NEWS OF THE DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 245, 15 October 1940, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Dominion's Effort. Recognition of the part New Zealand is playing in the general war effort was expressed in a letter recently received in Auckland from the Old Country. After referring to the "fine men from overseas" and tlie "great Air Force men," the letter concludes: "May God watch over all in New Zealand who are doing so much for us on this side." Hospital Treatment. In a letter, received at a meeting of the Auckland Hospital Board last evening, the Director-General of Health, Dr. M. H. Watt, said that the Department was of the opinion that any surgical appliances supplied to a patient undergoing treatment should be free of cost, and that surgical appliances, or splints, required to be worn by a patient on discharge, should be regarded as part of hospital treatment, and not charged for. Bowling Green at Parnell. -Arrangements have been made for the Auckland District Railway Bowling Association to use one of the new bowling greens constructed by the City Council at the Gladstone Road reserve at Painell. The association is to pav a rental of £100 for the season, and "the council will keep the green in order, j The Gladstone Road reserve was developed with relief work, and two bowling creens and five hard tennis courts were laid down. I Rooms for Manpower Committee. When the chairman of the Auckland M npower Committee, Mr. H. A. Anderson, requested that the committee should be granted the use of the Auckland Electric Power Board's rooms for the hearing of appeals, Mr. C. J. Lovelock pointed out at a meeting of the board yesterday that the committee's present accommodation was inadequate, but the responsibility was on the Crown to provide better. Mr. J. Sayegh said the committee could hire rooms, while Mr. E. H. Potter said that the hearing might last for weeks and interfere with the board's work. The request was declined.

£10,000 For War Loan When the chairman of the Auckland Electric Power Board. Mr. S. .T. Harbutt. suggested at a board meeting vestcrdav afternoon that £10.000 should be invested in the war loan. Mr. E. 11. Potter a»ked whether the correct designation of the loan was "compulsory." "It is a voluntary loan with a compulsory clause, said Mr. Harbutt. '"In our case it is voluntary, as it is time the board took an interest and assisted." It was proposed to use £3000 from the board's interest account and £7000 from the j investment fund. Lose Or Give It Away. Mild criticism was made of officials of sports clubs who held on to their job too long, and likewise clubs who held trophies so long that interest lagged at a Drurv Rugby Football Club "dinner when the juniors were entertained bv the secretary of the Manukau sub-union, Mr. S. A. Smith. In intimating that he had decided not to stand next year, he said that he had been in the union eight years and secretary for six years, and that was long enough. He was now going to head off the Drury senior team who had held the Stevens Cup for six years. It was suggested to him that if they couldn't manage to lose it next season they should give it away (Laughter.) Anniversary of Moitmgi. The last time England was successfully invaded was on October 15, 1066. English and Normans met in the Battle of Senlac, near the town of Hastings. According to historians, the Saxon army took up its position on tho top of a hill, and stoutly resisted the efforts of the Norman army to dislodge it. Harold, the last of the Saxon kings, died a hero's death, defending his land from the foreigner. Tho victorious Normans marched to London and took possession of the city. The dogged resistance of Britons to-day is the same as that of their ancestors who fought invaders, and it will take more than the cowardly attacks of foreign Powers to make them forfeit their heritage. An Innovation.

The Auckland Harbour Board is installing plant for the pumping of concrete through Gin pipes to distribution points in connection with the erection of the export wharf. This is an innovation in concrete construction, and should help considerably in expediting the work. By means of a scraper conveyer and bucket elevator, sand and stone chips are carried into chambers where measuring and mixing is automatic. The special pump P ro P°l the concrete through the piping is operated by the use of a 40 li.p. motor. The wharf shed is to be of reinforced concrete, about 530 ft long and 120 ft wide. Large quantities of reinforcing steel have arrived, and further shipments are coming. When all steel orders are filled another 30 men will probably be employed. Museum Education Officers. The president of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research, Sir Thomas Hunter, said in Wellington that the council had been very pleased to learn that the Minister of Education had decided to make permanent the positions of the educational officers in the four principal museums. Sir Thomas said he was sure the Carnegie Corporation, which provided rather more than half the money for the three-year experiment in educational work in museums, would be delighted to know that the venture has justified itself so completely. These educational officers conducted classes for school children in museum®, and also prepared for circulation among schools cases containing museum material. The scheme had proved very popular. The museum authorities had done a great deal to ensure its success. Jews and the War. \ "We know for a fact that in the last war German Jews were most loyal to thei:- country," said Mr. S. D. J. Cohen in an address in Hastings on the occasion of the Jewish Day of Atonement. '"They fought and killed British Jews, just as British Jews killed German ones. There have been many controversies on the subject of Jew killing Jew," Mr. Cohen continued. "While no rightthinking person likes war, the Jewish religion does not forbid a Jew killing another Jew when at war any more than the Christian religion forbids a Chris- j tian killing another Christian at war. 1 But nobody in their right senses would ! accuse German or Austrian Jews of being traitors for wishing and praying this very day for a British victory— not after the reward they have received within the last few years for what they and their ancestors did for Germany and Austria for generations past. So you will readily see world Jewry is united in one wish and desire, and that is for a British victory." ■ _ ,