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Otago Daily Times
26-06-2025
- General
- Otago Daily Times
Social workers salute colleague
Social workers of Dunedin (back row) Miss Inglis, Rev G.E. Moreton, Sister Nora, Rev S.F.N. Waymouth, Ensign Coombs; (front row) Rev V.G. Bryan King, Mrs Jackson, Mayor of Dunedin Mr H.L. Tapley, Mrs Gorrie and Mr F.G. Cumming. — Otago Witness, 29.9.1925 Rev S.F.N. Waymouth, the newly-appointed vicar of St Mark's Church, Balclutha, will take up his duties on July 1. At a farewell gathering yesterday, Mrs Jackson, on behalf of the social workers of the city, presented the Rev Waymouth, one of their number, with a handsome torch, and in doing so referred to his many good qualities which had endeared him to his fellow-workers. The Mayor (Mr H.D. Tapley) said that Dunedin would be the poorer as the result of Mr Waymouth's departure for Balclutha, where he would assume duties as parish priest. Mr Waymouth made a suitable response, and thanked his fellow-workers for their kindness. Nautical words A battered and weather-worn coal hulk was being warped from one wharf to another at Dunedin the other day. She was the shell of a sailing ship of earlier days, and a well-known sea captain stood on the poop directing the linesmen. An acquaintance drifted along, and could not resist the temptation of good-natured banter. The big man on the hulk's poop appeared to be in his element, and a broad smile spread over his face when he caught sight of the fellow on the wharf. "Like the old days, eh, captain?" was the greeting from the longshoreman. The captain's face was wreathed in smiles at this salutation. "Take in the slack of the port bow line, and ease away the after springs," called the man from the wharf. Like a flash the captain whirled, and his face was ominously clouded when he shouted back over the smooth waters: "You go to — !" The man on the wharf lost no time in drifting. What hospitals are for At the meeting of the Otago Hospital Board on Thursday night the Medical Superintendent (Dr A. R. Falconer) said "A hospital in its broader aspect has four primary functions: (1) The care of the sick, (2) the teaching of disease, (3) the study of disease, and (4) the prevention of disease. Only in so far as a hospital undertakes this fourfold responsibility is it functioning in a real sense as a community organisation loading to higher ideals of health administration and to a greater development of the science of combating disease and contributing more to the welfare of the community in which it is located." Not right on time To the editor: Sir, A probable error occurs in your to-day's issue. The Mr John Gordon referred to by you as the evident chief engineer of the Algarsson Expedition was in Colombia, South America, a month ago, and with no intentions of leaving. Five weeks' travelling is required to reach London from the portion of Colombia where he then was, so that he is probably not the Mr Gordon, of Dunedin, referred to in the cablegram. — I am, etc, R. Gordon (his brother), Moa Flat, June 24. Sitting on a gold mine While digging on his property at the upper end of Beach street, Waikouaiti, recently, a resident dug up a small purse containing a gold ring. It is interesting to recall that 50 years ago, while digging on the same spot, a former resident dug up a gold ring, 15 sovereigns, and over £2 worth of silver, including five-shilling pieces, fourpenny pieces, shillings, and sixpences. Apparently the ring was buried at the same time as the money. — ODT, 27.6.1925. Compiled by Peter Dowden
Otago Daily Times
12-05-2025
- Health
- Otago Daily Times
Crayfish as a trial
Landing a haul of fish at Nugget Point. — Otago Witness, 3.3.1925 COPIES OF THE PHOTO ARE AVAILABLE FROM ODT FRONT OFFICE, LOWER STUART ST, OR It seems that the crayfish are a great nuisance to the fishermen of the Nugget Bay fleet, as they have a nasty habit of nibbling the bait off the groper hooks, when the boats are at work off the Nuggets. Open for inspection Last Saturday morning the fishermen retaliated by fishing for the crayfish. A considerable number was landed, and a hawker brought a lot to "try out" the local market. The groper were biting freely on Sunday also, and one boat (that of Mr Bert Rein) brought in no fewer than 100 weighty fish. Members of public bodies and a number of leading citizens availed themselves of the invitation extended by the Otago Hospital Board to pay a visit of inspection to the Dunedin Hospital yesterday afternoon. May 12 was National Hospital Day. The movement had been originated in America to commemorate the birth of Florence Nightingale, the pioneer in modern hospital nursing. The idea was to familiarise the public with the work their hospital was doing for the community and what further equipment was necessary in order to give better service. Last National Hospital Day they had placed before the citizens the necessity of an up-to-date plant in the radium and X-Ray department. That plant would arrive shortly. This year they desired to stress the necessity for more adequate provision for cases of infectious disease. A man walked into a shop The Arbitration Court, his Honor Mr Justice Frazer presiding, resumed its sessions yesterday morning relating to hours of closing. If a man was working in town till 5 o'clock, or a little after, he could not get out to St Clair or North-East Valley or Kaikorai and buy his hat or his shirt or whatever it was at the local shop if that shop were to close at half-past five. They recognised that in the case of businesses of that kind a retail shop in the city had a certain advantage over the suburban shops if they all had to close at 5.30. It was very obvious that the man working in town who wanted to buy some of the articles mentioned would probably have to buy in town neglecting the small local shop. If the court were to extend the hours of these shops just sufficiently to enable a man who worked in town to get out to his own suburb and buy there no injustice would be done. The court could grant exemption in the cases that came under its jurisdiction on proof only of undue hardship due to the nature of the business, the situation of the shop, and the conditions under which the business was carried on. That was to say, it was a hardship greater than that suffered by other people in the trade, and not due to the personal or domestic circumstances of the applicant. Train whistle blowing unheard A collision occurred on Monday morning between Mr Brooks' motor lorry and a coal train at the crossing on the Main South Road at Green Island. The train was proceeding to Walton Park on the branch line when it crashed into the lorry. The vehicle was completely wrecked, and the engine was slightly damaged. Fortunately, Mr Brooks and a boy riding with him were not injured. Mr Brooks was on his way to Dunedin, and evidently did not hear the engine's warning whistle until it was too late to stop his lorry. — ODT, 13.5.1925 (Compiled by Peter Dowden)
