NEWS OF THE DAY

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 211, 6 September 1941, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

risceivecf by -the in Auckland that the next %ettng- of the Compensation Court Resided over by Mr. Justice, a Q3tegan will be started a fortnight the opening: date being iMTaaged for Tuesday, September 23, R'-wnen fixtiires Aviil -a made for the crises. > '[j. <\ <3 y j Growing Medical Plants. Medicinal plants for yar purposes are to be, cultivated in-'Hasting3, 26 acres having been provided for in the. initial scheme, which may be extended if itptoves.asuccess, says Association .message from &astirigs. Operations will be carried jHfTXor the duration of the war and or two after, and n permanent industry may result. The estimated return, is £100 an acre, given 'Govormnpnt. which is instal-jjrw-a drying shed costing £3000. (Tho proposal is to plant 20 acrcs in digitalis purpurea and two acres r\each, Jri, atrppa belladonna, hyo.vcya- & mus nlger and datura stramonium. O* £i'p'o o Soldier's Surprise « A'- Southland itien\be'r of the N.Z.E.P% in... Epiypt wds surprised decently whim he visited the local J tbeatr<? and, -saw himself on the years.ago Private Stewart island.' phe'/lay lie" was v a member nf a on a launch, cruise in PateTSPtrlnlfk- Whqiiaileer was seen Swimming The vessel gave a the incident. The* cameralrsan tola tlie party to look It was screened—but cnot in this Dominion. Private Trotter informed his parents that he--was -the 'most surprised man in that audiehCe °of soldiers in the Egypfiai? theatre. ■=

OT\ ° foand Its Man! r ' Strange things happenMni war. A fetter sent from Auckland by Clipper air mail, addressed to a sergeant in the Auckland Battalion of the Second Echelon, arrived in England iust before Christmas. Rut the New Zealanders were already on the high seas, bound for the Middle East. The letter had to follow. The Nazis scored a hit of some sort on something, and the letter was submerged. Later it was iished up, and eventually reached the man for whom it was intended—Sergeant Jack Bracegirdle, N.Z.E.F., formerly of Auckland. It was unreadable, owing to its wetting, but the veteran of Greece and Crete was delighted to find attached a perfectly sound English banknote for ten shillings, which was immediately fe cashed in the wet canteen! Sergeant f Bracegirdle has a high opinion of the k Office. M Q

Russian Anthem Prdfessor W. A, Sewell writes:— •in.' a paragraph yesterday you reported me as saying that the 8.8.C. had "declined at first to broadcast Russia's national anthem, 'The Red Flag,' but had later put it over." The Russian national anthem is "The Internationale," and I said I had no information as to .whether it was, or was not, broadcast by the 8.8.C. Growth of Boy Scout Body Commenting on a record attendance at the annual meeting in Wellington of the Dominion Council of the Boy Scouts' Association, the president, Sir James Grose, said the number of scouts had increased from 11,090 in 1937 to 15,711 in 1941. The leadership and interest of the commissioners was largely responsible, but there was also the enthusiasm of the boys and scout leaders. It was decided to send greetings to the boy scouts of Britain, "who are so nobly demonstrating to scouting what boy scouts can do for their King and country in the service of humanity." A new department in scouting, that of air scouts, has been established. It is proposed to develop this department in New Zealand on cautious linos. War Loan Success Commenting upon the War Loan, the leader of the Opposition, Mr. Holland, told the Press Association at Wellington that the over-subscrip-tion of the loan would be a source of very real satisfaction to the many Subscribers and all all who were heh> ing the war effort by participating in the national savings scheme and various other ways open to them. "Over-subscription of the loan indicates th'aj, the public will voluntarily and willingly respond to whatever financial requirements are shqvm to be necessary for the prosecution of the war," said Mr. Holland, "and I cm sure that our men overseas will be pleased to have news of the result of the present loan and to know oth°at every effort will be made to provide them With the smews of *.var." O v. <">

j 0 , The St&tking Shortage J "It is generally recognised, and has been proved thatrtljere4s c a shortage of hosiery, but th£ position is not as acute as is imaginedoby the general public," said the secretary" of the Federated Drapers, Clothiers <_ and" Boot Retailers, Mr. G. L. Riley t statement in Wellington. "Theannual consumption of hosiery in New Zealand is estimated to be between 5,000,000 and 6,000,000 pairs. New Zealand hosiery mills have for the past complete year produced approximately 3,000,000 pairs, sqr although the discrepancy is serious the position can be partially remedied by economy in use and further importation. To alleviate tha-posi-tion, women are earnestly requested to economise in the useO of? siljc, hosiery, particularly during the com"' ing summer." Or c " . O V C ° eo' .