The window is a two-light one designed and coloured modern English Gothic and fine in detail, the blue background being a good quality Canterbury blue. The inscription at the base of the window runs as follows: “To the glory of God and in memory of Frank Hadfield Statham aged thirty-five and Corporal Clive Heathcote Statham, aged twenty-two, of the North Otago Regiment, Main Body, who fell at Gallipoli, August 9, 1915.” The window was designed and executed by Mr Percy Bacon, of London, an exhibitor at the Royal Academy, and its erection has been supervised by Mr J.W. Brock of the firm of Smith and Smith Ltd.
Tribute to Plunket’s work
In moving the adoption of the annual report and balance sheet of the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children in Dunedin yesterday, Dr A. Cameron, who presided, said the report spoke of work of the highest importance well done. During the year there were some 66 nurses in training at the hospital; 26 completed training as Plunket nurses, and ten as Karitane nurses. That in itself showed how greatly the work had grown. If the number of visits made by Plunket nurses were noted, and the number of visits paid to the nurses’ offices, none could fail to realise that the work was growing rapidly. Dr Cameron went on to speak of the great difficulties that had had to be overcome and the prejudices standing in the way, particularly referring to the notion that what was good enough for the parents of the past was good enough today. It was not easy at times for the Plunket nurses to convince the young mother that there was a better way of handling baby than that practised by the grandmother.
Taxi drivers affected by hoax calls
The taxi drivers have lately been the victims of a mean and distorted form of practical joking, which consists in calling them out for a supposed fare by means of the public telephones. Lately one taxi proprietor was called in this way to Port Chalmers, only to find on his arrival that it was a false alarm. The matter was discussed at a meeting of the Taxi Owners’ Association yesterday, when a deputation was appointed to wait on the superintendent of the Telephone Exchange to ask for the assistance of the operators in tracing the offenders. The association also intends to try to have the practice made a criminal offence, and to approach the police for their assistance. The association also intends to approach the Minister of Justice with a view to securing legislation making possible the prompt arrest of passengers who refuse to pay their fare, and to ask the City Council to frame a by-law on the same subject. The meeting endorsed the action of the taxi drivers in the Savoy rank, who are asking for a rank at the old Post Office instead, and passed a resolution recommending the dominion association to oppose the tax on tyres, unless it is imposed on weight or horsepower, or unless an assurance is given that the money will be spent on the upkeep of the main roads. It was also decided to obtain the appointment of a representative of the association to co-operate with the Otago Motor Club in keeping a watchful eye on the traffic to and from Wingatui on race days.
— ODT, 24.6.1921.
