NEWS OF THE DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 13, 16 January 1941, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Woman's Big Loss. The loss of £•">•") in notes by a woman ro~i<lt'iit of Siuidrinjiliain represents a year's savings, and in an endeavour to find the sum a substantial reward is being offered. An nilvertUoinent in yesterday's "Star" indicated that the sum. made up of 10 notes eai-li of £.?•> and five £1 notes, was contained in a notecase. It appears that the woman did not discover her loss until some days after she had visited a seaside resort. Immediate efforts to linil the money proved fruitless, and further advertising has been resorted to. The finder has been asked to communicate with the Balmoral police. Naval Officer's Associations. One of the oflieers prominently associated with H.M. aircraft-carrier Illustrious (which was furiously attacked by bombers in the Mediterranean), both during the construction of the ship and afterwards. was Kngineer-Lieutenant William Taylor Young, who was for a time on the New Zealand station and relatives and numerous friends in Auckland. While here he served on TT.M.S. Duncdin and also on H.M.S. Achilles. After leaving Xew Zealand he went Home about four years ago, and held a responsible position in connection with the building of the Illustrious at Harrow. When the aircraftcarrier was commissioned he was one of the original officers. Mar thorough Linen Flax. IbHs estimated that the whole of the 050 acres of linen flax crop in Marlliorough, on which nine pulling machine* are now at work, will have been harvested in about ten days. Already a total of about r>oo acres has been pulled and the crop has been described by experts as one of the best in Xew Zealand. Only about 100 acres was affected by the dry spell, having been put in later, and being caught at a vulnerable stage by a spell of north-oast weather. From a fibre point of view linseed under 22in in length is of no use, and i~ reserved solely for seed purposes. The 100 acres is not being pulled, and will either be cut with a binder or in some cases headed. Bush and Grass Fire. Three lorry loads of troops from the Foxton military camp yesterday assisted to fi.uht the lire that broke out'in Oroua Dowiw district. Fire breaks were burned to prevent the fire moving further should it flare up again. It was reported that with the exception of parts of the pine plantation still smouldering the fire was under control and the indications were that it would not break out again. Much activity was centred in efforts to hold the fire from swinging round toward the residence of Mr. ,T~. Gray, situated north of the main danger point. About 100 men were engaged throughout the greater part of yesterday in beating out the flnmes where they threatened to spread and in burning small areas to lessen the hazard of the fire again getting ~ut of hand. Acts of Vandalism. "Vandalism in res)x>ct to our sijrns is very prevalent to-day, and we will have to take police action aj-ainst offenders." said the president, Mr. F. (!. Farrell. at last evening's meeting of the Automobile Association (Auckland) when reports of dama-re were received from patrols in various parts of the province. The fact that a youth of 10 years had been seen firing a pea-rifle at a sijm in an Auckland suburb, the excuse being offered that there was nothing else to fire at. was commented on by the secretary, Mr. <:. W. Hutchison. On calling at the ollice, he said, the youth had been advised to forward a letter of apology to the association, but- as thk had not been done the meeting decided to institute police proceedings against him in the event of the letter not being received within a reasonable time. For Needy Children. An appeal has been launched in Hamilton to provide clothing for about 100 needy children who have arrived at Port Waikato health camp witli only the clothes they stood up in. In making the appenl Mr. AV. FT. Paul, chairman of the Waikato Children's Camp League, said there were 130 children now at the and. in order that they might all gain full benefit from their three weeks' holiday, 100 sets of clothing, including small dresses, boys' suits., iinderclothinjr. pyjamae and bathing, suits were needed. For the past three weeks l">0 Waikato children have spent a holiday at Port Waikato, and these were replaced this week by others from as far north as Kaitaia. from Thames, Wuihi and Paeroa. While some of the children were well equipped, the great majority had little more than the clothes they were wearing. Owing to the isolated position of the camp, it was impossible to provide them with necessary articles immediately.