NEWS OF THE DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 109, 11 May 1939, Page 10

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Red Cross Instruction. I" inri'l tlir increased membership of <ho .Yew Zciiland Red Cross Society and inquiries for training, five ne.w classes'of instruction sue being formed in the city. Lectures will In- ui\ <■ 11 in first, aid. home nursing and in air mid precautions. It has been necessary to M'ciiri' liirjror and the "new In lecture, luill will enable the society to •ll'cr ideal facilities and instruction. Anzac Day Ceremony. '•The simple dignity of tlio ceremony and the summill eilicicncy witli which all arrangement •< were carried out must have impressed Ihe ihon-ands who were present ,is tliey did me," s.ivs the I , rime .Minister, the TU. Hon. M. .1. Siivn»c. in Ji letter to Mr. N'orman K. < h.i|iiii;iii. secretary of the Australian Imperial K\-Servicemen's Association in Auckland, on the Anzac Day ceremony. Mr. SllV-•■'■-M,. wlui was replying to a letter from Mr. Clinpman. slated that lio regarded it as a |iri\ i 1 c• ■_■ i■ to attend the dawn parade on Anzac Day. Hoardings and Town Planning. A protest liy the Wellington Beautifying Society against the use of di«fijriirin«j hoardings in rural and urban areas whm supported lit n recent moot injr of the Town Planning Institute of Xew Zealand, which urged that Inrjje advert i-ing hoardings he strictly reguliited. and that, in tliose places where advertising hoardings were permitted, strict control lie exercised in order Mo eliminate unsightly advertisements. The institute decided nlso Hint the Wellington Beautifying Society should l>e approached with a view to calling a conference of the interested parties. " Calling All Pupils." , A group at Ihe Kowliai Tnterinediafe S.-hcil hist ni-jht was startled momentarily when :i voice suddenly hooincd out from iii.nvliere: "Hullo! Hullo!' , However, it was i he headmaster. Mr. .1. V. Wells, demonstrating In Ihe iillliual meeting of parents of children ;il the school the broadcasting system with which tin , school is equipped. Over the air Mr. Wells explained that he was speaking fniiii !n- study. All the 21 cla»sroom« are ec|iiipp<'d with speakers, and the principal can speak In any our, or to all of tliein at the -.Mine time. Me-sages. talks and gramophone mii-ie i-iiii be transmitted throughout the buildiii'-'. Mr. Goldstine — Record-Breaker. 'Mi's jolly cold (o-nij-lit. and if we don't yet this meetiiiir throuj-h by S o'clock there'll l,e trouble." said Mr. f. .7.' ( 101.1-t inc. Mayor of One 'free Hill, who was in jovial mood before tin , -tart of the borough council meet • ii!LT I;• — t iii'jht. His ambition, however, was defeat cil by 1 •"> minute-*, the meeting eoncludin,..' a! vl~> o'clock, aft it A"> minutes. \o( to be beaten in all directions, however. Mr. flolilstine niaile local body hi-tory by opening and eliwiii'.' a mcetiii'j , of the Konini Domain Hoard and a meeting of the Mount St. John Domain Hoard in two minutes —one for each meet in". "That tnkc<» pome bent ing." said cniiniilliirs. Tasman Air Service Equipment. A pontoon which passengers will use in embarking and disembarking is the late-t equipment for the Taxman air service. The pontoon, which is of the Brady typo, arrived l:v the Arawn yesterday from Kngbinri. It has been developed to suit the Kinpire type of Ih inu-boat, Which will lie used on the Tasiiiau service. The pontoon resembles a miniature floating dork, consisting of two parallel decks joined by a submerged framework. Buoyancy is provided by tanks. When the fly ing-bout lias landed on the water, it is dra-'jed by the ground staff tail first into (lie spa.e between the decks. Inlbiter buffers ill the inner sides of the decking prevent damage to the hull of the machine. When the sections of the pontoon have been assembled. it will be anchored off the base in Mechanics' Hay. A ramp will run parallel with the shore from the embankment to a large pontoon, which will be connected by gangways with the Brady pontoon. The Monarch Butterfly.

Xinc years' experience and study of the Monarch butterfly by Mr. T. Skeatos. of Titininpi. i-i rpprenentcd by a display of thoxo beautiful insects at the' Winter Show, adjoining tlio iiuriciiltural section. Chattinjr about hi* hobby. Mr. Skoatns said that this pieturesque butterfly had rpccntly made a reappenraiu-!' in Now Zealnntl after an absence of about 40 vc'irs. an<l he lm<l clone his bent to nwsist in it* inorenap l>y breedinsr and releasing s|»TiiiH'iis. He puiptinoNed that ili«' Moiiiiri'li was linrinlc«s to fruit nn<l vpjjetiilile-. It- caterpillar fed, he kmi<l. principally on 11n rr milk food plants, (lip mo<( common lu'iii'.r the swan plant .imi ■tlir moth jilnnt. whose acid milky sji|i perinea tod Ilio lilooil >treaiii of tlir insert and niaile it <li~( ii-toful to biiil-i. Another natural protect ion from t In- birds w;is flip jmlrt bund nnd spot-; on the «-lii v-:ili-. Ilio iniprossinii of nicful. whieli (lie bird.-i wore wary of peeking. 'I'lic Moiiiii"'-li is now to be found in most countries, snid Mr. Skeatos. having winded its %\;iy from plaee to p|ni-e in the most snrprisinjr iiiiiniicr. III! Imped in the next liiontli or so to bp .ible to liberate wome hiindreds which lip lm<l brpil. nnd proposes sending some to the north and other* to the south of tho Dominion.

One Tree Hill Progress. Thirteen building permits of a total value of ,I".{s:si; have been issued since April 14 last I>y tlio One Tree J fill ISorongh Council, according to a report submitted at last night's meeting of the council. Since the. beginning of the year t>3 building permits of a total value of £12.041 have been issued, compared with 38 permits rallied at £6178 issued for the same period last year.

Reflecting Studs. Kxperirnental reflecting studs placed by the tratlic department on the pedestrian crossing at the corner of Oxford Terrace and Madras Street, Cliristehnrch, Lave proved highly effective in indicating the crossing to motorists at nifrlit, reports the "Star-Sun." The studs, are to be inspected by members of the South Island Motor Union with a view to recommending the Road Safety Council to iidopt the etiuls as standard for all pedestrian crossings.. Horse to Retire. p "Let's put him in for a pension under the Social Security Act," suggested a member of the Devonport Borough Council last night when the council was confronted with the fact that a horrto which had given faithful, service for about six years was due to retire from road work. It was reported that the 20-year-old animal was suffering from trouble with its feet, and that the roads were becoming too hard for it to work on. It would still be useful, however, on other duties, such a« farm work. The council directed that it should be disposed of and another hor*e acquired. Winter School Abandoned. Owing to lack of sufficient support, the Workers" Kdueational Association's winter school, originally arranged to be held at Blockhouse Bay, Auckland, this week, has been aliardoned. Applications totalled 30, which v.is only half Ilie minimum number required tr. make the school a success. The organisers si.ited {α-riny that seasonal conditions, and particularly the early commencement <>£ wintry feeding of stock, had made it impossible •or numerous country students to lease the hums this month. It was. therefore, pro|>M -eil to arrnnge week-end camps later in the \ car.

The Perfect School. 'It is only a matter of time w lion we shall have some institution approximating p> the perfect school." said Mr. ,1. F. Well's, principal of the Kowliai Intermediate School. la<t lii.Liht. addressing the annual moetinir of parents of children at the school. Mr. Wells. who recently returned from an educational tour aliroad, said that eventually schools would be alile to cater for each individual child. whose faults could be diagnosed and remedied. Tims could a school turn out a perfectly finished "product. ,. There would lie no iui«fit«. The T"nito<l States were ahead in this field, he continued, because of the great variety of specialists available even to tin , intiTineili.il e school. Kven so, New Zealand was nut far behind. Memorial Expenditure. '"I personally think a very good memorial could lie secured without a "teat expenditure of money." said the Mayor. Mr. H. F. \V. Moiklo. when the i|lU'stiou of tlie proposed ( eiitciinial ineinorial for Auckland was raised at a meeting of the Devon port Borough Colin<il last night. The three proposals from which a selection is expected to be made —- the Wail;ikere park, physical welfare centre and Karilane hospital extension schemes— were referred to the council by the Auckland Centennial Council. Mr. Meikle added that lie had no objection to a moderate amount In*in<; spent on a memorial, but he would not "go in for hundreds of thousands of pounds." The council decided -to defer consideration of the proposals until its next meeting. One Tree Hill Upkeep. A total expenditure of C 20.04 . ,) for public work* on streets and reserves for the year ended March .'sl, l!)H!l. was detailed in a report received at last night's meeting of the One Tree Hill Borough Council. Permanent work* represented £7N7.'?. and general maintenance accounted for £13,072. The report added that for the previous year capital expenditure under the same headings totalled £S!M2. but all this was in respect of kerbinjr, incidental reconstruction and sealing. The Church Street job, undertaken during the year just closed, had been almost entirely financed by subsidy on wages. Tn view of the greatly increased cost*, the amount of permanent work completed from revenue funds during the year, was satisfactory.

Reduced Fruit Export. With less tlian two weeks now before the close of the ex port season for apples and pears, it appears most unlikely (writes a Hastings correspondent) that (lie pea son's* total export from linwke'rt Buy will exceed 70.000 cases. which dues not make good comparison with last si L :i-mis' good record of r?4S.O7:{ eases. The chwing dale for export is May 22. but with onlv Doughertys left to handle now it is pos-il.'le flint the Muwke's Bay crop will lie finislied before (hat dale. The'total niiinlier of cases of apples and pears received for export so far amounts to (i2.10l cnses. A 1 the lu'crinninir of the season it was thought thai the scu>i>n's crop would result in about i>o.ooo cases being availal>le for export, while in some i|iiiirti>r* 120.000 cases was suggested as possible. However, it is now (|uite <lefinite I|ihl the final figure* will reveal a. total several thousand below the most conservative of the preliminary estimates.