NEWS OF THE DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 88, 15 April 1941, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Trout Fishing at Easter. During the Master period there were more anglers trying their luck in Lake Rotorua and adjacent waters than at any time since the New Year. Despite the fact that winds were unfavourable, quite a number of good catches were made on Rotorua, Rutoiti and Okataina. The fishing in the Taupe district is reported to have been characterised by riuall catches. Titanic Anniversary. Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of the sinking of the liner Titanic. The largest liner over built up to that time, the Titanic, with 2201 persons on board. Mas on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. On the night of April 14. 1012. she struck an iceberg which pierced her starboard side in several places, and she sank swiftly, with the loss of 1 -">OO lives. Captain Smith, the commander. Colonel J. J. A.-tor, Mr. W. T. Stead and Mr. F. P. Millet, the artist, were among wellknown people who lost their lives. The •;n>s~ tonnage of the Titanic was 40,382, and siio co-t £1.1 "•>,OOO. Rotorua Territorial Camp. Over 1000 territorials are expected to enter camp at. A raw a Park, Rotorua, for throe months' training from the beginning of next month. This will be the largest camp held at the park during the present war. Units in camp will be the .~>th Composite Company, Xew Zealand Army Service Corps, the Bth Field Ambulance, and Transport section. Before the arrival of the new units, certain members of the Ist Composite Company, Xew Zealand Army Service Corps, still at Arawa Park, will complete their training. To facilitate this, a convoy of vehicles released at the conclusion of the large-scale field manoeuvres of Auckland infantry is expected to arrive to-day. Pramettes on Trams. "The committee recommends that the running staff use discretionary power, consistent with the convenience of other passengers and in the interests of public safety," stated a report from the tramway committee, received by the Wanganui City Council, on the question of pramettes being carried on trams. The committee also decided that in future prams containing parcels be not carried on traras. The subject was raised by the Wanganui branch of the Tramways Union at. a previous meeting of the council, when it was stated that there was no provision for carrying pramettes, which were becoming very popular, on Wanganui trams. It was also stated that complaints had been received of pramettes being overloaded with groceries and other articles. Temporary Hospital.

On the completion of the first wing of the temporary hospital in the Domain during the ne\t two weeks, naval, military and air forrc patients will be transferred from the Auckland Hospital. Those being invalided from overseas will bo accommodated in the new hospital, which is solely for the use of servicemen. Some of the naval patients will occupy the sick bay which is Hearing completion at Pevonport, and at the Papakitra mobilisation camp and the Hobsonville air base hospital accommodation is provided for men serving there. However, more serious cases and thooc requiring special treatment will be sent to the new hospital. The twostoreyed portion of the building, which will contain four wings, is expected to be completed in six weeks or two months.

Flight of the Monarchs. One of the outstanding characteristics of Easter this year, apart from the fact that it had been a fairly sunny period, has been widespread abundance of Monarch butterflies in garden,, of the Auckland district. Notable as strong flyers, these beautiful insects range far in search of the particular milky-sap plants on which they feed, and frequently they have been observed over the waters of the harbour en route to some garden rendezvous. Earlier in the year a great crop of Monarchs was indicated by the exceptional number* of striped caterpillars appearing in gardens wherever there was a swan plant and by their voracity. This anticipation has been fulfilled, and no garden ill the city and suburbs is now without its quota of these butterflies that flutter by to add intriguing beauty and brilliance to the flower plots. Slaves of the Reich. According to the first bulletin of the International Federation of Trade Unions, issued from the new headquarters in London, some 1,000,000 prisoners of war and nearly 1,000,000 civilian foreign forced labourers are employed in Germany. "In every prisoner of war camp a 'labour supply officer' is in charge of proper repartition of the available labour," declares the publication. '"The following instruction has been issued by the Reich Ministry of Labour oil the subject: 'Prisoners of war released for purposes of labour are to be exerted to the uttermost. They are to be compelled to undertake any kind of work, and cannot put forward any demand for wages.' Thus, without any regard being paid to jtJjyiiical capacity for work, and in disregard of all modern social considerations. tliosfl 'slaves' are truly exploited. The Nazi State shares the profits of exploiting them with the employers. Vice-regal Residence. .\ sub-committee of the Canterbury Cliamber of Commerce lias been set up to consider the provision of a permanent home in the city for the GovernorGeneral, states the "Press.'' The council of the chamber discussed the proposal, speakers emphasising that as

there v»as a permanent vice-regal home iu Wellington and Auckland, there should ako be similar provision in the South Island. The chairman, Mr. W. S. Mac Gibbon, said that some years ago there had been a move on foot to provide a South Island home for the Dominion's Governor - General. The arrival of Sir Cyril Xev.all had revived the issue, particularly since Sir Cyril himself had indicated that he would like some such provision. Every South Islander would agree that there should be a vice-regal home in Christehurcli, and that it would be a good thing to have the Governor-General and life family living in the south for some portion of the year. Mr. 11. Kitson suggested that the issue was one for iho Government, lather than for the chamber.