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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 167, 17 July 1922, Page 4

I llurlii" the early hour:- of Saturday mnnil-iiT« s.ix-cylindcr Oakland motor I ,;ir. Ihe property of Mr. I*. .). Gardner, jrf N,-w I ymi.' w»« «tvl< n from its garage, adjoining the house. A neighbour saw the car being taken away, but was under the impre sion that, the owner was going out on an urgent call. Subsequently the disappearance of the car was reported to the police, who found it abandoned in Howe Street. I'itv, undamageil. The noliee so far have not been aible to trace the "joy 1 riders." The helicopter aeroplane, invented by Messrs B. Mansfield, of PalmerStOll North, nnd -I. Marr, of Wansanui, is not designed on the principle of having a central lifting screw above or below the ciiL'inc. but iri the outcome of quite a dill'erent conception, The necessary lift is obtained by tilting the wings in opposite ways and making them revolve at high speed till the desired elevation for horizontal 'light is attained. For o*-di-'nary Hying the wings'are lccke*'. The revolution'of the wings is caused by the action of propeller blades situated halfway between the tips of the wings and the centre of the machine. The pilots cabin is in the chassis below the level ot the wings. The inventors are very eonIfidcnt of having hit upon the secret oi . the' hovering 'plane. ] I .Members of Parliament were on j Friday last afforded an opportunity, at the invitation of the Hon. O. J. Anderson. Minister in Charge of Publicity, o* viewing a film depicting the activities ot | the State Forest Service in relation to I the kauri timber industry. The film. 'which was about 3000 ft in length, was extremely interesting. It showed the hilly and rocky country in which the kauri tree- the immensity of some of these forest giants, the Imshincii at work felling the trees, various phases ol camp life, and the last stages in the conversion of the trees to timber. The film is produced by the Government Publicity Section, and 'is for circulation in Xew Zealand. Kngland. America, and Australia. In quality and interest it is equal lo the bt«t imported from abroad. "I have ahvay* been at a lo"S to understand why the Auckland Hospital Hoard has been'able to get its work done, more cheaply than in Wellington." remarked Mr. ('. M. Luke at the Hospital Hoards' Conference. 'U's the line jcl'mate up there,"' replied Mr. .1. Itowe, jail Auckland delegate, amidst laughter. | \ letter from the Industries Depart-! !mo tit was read at n meeting of the j executive committee of the Canterbury, I Industrial Association, stilting that as a! result of representations made to Minis- \ 'ters the Public Works Department had; j placed an order for 3000 insulators with j j a Ciiristeluirch firm, although the price ■ was slightly higher than English insula-; j i or-, it was decided to give preference; j to New Zealand-made goods as the Minister of Public Works was quite satisfied' | with their quality. The president (Mr. j ' \Y. .1. Jenkin) said the action of the j j Minister was very gratifying, for it was' I the direct outcome of the evidence put' ; forward at the Tariff Commission! j sittings. I i . i ' The question of stopping the playing j ;of football on Sunday came before the i ; St. Libia Borough 1 ouncii. The playing j o; football wns deplored iiy councillors.; ; hut il. was considered that in order to be i consistent, golf, and also the trams, 1 ■ should !>e stopped on Sunday. j .\ lc-lure on the life nnd experiences \ lof the Hon. W. K. Johnson, universally 'known by the name of ■•Pussyfoot." wai given by tbe Rev. I-'. L. Frost in the Ku-l Street Hail on Saturday. There was n very rair attendance, and the audience j participated in community sinking, led by Mr. ,1. Tyler, in addition to which j.Mi-. Kaspei'and Miss Butler rendere I solo-s. The speaker declared that Mr. j Johnson was a proved hero. He was born in lSii'-i. coining of good Puritan •-.lock. In tracing .loluisnn's life from. boyhood to manhood. Mr. Frost i instanced many happenings indicating I the sturdy, square-shouldered, square- ! toed youngster that he was. It was | inevitable that a man like, him should | lie associated with the Prohibition cause in America. Mr. Johnson took up journalism, and was sent to tlie \\V*t as special officer for the suppression nf the liquor traffic among the Indians. This was really the commencement of Ins great work. Dr. Wylie. of the Department of 1 Health, read a paper to ihe conference of | hospital boards) at Wellington on the j medical standardisation of hospitals, aa j recommended by the American College of Surgeons. It was decided to forward a copy to the hospital boards oi the Dominion, asking them to conform as far |a, possible with the suggestions, thus : raising the standard of the hospital. Dr. i Wylie urged the making of more com|[ilctc records and the necessity of following up cases in order to ascertain the success of the treatment.

I "The waiting rooms at the end of the Stanley Bay wharf are the quietest place on earth to put in a night." said a wellknown character, who elept there recently. ''After the last boat arrives just before midnight there is nothing to I disturb a person right on till daylight. I and, unlike similar places across the ' harbour, there is not even a rat to J nibbie at one's toes. To go down the I side-stepe just at sunrise to wash the I face in the lovely salt blue water is like ! taking a tonic, and acts like a refresher j for tlie rest of the day. It is a very i simple thing to walk on the ferry boat I with the rest and soon get across the ' harbour, to get lost in the crowd, j I although one of my friends got caught ] j l>y the ticket collector, and had to pay j i the usual charge of live pence to get i across, it was worth it for the peaceful I rest of the night." | ! During the destruction of the Wai-J J pukurati school Mr. Curd (headmaster) j ' entered the building and succeeded in I recovering the records at considerable i risk. lie «a» exhausted on regaining j J liie open air. ! I Seme concern h:is been expressed by I j correspondents respecting the nature of I the clause in the Auckland City and i ! Hospital Hoard Empowering Bill, which j authorises the council to pay certain I retiring allowances to its employees. ! 'Die Mayor explains that the clause lias : been inserted as a necessary part of the I superannuation fund which is now being | I established for the benefit of the council : employees. Its main object is to enable superannuation payments to those re- I , tiring employees who when the scheme i starts to operate will be over the ago for ■ participation. The Wellington City Council had a clause for a similar pur--1 pom- inserted in the Washing-up Bill of i I!) lit, and the clause in the Auckland bill 'is copied from it. The clause, reads: — I "The Auckland City Council may pay to ! officers or servants or other employees who have, with the consent of the Council, retired fchrousfh infirmity arising i from old iigc or illness, such sums by way of rciirinji allowance, superannna,----i tifin allowance, nr compassionate allofvlance, us the Council thinks tit. All such j allowances shall be paid ofit of tbe district fund. No such allowance ,shall exceed an amount which, together with the superannuation allowance (if any) payable to Ihe recipient under the Xiitioniil Provident Fund Act. 1010. shall equal the limit of amount of superannuation allowance payable under that Act." ft is year* since the woollen mills of New Zealand had to allure customers. Buyers are rushing them with orders (says the Dunedin "Star"). Their warehouses are empty. Every piece of tweed, or worsted is bespoken. That Fg the position of affaire in Otago. and probably in other places where the industry has a footing. Before the war 'here was not the same eagerness for Xew Zealand woollens. In the subsequent readjustments of trade and insurers the Dominion made article has come into its own place, won on merit. The output is mea- i suri-d not by the demand, but by the quantity of labour available. Women i workers are wanted. One of the big! mills has a relief shift going. The consumption of wool has it* effect upon the local market. About 5000 bales per year are made up in one mill alone. Practically all the wool used is of New Zealand growth, though occasionally a little of the superfine grades from Australia has to be brought in. From the employer-.-;' point of vien there is a certain '"worker" en^i , : amongst the vratcrsiders in coal-bom operations who.se "job" is an al>?olitt,e sinecure (says an exchange). He. is known as the "turkey," though his official designation is "doektnan." A Wcstporl witness in flic watersiders' caso vi the Arbitration Court .it Cliristchurch said that the "turkeyV duties were absolutely nil, a statement which he adhered to under strict crossexamination by the workers' agent. The only reason for the "turkey's" presence. Ill" said, was that the railway "iiookersoii." when loading n boat, would not work unless he was there. There "seemed to be an arrangement amonsnt tie workers that there should be m> wur!; unless a "turkey" were employed. Mc »»- merely a relic of the "rfinte'-loading" day*. The employers' agent remarked that probably the "turkey" derived his name from the fact that all he had to do was to "strut and preen liis feaIt was to be hoped that the "unnecessary bird would be consigned to roost for ever." The "turkey V~ value from tho workers" point of view I* t.> be I divulged later in the hearing of the case. ! Concessions to friendly society lufffl--hers who undergo treatment in hospitals jformp-l nne of the subjects of discussion lat the confereme in WeJlinston of jl.ospital boards. On behalf of WVllin--jton. Mr. C. JU. Luke moved that the fees I for lodge members should he two-third? jOf what the cost of a bed would b<; on j schedule rates, agreements to that eff'ec-t jto be subject to revision every two years. Mr. !■'. Castle, chairman *oi' the Wellington Board, in seconding the motion, said that all lodge mi'inhers were (not poor peopie, and if they went into private hospitals would have to nay ; much higher fees for treatment than in : public hospitals. The pugr-jestion that i friendly society nienvhers should pay i two-thirds of the oriliiiary fees seemed I ti> be quite fair. Mr. W. Wallace (Auckland) stated that many lodge members Iliad responsibilities which prevented jlliem from paying their contributions ! fn.'i-Iy. and if they were thrown on their 'own n-soiirces they would v.oi. be a.l>le to 'pay hospital fees. The Auckland Board ] was di-cussiiiL' i)n* very matter, and limped to come to an arrangement which would end the present unsalWactory state of affairs. Mr. <;. Knight (Auefci hind) doubted whether the tw.i-thirds I principle could be carried out. The con-jfi-renec agreed ~n the principle of suujfonnity in regard to lodge members' ! f'c-, and Mr. Luke then proceeded with .his motion fhat the fe<« he two-thirds |of the schedule rates. Mr. Wallace :'roved an amendment th.it lialf-fce. he ■ charged, iv.it said that his boar 1 had ■ already airrced to take less than that I rat.' fro;n ioiljr members. The amend!mi nt \\a - carried. J .An already much discussed cas,-. that lin which Abraham Walley Kalamap. a ! Hindu formerly in b-.ism.Ws a.- a dyer in - Wellington nnd now raiding at '.\iicki land, sought t;> obtain a writ of habeas ! corpus in respect of his Eurasian infant I child. Ayesha Salaman, has now l,f>r-n I referred tn the Court of Appeal, the j Chief Justice. Sir Cohen Stout, and i their Honors Mr. Justice Herdman. Ur ! Justice Salmonrt and Mr. Justice llcid iby the divorced wife. .Marj.irie Salaman j '-ays the Wellington I'osfi. \\ r . .f U s■|tice Husking, who con.-idtrcl the nppH- • cation made by Salaman. hold that the , interests of the child would | )C hotter ; served by her being cared Tor by rh? ; father than by the mother, in view of the situation of the parties, and against , this decision the wife has appealed, . maintainine that the father 's lint in' a , position, as stated by him, io bring the child up in suitable surroundings. The. Court reserved its decieioti. Mr. X G . Jellieoe appeared for the appellant and , Messrs. M. ifycrs and W. K. Leicester I for the respondent.

A man u*w seen going into an auctioneer's place last week with a- parcel under hie arm. and a well-known benevolent city business man was curious to know what the parcel contained, and by a little careful observation he saw the man take a pair of blankets from the paper, and knew that he wanted the auctioneer to sell them. After the man had crone- and the blanket* had been spread out for sale, the city man. who knew something about blankets and I their value, eloeely inspected them, and j found out that they had been a good deal worn, but were spotlessly dean, I which showed that they had come from i a careful home and were probably being ' sold to raise a few shillings to tide over j the dull days of winter when work is scarce. Tic inquired the reserve, and I found it was a low one. and adding ' 10/ to it. bought the blankets, and. ob- •' taininsr the a-ddress of the man. sent j (lie blanket- ha.-k to where they came j from telling the messenger to haste j from the hoiw Ha soon as ever the I parcel wa~ delivered. This is only one j lof many similar <!i.=es thai have taken, 1 place in the city recently, and it shows I a very fine spirit to those who are in ■ I rea! distress and out of work. The Minister of Health (the Hon. <'• .T. Parr) si.iCes that it ha- been decide;!, to close the ex-military hospital at Tientham. and transfer the fifty or »i.xty children .-hkl the hundred or so of soldier patient., now under treatment there to other hospitals. This step, states the Minister, had been strongly advised, in the interests hoth «f economy and ot better administration, by the otlic-rs ot his Department. At present the hospital cost* eOO.OOO ;i year, and it i< r-stimatei that at least £30.000 of this will be save-l by the chancre. The date for the closing 'will probably be some three or four months hence.