NEWS OF THE DAY

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 109, 10 May 1943, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY

Lord Stamp Memorial Friends of the late Lord Stamp, who was killed by enemy action at Shortlands, Kent, have contributed £3800 to endow a Stamp memorial lecture at the London University, Chivalry, With a Click -For passengers in a suburban tram last evening it was difficult to discern whether an act of chrvairy was by accident ordesign. Ay oun| SJ ass Sarins 'fcu'Mf.'S pied by the girl. Home Defence? SoveSts were being carried out, aloofness. To put' the fi£ ls ™ touch to his new home, tne new comer had a massive but picturesque stole wall built along the frontage. While the contractors were busy on this work, a member of the cold but civil family said to one of .the workmen: "I suppose he will be putting up machine-guns and barbed wire entanglements nest." Holding for a Rise? Crystal—and the best English quality at that—on display. The eyes of the present-hunting woman shopper sparkled. "What are the price of those goblets?" she inquired of the Queen Street jeweller. "They are not for sale," replied the shop assistant. To the following question he said that the reason was that the Price Tribunal would not allow sufficient to be charged for the crystal to make it worthwhile for the retailer to sell them. When the question was referred to the Auckland Price Tribunal office it was pointed out that under clause 10 of the Price Stabilisation Emergency Regulations, 1939, it was laid down that goods could not be destroyed or hoarded, and that there could be no refusal to sell provided the standard price was offered—that being either the price of the goods on Septemoer 1, 1939, or the p?ipe fixed by the Price Tribunal. *"

Honest Citizen A Christchurch . resident recently bought a postal note for £1, wrapped it in an account he had received from a Wellington firm intending to post it away, and promptly lost it: As the postal note had been left open, he never expected to hear of it again. He received a surprise, however, when he found in his mail the account with the Wellington firm's receipt attached. Good News ail Wedding Breakfast A remarkable incident marked proceedings at a wedding breakfast in Central Hawke's Bay. The mother of a soldier who had been a prisonei of war in Italy for the past two years had remarried, and one of the toasts being honoured ft the repast was "The Prisoners of War." While the proposer was making his speech, in the course of which he hoped the boys would soon be released from captivity by reason of the victories won in Tunisia, the telephone rang, conveying an official message that the son hid been repatriated and was now safe in Alexandria. Jurymen Excused Another sign of the times in the Supreme Court has been the number, of men called for jury service who have applied for exemption on the ground of being employed on essentfal work. Lalt week the applications for exemption numbered 13, a£d this morning there were nine more such applications. Seven of S-day's applicants were'excused by Mr. Justice Fair. When a bakers application was before him his Honorremarked that the community already had shortages in gas, petrol and water, and did not want a bread To Safeguard Youth Training A remit that the release from camp of youths under 20 years of not be by voluntary application but should be mandatory will be submitted by the £m. ned i" Returned Services' Association to the annual conference of the .New Zealand Association, which will be held at the end of the month. The remit provides, however, for appeals by the youths or their parents to manpower or appeal boards, but then only because of very good roasons why the youths should . remain m camp. The view of the association is that as youths under 20 may not i be called up until they are 21. the period under that age is the more suitable both psychologically and mentally for education and training in professions and trades. The association is urging that the Government policy should be reversed accordingly," as it is felt that • for various reasons the youths would not make voluntary application, and in many cases would drift into deadend jobs.