NEWS OF THE DAY

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 56, 7 March 1942, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

Water Means Purchased

Worth £12 •Wuh

"I hope you pay him that," eald h member of the Taranakl Manpower Committee at Manila, when a farmer, enumerating the qualities of his son, summed up by saying he could not get a man as good for £12 a week. Small Bay's Fhilasaphy It happened after the recent trial evacuation of primary schools on the sounding of an alarm. Two small girls and two small boys were hurrying along the street on their w »y home from school. "Come on, Billy, called one of the girls, "you're not going fast enough." The pace was apparently too fast for Billy. on. hang," he ejaculated, slowing up exhausted, "I think I'll wait for! the real thing." Snow on Mount Egmont For the second time this year snow fell on Mount Egmont on Sunday and Monday nights. The falls were unusuully heavy for this time of the year, and the snow was as far down fIH Fimtham's Peak above the ski run nn the Dawson's Falls side. There was an earlier fall of snow on the mountain at the beginning of Februnry. Wool Essential "Wool Is b great necessity to-day," paid the chairman of the No. 7 Area Manpower Committee, Mr. G. A. Maddlson. at a sitting of the committee In Hastings, "and it may be Maid that It is of as great value as men. Every lock of wool Is of the utmost value, and this committee has lit all times been urging farmers to change from Southdowns to RomTicys In order to meet the need for this essential commodity." Somebody Benefits "The restrictions on petrol supplies hnve not been un • unmixed Messing," observed Mr. A. Hayward at ii sitting of the Hamilton District Manpower Committee when n reservist, a storekeeper, said his turnover In the business had Increased very materially In the past threw or four months, because, he explained, the petrol restrictions prevented settlers from securing their •way m lnrger centres 'urther

Agreement on the transfer of 21 Eii °!J?' lt }? h water main and li miles of 8-inch main from the DevonP°rt Borough Council to the Auck&EL C v y c ° uncl '. at a total value of 4.4400, has been reached between the two authorities. The City Council nas also made purchases from Birkenhead and Ncrthcote for the water reticulation system of the combined boroughs, where the citv supply is being extended. " K " Experience "You don't suggest that much training is required for a man to be able to take over the cellar arrangements In a hotel?" asked the Crown representative, Mr. J. S. Wauchop of a witness at a sitting of the No. 4A Armfd Forces Appeal Board in Hastings. "It takes years of training, and then we often get growled at for not doing it properly," replied witness. Mr. Wauchop: "Well, I know a number who have left other occupations to make a success of the hotel business." Witness retorted: "Yes, and I've known others who have gone broke." Mr. Wauchop- "I have known only one man go broke In 40 years." Bravo, New Zealand! His conviction that the New Zealand Division In the Middle East was composed of some of the finest troops In the world was voiced by Mr. R. T. Miller, senior official war correspondent with the N.Z.E F at a complimentary dinner tendered him by journalistic colleagues of the Auckland Star. In the evacuation of Greece, he said, the New Zealanders held fast to their weapons. They marched and fought in the severe rearguard action till they were footsore and almost exhausted. With the boot leather worn off their feet they struggled on over mountainous roads, grimly carrying their rifles, machine-guns and heavy antitank rifles. It was a seemingly superhuman effort for men dispirited by a long retreat. The least said about some other phases of the retreat the better, said Mr. Miller, but the part played by the boys from New Zealand was beyond all praise. They stuck to their weapons to the bitter end, thirsty, hungry, battle-torn and dog tired. Newsreel cameramen, who at first were delighted with pictures of unshaven and weaponless troops coming off the transports in Egypt, quickly changed their opinion and expressed amazement when they found the hard-bitten New Zealanders coming down the gangways shaven, with tunics buttoned, and carrying all their equipment.