NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 136, 6 December 1939, Page 10

NEWS OF THE DAY

Raid and Counter-raid. Recently the Taumarunui police raided the town, and also Manunui, in connection with suspected sly grog activities, writes "The Post's" Wanganui representative. They were successful in finding quite a quantity of liquor which was duly locked in a police' cell pending court proceedings. Somebody raided the "raided" liquor, and the police had another search, which has resulted in two men being remanded on bail until December 12. First Aid Outfit Stolen. Some time, between Sunday, November 12, and Saturday, November 18, some person or persons broke into the Rover Scout whare at Butterfly Creek and removed the first aid outfit that had been specially given to the Rovers, who, during weekends and holidays, established a first aid depot for trampers and others using the Butterfly Creek. The St. John Ambulance Association regrets, the theft, because the cabinet was specially prepared for use for injured people. American Public Opinion. The reactions of the audience to news films in a New York theatre1 were described by Mr. E. G. Jones, lecturer in science at the Auckland Training College, in an address at the Auckland Rotary Club luncheon, states the "New Zealand Herald." Mr. Jones said thdt pictures of Nazi Storm Troopers were greeted with hisses from all sides, but photographs of the British Navy were welcomed with cheering. This showed the friendship and sympathy for Britain which he generally encountered in the.United States. "Seditious" Meetings? Asked what action, if any, the Government intended taking against "seditious meetings being held by the farmers' Union," Mr. J. G. Barclay, M.P. for Marsden, told a questioner at a meeting at Stratford on Saturday that as far as he knew no action was going to be taken against anyone, states the j "Taranaki Daily News." But, he said,' "infinite patience" was needed when dealing with a certain section of the community which was apparently more concerned about putting the Government out than about overthrowing Nazism. Dairy Farmers' Returns. " "The dairy farmer with other citizens is rendering good service to the "" nation and to the Commonwealth; he is worthy of reasonable pay for his work; and the Government " will do everything possible to see that he receives it," said -the Minister of Marketing (the Hon. W. Nash) today. "All the evidence that I have received from various sources in New Zealand is to the, effect that dairy farmers on the whole are doing well and with few exceptions are quite satisfied with the guaranteed price. However, if the industry has some evidence relating to dairy farmers' balance-sheets which they would like to submit to the Government, I am sure that the Government would be very willing indeed to examine individual farmers' returns." Factories and Dwellings. When the report of the bylaws committee recommending that the construction of two new factories in Wellington be allowed to proceed was before the City Council on Monday night Councillor R. A. Wright asked if the members of the committee were satisfied that no nuisance would be caused t6 nearby residents. The chairman of the committee (Councillor M. F. Luckie) replied that the committee had visited the two sites for the very purpose of ascertaining whether any j nuisance was likely to be caused by i the operation of the factories, and they were satisfied that there would be no trouble. The committee always had the possibility of nuisance in mind when considering such applications. Centennial Covers. The six first-day covers and the descriptive booklet, which the Post Office is giving away in anticipation of the issuing of the special Centennial stamps on January 2, are in great demand, and since Monday requests for them at the main post offices have been increasing. The idea is, and this is impressed upon applicants, that they should be used only when the new stamps make their appearance. The issuing of the covers before the stamps is to enable people to have them ready I addressed for posting on January 2, when the Centennial stamps will be available for affixing to them. What of Olympic Games? "I think they will be occupied with j another sort of game for some little' time," said the chairman, Mr. H, I. Austad, at the meeting of the management committee of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association last night, when the question of the 1940 Olympic Games at Helsinki, Finland, was introduced. The secretary, Mr. H. I. McCqrmick, said that the Olympic Association had advised-that nominations for the team would close on December 31, that the team would be selected immediately afterwards, and that it would leave New Zealand about the end of March. Of course, for obvious reasons, nobody had done anything about it. He thought, however, that they should make a decision one way or the other. It was decided to take no action. 1 Grannie Goes to School. That it was not only the children who derived profit from the lessons was stressed at yesterday's opening of the exhibition of the work done by |he Education Department's Correspondence School. Many a parent, whose schooling days had been short for some reason or another, found the lessons very helpful in filling in the gaps in their education, while there was one grandmother, aged 63, who had actually enrolled. She had always wanted to express herself in art, but had been denied the opportunity until she came across the children's art lesson. There followed a letter from her to the senior inspector, asking if she, too, could have the lessons and postal tuition. Passing through various hands, her letter was finally brought to the notice of the Minister of Education, who was in favour of granting her request. So now the Correspondence School, among it<? other adult pupils, numbers one grandmother. Feat on West Coast. A difficult feat of engineering, involving one of the heaviest lifts attempted on the West Coast, was car- i ried out on Monday morning when the 78-ton locomotive which, on November 23, left the railway line and fell down an embankment along the Arnold River between Kaimata and Aratika, was restored to the track, states a Greymouth correspondent. A work train hauled by tfwo engines left Greymoutii at 4 a.m. for the scene of the accident, where about 30 men began work under the supervision of,the district engineer, ' Mr. P. H. Morey, and the locomotive engineer, Mr. J. Binstead, both of Christchurch. The two engines were used to anchor two cranes, one brougnt from Dunedin and the other from Christchurch, each with a lifting capacity of 40 tons. , The actual lift began at 10.30 a.m. There was a tense moment before it was seen that the preparations had proved effective and about half an hour later the derailed engine was restored. to the track,. It was towed to Greymoutii, where it is believed the necessary repairs can be done. The work was watched by a large crowd. When the accident oo curred last month the engine-driver Mr. S. Horn was killed;.

Respirators for Mine Use. Two types of respirators suitable for use in coal mine's where carbon monoxide gas was known to be present were examined on Monday by the Royal Commission sitting at Huntly, states the "New Zealand Herald." The first, which resembled a military gas mask, was more' suitable for rescue parties. The second, very much like a flat tin canister, measuring 7in by 4in by 2in and weighing about 21b, is known as a "self-rescuer" and made for the miner to carry with him. The first has sufficient chemicals to last two hours, the second for about half an hour. Railway Duplication Work. With the completion of another section of the railway track duplication between Auckland and Frankton Junction, the double line now extends 27 miles south from Auckland to Paerata, states the "New Zealand Herald." Work has also been completed "on a 25-mile section between Frankton Junction and Ohinewai. As supplies of steel and electric signal fittings are held up because of the war, it is uncertain when the other 22 miles will be finished, but much of the preliminary work has been done. Social Security, Approved. "The Social Security legislation is working out quite all right for hospital boards," said Mr. A. J. Moody, chairman of the Auckland Hospital Board, at the opening of the additions to the Whangarei Hospital on Sunday. "It is not as bad as was at first thought," continued Mr. Moody. "If the scheme continues it should be an excellent measure., Time alone will tell, as we have not yet got the full benefits." Gifts Appreciated. "Those of us who had the privilege of serving in the last war will never forget the joy with which we greeted the arrival of comforts from our homeland so many thousands of miles away, from those who kept the. home fires, burning so that the boys' who were' far away dreamed of home," said the president of the N.Z.R.S.A N (the Hon. W. Perry, M.L.0," when making a broadcast appeal for patriotic funds last night. "And those of us who have occupied executive positions in. the R.S.A". also know what a. wonderful boon the patriotic funds subscribed in 1914-18 have been to the ex-soldier ever since." . _^