction of the slugs without the damage to the plants which might have been expected. Of course, as in all slug dressings, the application must be made between dusk and sunrise so as to catch the slugs above-ground and at work.
Pair rescued alive, alive-oh
Two men who went out from Port Chalmers on Sunday in a small dinghy to gather cockles on the sand-banks had a narrow escape from a watery grave, but were rescued before the effects of their unpleasant experience resulted seriously. After securing a load of cockles from the bank near the Port Chalmers powder magazine the men began to row towards the wharves, but they were unable to fight against the heavy south-westerly wind and were driven back to the banks, where they disembarked from their frail craft. Luckily they were sighted by a man with field-glasses, who communicated with Mr J. Potter. Mr Potter at once put off in his launch and rescued the men who were by this time wet and suffering severely from the cold.
Legally gorgeous
The Waipori Gorge has been declared a scenic reserve under the Scenery Preservation Act, and its care has been vested in the Dunedin Corporation. The Act prohibits the use and even the carrying of firearms through the reserve. The officers of the corporation who reside at Waipori have been made rangers within the meaning of the statute, and they have received strict instructions to take action against any person carrying firearms in the locality. — ODT, 15.6.1926
