NEWS OF THE DAY

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 168, 18 July 1941, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

Fish and Game Stock About a million and a quarter trout ova have been planted at the Ngongotaha fish hatchery this season, according to the conservator, who says the number will probably be raised to two million by the end of the week. In the last few days 350 pheasants from the game farm have been released, and further releases will include a consignment to Wairoa. Hamilton Art Gallery Plan A proposal through an anonymous donor to establish an art gallery in Hamilton was made to the borough council when the Mayor, Mr. H. D. ,Caro, informed the council that the offer had been made to purchase the old money order office in Grantham Street and hand it over for art gallery purposes. An architect would have to ascertain the suitability of the building, said the Mayor, and Mr. J. Treloar said the necessary alterations would cost from £300 to £400. On the Mayor's motion the matter was referred to a committee with power to act. Oaths and Affidavits The Evidence Emergency Regulations, 1941, gazetted yesterday, provide that any officer of His Majesty's naval, military or air forces, whether raised in New Zealand or elsewhere, of the rank of lieutenant-commander, major, squadron-leader or equivalent rank may, while serving outside New Zealand, administer oaths to and take affidavits from any member of the forces. Such affidavits and oaths will be effectual as if administered or sworn before any lawful authority in New Zealand, and will be admissible in evidence without proof of the rank of the officer. A Juryman Drops Out When a case in the Supreme Court was about to be opened yesterday, after the Jury had been empanelled, the foreman advised the Court that a juryman had iust intimated to him that ne knew the man whose house was alleged to have been broken Into by the accused man. Mr. W. Noble, who was counsel for the accused man, said he would sooner proceed with a jury of eleven than have one man on it who might have an unconscious bias. Mr. G. S. R. Meredith, conducting the prosecution for the Crown, consented to the ease proceeding with eleven jurymen, and this procedure was nd'opt'ed. The full panel filr-1 ( >m< f,»v a <hurt adjournment. and n'ro H;- Court reBinned unls ( lew. ,i j oair.c Uu'i<

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The old ma'n was vividly describing the havoc wrought by bombing in the street of an English town. "You know the dentist's house at the corner?" he asked. "All gone! Not so much as a pair of biceps left!" Ground Rased by Burials During a discussion in the Wellington Diocesan Synod on conditions governing churchyards and burial grounds, the Rev. N. F. E. Robertshawe asked what limit was to be set to the number of burials in each grave. He had been to a church in England round which the ground had been raised 4ft by repeated burials. Election This Year ? In his personal judgment there would be no national Government and there would be a general election, stated the Minister of Health, the Hon. A. H. Nordmeyer, addressing a meeting at Bayswater last evening. He said he knew of nothing more calculated to split and disrupt the people of the Dominion than the formation of a national Government. It would be impossible, with two parties whose interests in domestic matters were so far opposed, to agree in the Cabinet. Sagacity of the Rat A good deal of ingenuity is necessary to clear a house of rats. One householder who had been caused a good deal of worry bought two traps. The first night resulted in a 100 per cent bag. but the next night only one trap had done its work. The following night both traps had been left untouched. In an effort to find out whether the rats could pick whether the traps were set or not. the following night the householder baited them in the usual way, but did not set them. In the morning all the bait had been eaten. ,4 Grandma Britain" "Will we, in these United States, stand by Britain? The question is absurd; the answer is obvious. We could no more fail Great Britain in this hour than a strong young man could stand on the shore and see his grandmother drown," comments a writer in an American paper. "Not help Britain—not help her wih all we've got? It's unthinkable. Britain gave us the finest things we have— reprsentative government, the common law. and a spirit that doesn't know when it's licked—and which. -"oror;\ i* never liekerl. We will come. Gvnnrimn I'ri'nin. We will i«>mo i<> you with all we have."