NEWS OF THE DAY

Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 147, 23 June 1945, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Telegraphic Code Addresses The Chief "Postmaster advises thai;' registered telegraphic.code addresses may- be used as the address or signa-ture-of telegrams <ta all parts of the British Empire except Canada, India, i Ceylon and Aden. In addition;- teleto -British-Empire points other than -those mentioned may now, be. forwarded without a, signature if deMoney Not Claimed V. ; •Efforts are" being made by the police; fri;'ChristcbJUrch to locate the owner of a large sum-of money which was foTjnd*in a suburban street ; about six months ago, but so far they have been unavailing.. The finder of the money aclyerjtijsed.'for.its.owner, and subsequently handed the money to the , 'pdiice.VvSvho have held it since last January, So far...they have had no inquiries, for .it. •;•: - - V.. United Nations Union '/The.United.Nations Union of/New is the new. name proposed, for the present.'New Zealand League of Nations' Union, according to World Affairs, 1 the union's quarterly iriagazine:'•' Under name,' the union is to launch a campaign for funds to enable it to expand its work of building public ■ opinion in connect tion with international affairs, and securing support for the world-orga-nisation envisaged by the San "Francisco conference,,,• - . Have Their : Favoutities The - idjosyneracies of women clients were referred to by the. proprietor gf a hairdressing salon in . appealing, at a sitting,of the Auckland Industrial Manpower Committee, against the- direction pf, an employee to work at the Green Lane- Hospital as a nurse atten? dant. :.-The appellant'"- stated . that the - employee,. was Z in. charge .of a branch shop arid if she went the clientele would- go "Women are . strange-- in their - - requirements," add.e<L:*her> appellants 'It happens go7-t67,'& salon'-ahd- .can't- get the girl-tßey Iwant they are Offended and go' else-

"Didn't Know" Own Value . "I didn't know I was so valuable," stated. a" defendant charged with a breach of the manpower regulations in the Magistrate's Court yesterday. "You : see I.had always worked for myself before this," he added. Stating that he had been working two days now on the job to which he had been directed, s and. that' he would .''Stick it out," j defendant .asked for leniency. - Re was fined £1 and 10/ COStS. : j: .- ,■-..- .-, .:.,-.

"Living Once More" :"It has all come' true at last—free agaiii" and living, . once more after four years' captivity," writes Sapper Roy-Atrol from .-England, to .-an Auckland friend. ,"We are. being 'killed with kindness' here, and the arrangements made by those responsible for our welfare'are magnificent. They are doing a wonderful job." SappeV Arrcil,; who was taken prisoner in Greece; in 1947, writes enthusiastically of his 28 days' "arrival leave" on being repatriated to England. "I like the English is so .friendly, helpful and homely. I spent 10, days :n. London visiting, the awe-inspiring Westminster Cathedral, and went to Scotland, as far north as Inverness. This trio will always remain a pleasant memory;-: lam now at a very, quiet spot oil the Kent coast." ..«.•;■-.■ ~ . MenWmßeßoys ' 'He isTa 'young ■ Auckland professionalinan*rwell, known and rising in his-career, but, like most men, he has a care-free, boyishness tucked away underneath his professional manner. -■■ Onliis way to his office on a.recent frosty morning he came to a stretch of bitumen road, which on several previous days when there had been a frost he had looked at longingly, thinking of its skating possibilities. The frost had disappeared, but the road was•/ still slippery,.so he decided-tb/jnaye his skate. Makiing sure there was ho one looking, he had just started on a really beautiful glide when over "the rim of the hill appeared a car which pulled up alongside him. An acquaintance 'whom he did hot know very well ieatied out, grinning broadly, and said, "If you're not in a hurry, I can give you a lift!" '