NEWS OF THE DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 86, 12 April 1938, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Three Scholarships Awarded

J liree scholarships were awarded at a J meeting of tlie Auckland University College l< ouncil yesterday. Mr. F. Fleming was awarded J the Wilson and Hortoii prize in journalism, .Mr. I). S. (ox. the Chain be i' of Commerce scholarship. and Air. K. Chappelle the Sir George Grev n ward. 'three entries were received in tli'e Sir Cecil Leys prize in journalism, but the recommendation of the lecturer in the subject, that no award be made, was adopted. All s at Sea. '"It is the dove of peace this time," smilingly said Air. T. Fleming, president of the Seamen s T-nioii of Australia, who arrived in Auckland by the Awateu to-day to confer with the New Zealand Seamen's Union. "Things seem to be going along very nicely now,'' said Air. 1' leming. "Annual v isits have been arranged between the unions, the object being to discuss any matters of interest to seamen on both sides of the "J'asman that may crop up." Mr. Fleming intends to leove for Wellington to-night or to-morrow to linnet members of the Xew Zealand Union. N.Z. Alps Ideal for Solarium.

In urging the need of ;i solarium in the Dominion the Sunlight League of New Zealand | quotes the late Sir 'I'mby King, who was a member of the league council, as saying, when referring to the alps of the countrv: "There is no place in the world more obviouslv designed by Nature for the establishment of a'mountain solarium.' Tn addition. Sir Louis Harnett, president of the Royal A list rn lasin 11 College of Surgeons, and a member of (he SuiOight League council, soid that it was right and proper that the league should, strive energetically to have established a heliotherapy institution like those that were doing wondertul work in the cure of bone tuberculosis at Lc\sin. in Swit/.erla ml. Me was convinced that a heliotherapy institution would be of immense value, and he recommended the league to continue its efforts to have one established, and not to be rebuffed easilv.

Link Across Tasman. Wanganui members of the Xew Zealand Returned Soldiers' contingent soiling on April 19 to attend the Anzac 71av commemoration services in Sydney will find on their arrival there a direct link between the Returned Soldiers' League of Australia, and their own city, in that the president of the league. Mr. L. A. Robb, is an ex-Wmiganui hoy. Mr. Rohh. who is a son of Mr. ]). A. Robb. of 220. Great Xortli Road. Auckland, left Xew Zealand in 1912 and settled in Australia. _ TTe served with the Australian forces during the war, was at landing at Gallipoli, «nrl was wounded during the conflict. On his demobilisation he took an active interest in the welfare of Australian returned soldiers and in his capacity of president of their league will act as the chief host to the visiting Xew Zealanders. Xaturally. he will take a special interest in the representatives from his home town. Incidentally, Mr. Robb is official secretary to the Governor of Xew South Wales.

The Power of Suggestion

The beach just before seven o'clock was thronged with people gazing expectantly towards Rangitofo. Roys had clambered on to rooftops, partly to get an earlier view of the mighty liner, but chiefly to prove to shuddering parents their athletic prowess. Kves peered from every window. A thrill ran through the assembly as the leviathan nosed her way round the point into sight. In the hushed silence one disappointed voice murmured that she liad only two funnel's. He had expected three or four. But still she was a giant! Slowly she passed across the quiet waters while onlookers gazed open-mouthed, for was not history heing made oil the And someone was lieard explaining that more water'was being displaced by this one vessel than had ever been displaced hv any other ship to enter our lovely harbour. Tn a moment now she swung round and passed out of sight round Xortli Head. The crowd "came back to earth" and quietly moved off. Car after ear sped away, and eyes no longer peered through windows. It was really a pity that they didn't wait just three minutes longer, for then they would have seen the Kmpress of Britain! They had been watching the Awatea. Referee Knocked Out.

An incident of a kind rarely, if over, known before in the history of football in Xew Zealand was witnessed on Saturday afternoon by :!()!)() people at Cartaw Park. It was the si'sht of a referee being carried from the field in a semi-conscious condition after be inn struck full in the face bv a ball which had just been kicked. Well known and popular in League football circles, the referee was Mr. Jack Cottingbam. who had chnrge of the earlv panic 011 the Xo. 2. ground. He suffered si cussiVm as a. result of (he accidental Mujv. anil after treatment and rest in the ambulance room he recovered sufliciently to change and lemain at the park. Ihe uni<]ue incident occurred towards the end of the mutch a senior fixture between Mannkan and Newton. Play at the time centred near t lie Xewtwi line. Suddenly a Xewton player attempted a clearing kick. JSy an unlucky chance the hall (lew from the toe of his boot straight at tJie face of the referee, who stood only a yard or two I away. League officials were unable to recall any simitar previous mishaps in Xew Zealand. The only like case of which one official knew occurred in England, when the referee of a Soccer match was struck on the head by a ball and «uffef-ed concussion.

Keeping People Well. In referring to the necessity, for the existence of such ail organisation as the Sunlight League of Xew Zealand liis f.'vaee Archbishop Julius recently said: "But why do we want siieli a league in New Zealand? We have no slums here and we have great open spaces, great rivers and wiudv plains. It is perfectly true that we have all these benefits. l>ut it is equally true that our health is not nearly as good as it ought to he. There are more complaints and illnesses in \"ew Zealand than we have anv right to have, and we onpht to aim. not so much to enlarge and make more efficient our splendid hospitals, hut to keep people out of them." Aftermath of Remuera Explosion. An aftermath of the explosion which demolished one shop and partly wrecked several others in a block at the corner of Remuera Road and Victoria Avenue, on January 0, cam. i before the Auckland Electric Power Board yesterday, when the payment of minor claims! against the hoard was approved. The general] manager, Mr. R. If. Bartley. reported that there were several minor claims, for such! things as broken windows, and it was decided I that they could he settled Ihrough the board's solicitors, but the larger issues will he submitted to the board for approval before | settlement. In the explosion live people were! injured and extensive damage was caused. j Closing of Municipal Roll. On April J7. a fortnight, before the muni-j cipal elections, nominations of candidates fori the Auckland City Council and citv representatives oil the Hospital Board and Harbour Hoard will close. Kinal efforts are being made j by organisations interested in the elections toi have every available elector's name on the j municipal roll, as only two days remain fori the addition of names to the supplementary i roll. Yesterday ne; ilv :!000 names were added to the roll, bringing the supplementary total! to 14.1'.5;!. Willi -Io.SIT names on the main] roll, the aggregate of voters is now IMI.K.'il).; It is expected that when the roll closes at! ."> p.m. to-morrow the 1 !):>."» total of (il.tiX-1 will! be exceeded. As She Came Down the Harbour. !

North Shore residents had the advantage of locality this morning, and when the Kmpress of Britain made her first appearance over the horizon shortly after six o'clock many were watching for her from the beaches. While she was hove-to beyond Kanjritofo. the Awatea. looking like some coastal vessel by comparison, steamed from ltehind her. City workers resident on the North Shore took a. keen interest in the Empress of Britain as she steamed up the harbour, and when the ship herself could not be seen her position was marked by the smoke from her funnels. Some amusement I was caused on the ferrv steamer travelling from Bayswater to the city this morning. About 7-So tliei ferrv had almost reached Stanley Point and considerable interest was being tuken in the smoke, which was rising over the headland. The smoke came closer to the end of the point and there were cries of "Here whe is."' There was disappointment and amusement when a ferry from Devonport puffed its way round the point. Pokeno-Paeroa Highway Improved. Road reconstruction, sealing and bridging have already resulted in considerable improvements being effected to the highway between Pokeno and Paeroa. The work is being carried out by the Public Works Department, and near Waitakaruru a total of about four and a half I miles of sealing has been almost, completed. When added to the present sealed surface this will provide a stretch of about 2(1 miles to j Paeroa of permanent loading. A new bridge is being built in concrete at Mangatawhiri. about four miles from Pokeno rind the roadway! is being lifted to the approaches. Some sealing j lias been done in tin; township and a section of six and a half miles of road] in the district has almost been prepared for the I final coating of metal preparatory to sealing.! Beyond Ma trial a whiri three and a half miles, of road is to be reconstructed and at Manga-I tangi a concrete bridge has now been completed. The road approaches on a higher Ipvcl have not j vet been finished, however, but this work may j be accomplished before the end of the mouth. The construction in concrete of a traffic bridge over the railway at Piako on the highway between Morrinsville and Tc Aroha has been! started. Too Many College Students.

Overcrowding in the higher branches of education in the I nited States has been one of the oonscipiences of the remarkable growth in the size of Ihe uuiveisity colleges in the past ■>() years, according to Protessor Samuel K. Holmes, eX' head mast cr of Worcest cr ('olleue.

Massachusetts. Willi arrived at Auckland by the liner Keliance yesterday. "We have made a mistake." he said, -'in assuming that ;ill boys ouuht to l'll on to the nniveivitv. 'Ihe notion thai everyone should be trained for a profession has been overdone. In the Years after the war boys and Liirls were flocking into the college-; in huge numbers and we had to still.mi up the standard to stop them. In more recent years Ihe numbers fell off. owing I <"> Ihe depression and the closing of nianv avenues into business and the professions, and the standard was lowered a--ain in an attempt to keep up attendances. Hut this manioiihitinn of the standard is not a good thing for education. A better solution would lie (o differentiate at an early stage between those who are going for professions 1 careers and those who should be attending technical or semi-technical schools. This would avoid the difficulties which arise when too many students are headed in the same direction."