NEWS OF THE DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 157, 4 July 1940, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Increased Sdutol Attendant*. '. u> •» .i:M M»i»u i.i .;ii:v»:l..ii* -1 i J>!"i.,r> ir. ■.:' .>:54 rI .- *>ho<vlj* ia r.iic* A :i-\;.i.m' •ii«r.H«r.. -.1 returns MMwi i.s i. mm'T.iiKT of the Aiii'iilaiui .-..::,-: i.: ■„■,!! Bo«rii ? HMrm-day. Tlw nil :'.v tin* r,,, r -n eivM XU j :i -via X',.U)i ><••■.■•» uid .!:! (51>4 xirU. a."total or iWJJW, ; ii» .Ticv»a.'f> rftfliwiiMl ntii..j. biued un nke 4jßmfi»Ts«T7 */ Independence. li-'l.ty A marina oJwervus r.ke annivei , - j.ii'-' <vr iu j T Dw-Iα ration or rnd*»p«m<feß«rt ■vf July 4. 177>5. aa a national holiday. Ff. w«a Mte ti»riHiiui.ti«m of the lwiisj and W*r of Jtm-erwan Eia«iepen-<i<f»Ti«-i». By r?fi3s':n>r rlw people of her <v.'.*r«t»a i*iiloni«*-t th<» ->imp4e ri«rli<ta of Cltom* risrhrji wijjrh have !>i»i»n *»•?, forth flrmiy in Orta. Rritain !>-«t. L;J renlnniissi nv hj«;ii ba«i r.hi» pri<ie of ist^i , nt.a.r.eaqi!nen a.n<i oee o-f -.lip aiain iwitiet.rt .-,'f a«»r tr*d*. a Paper Buy. FDavinar no Ivrown paper tra wrap a U.\:n» frameii p4iot(»)srnj.pli whiHi lie waa f.*kras h<STO«. a perta.iji yweawr iiia.ra im f.iv.v n is'f.ilisfttl r.w ( » "SSArs" whi.'ij AT*,-., mi/nminaiy iira.pwl to (*oai'pM.l rim ci',mt.i»Ts' f -..-(. A.-i i»m wa.it.a-j r'or r.ra.m«a.T a iviajT- App>nM:cij«KL in hag , . •■i t iv<> me a ">itar.' plf»ii«<>.'" ->h<> *a.iid. Tlipri» wer» spewieml ■jmifes. *n«i n.pr(4oari«>« from r,h« Wy. Tl)<»n» ji« a»i *i.l<». m r.lw papefa were ioW ami thw pitrfißl niw.ti mor<> raliaalvte th»n r.hfl r.■.v<jp<»-n.-:» ih<» pvoffureri. Waiting Airmen. p»*i % t.i"ce M«nvtwr«i of (■.he a.ir enrw jMitmu of ("» Royal V,. - Air Force who s.rfv nhf! of their flfyiswi train ins , a.rp. Iwrns , arnwraid posit ions luwtvil r.h« 4d.tf> of f.4»pir (raßSwjr up. F.->r th« niofit. part t.I»«MH» *ffliwted are not. to i-a.n<ni rap nmt.il »ora« tiwie fciPTt ysaT. who awrppf, haws r.h«* ra.ra!c of a.iPTa.ft*man, da/wi 2. a.n<i it iw point(»d out (-.iw.t; anne-ptj.n<*i» wiil not a.ffsrt. the dirts 015 whi<"ii th«y have been ,vciipT=rl to rspoT*. for fjyi-nz. 4 Bril&mi Meteor. \ p»»id<»nr. of A.:'.->,{ in the '"."■y. »r"hh with r»i"i»rpn<M>r r.o "h«» «i?i<i ua'Jar. ofcaftrveii La uii*j souui-western iky on Sa.r.ur<ia.y efemw. and reunrtioiwrti by a as myaterfeTO*. "Your f;i'jrre*pe»dietjdl b« bateTMted to knww," saya the writer, "tlsafe tie vi-vid -wrkicfa. he or aiae eteervari tu caa«cd by a fal-Enrjz- star. I liapipeTied! t<l) be waßrims alonjr Street at the time, atud mv a falling at*r. wk.-ir.fa ■a-wiMRBiIy left a trail of extreinefy bril-liaa-t liischf.,. SfflsKmuiiiafttieJar t.h« whole aky and. ifi«»pifw»arhjg in a few aecooda.™

The Edwcmtei Pmkehm. A <wrta.ni Wa.ilta.to tiown haa a rery eattesiastie r:Ia..JH learnra"! the iilnrvci toncrraaj-e, th*i strarfipa-t* nnumbmrvßif aboirt a. seore. iXo#t <il tile members are ftntlnaaiaiatir , , and tfeey take e-7-ery r>t>P'lrttaTiitj to try oiat their Isarniiij by with. Ma.orw. One enterwl a. cie-mist step, and wMle wait- &»!? tn be se-rv-eti iue a. M*ori cTOS-tioineT im two »r three pkraaea of 3<lai<ort. rewriviafcsr in reply oaly a ratfear pmz&eA staxe. Wiem ti« efaemist faa.B«iii»d a packet to tine Maori with the remiarfc. ""Efonr'-i yenw TMedicime-. HnrL." tke Maori T*|iJSedL, "Thaeikn. bwt I tMrak yo« better givft it to cMa feLfer, β-h?"

The Bimsiimg Ehwcr. A.m ettractfrre laxiy. evidently * viai:tor, boarded t&e tea for St. Belier , *. Amd .after a*k±wr the driver about the Loag Drive inraKty. took t&e nearest sseatl At the lEi-swimi Buy stop tße driver a good looking fm& — tiarned to her with. fc frwMwtly spcn-ife: "WowW yom like t<s ;ro> »!*» Loror Drive to-iwjrlkt *" Her foreafiifess hesitation was broken by th* bearty BemgMer wf the otWr pawwrajwrsi, a;wd reatisLTOg, with becoming blushes. :tfaat it waa not an rnwitatjon a aig-ht ■Wat. afe jocnel in tbe merriment. UβfortTnaatery t6» drivn-r's face waa mot ■mfßiife, hut —Mfeve tt ot no-t—fa.i» r*- ; ffieptiott ia tte mirro-r bluaJied like a forMe.

SdhoW Committee (Her. Ait Differ to fr>r<ro £5 a year β-f tfae se&o&l tmui for tbe dara.tKm"r>f tbe w-ar ,wa« mai4u» in a fo?l:t«»T rwprriveil art resrter-day',-1 meetiajr of the Auckland Edtwatiftn B.t)ard; frmm r.hn Po-lourn Comnmittee-, in ch* T ft Awamwtn district. The eommiUee ina'spP«tM r.hat afl cormtry -"ohool committees sho-nW be aaked to fm-wo pvoportiooAte aai.o.wn**. It was pointed out hy mem her* of the b-oard tha.t Pnkoni 'had a. s-pwxal fwmi whk-h fed been raiwwsd for w-hool pirrpones. Amd it was rlirwlefl to reply to nfoe e-ffeet that Rbe ro-tnnnif.tee cooikf m»» tke private fund for any purpose, bnt. that; the- ordinary iranc afaoaM be applied r.o aeh»©l work.

[Track Damages Kitchen. j Dame..™* ».**«*■«<-[ a .t about £200 was ra.ra.iied w-hipn a. la. rye trwk eras hied ttarwergfc tiae waH of a. dweltiog at the Wk qf a. serwft β-tatiow at Riimninsian. Ftoe trwlc. a. three-totj vehicle, wa«i being driven frwrn AmakhutA to Te Raps by Mr. J. W. Kiitson. of Te Rapa, who waa β-wrompanifid by fcj* «rit> and chiM. Pom- other person* were travelling on the hark. At tke jtrmrtion of tine Great South Road a.n-d rhe htghwav the track swerved to th.- Irft. narrowlv BiMmmer ft po-.t m front of the aenrice *t*twn, owwflrf by .\r P^ar ». W. Fferkt and Some. Strikhv the hark of tbe horic* tfc penetrated the wall ewtm« ff abont 12ft into tfae kitchen awl wreck the ro<nn. Fantrtwe. a wasfetß!? nMcbim awi a.n pfectric «oi> w«>re hro-Hcen. bFjt. a. radio ee t an 4 a siifebrjard damajfe. The trwrk wtm ewns*J«raMy damajsed. althowjrh its rxwwpentfl injury. Mr. Herkt'a a rhild and two visitors bad only" jt»t left the room when the accident occnrred. Soldiers Marries at Port of Cefl. The; marriage of Private Wilbur Clifford Welch, ajred 21, the mn of Mr. and ,lfrs. H. Welch, of Grey .Street, Hamilton, took place during short leave in a port of call on r.he voyage to England. j Private Welch, who was born in Hamil\ton, an/1 in a. well-known raefog cj-elkt , left New Zealand with the' Second I Echelon, and was. on leave wh-en he met ! a pretty Mi** JTary Kathleen J Mack, at tbe Chtrreh of England re freshI merrt hmim, where he and erther New j Zeafand-ers were ?jem? entertained. ! Wekh was toW that the departure of j his boat had been postponed. The in- | formation proved to be incorrect, and he ; missed the boat. In the meantime he had been taken to the girl's home and had become engaged to her. He eonstrited the dean of tbe local cathedral, who undertook to see that Wc-feh could join another transport. A special license ; wa* obtained, and the marriage took j place in the local cathedral, the dean officiating. The brrdegroom left on a transport on tl i day following , his marriage, and h n< " *n England. His wife remained at hoiwe.