NEWS OF THE DAY

Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 236, 5 October 1945, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Educating Businessmen A suggestion that an education scheme for young businessmen should be instituted in Auckland was made in a report by the Junior Chamber of Commerce received at yesterday's meeting of the council of the chamber. It was proposed that the courses in' the scheme should include instruction in accountancy, advertising, banking, staff ' control, • salesmanship, taxation and other matters. The council adopted the report and requested the junior chamber to implement its provisions. Hay Fever Resorts So common was hay fever in some parts of the United States that holiday camps had been established in places where the atmosphere was ' free from pollen, said Dr. E. G. Sayers, in a lecture to members of the Auckland institute. These "hay fever resorts" had become immensely popular. To capitalise their popularity luxury hotels had been built and beautiful grounds laid out around them. As a result there was now pollen and dust aplenty and no longer any relief for sufferers. The Name In The. Church

A coincidence possibly linking a little old Scots church in London with his own family .in Auckland was experienced by Lieutenant Malcolm McPhee, of the Fleet Air Arm, when he attended a friend's wedding in London recently. The church was near Covent Garden, and when he went to sit down he saw on the pew in front of him the name "Donald McPhee," the name of his father. The family does*, not know of any connection with the name, but it may possibly have belonged to some unknown ancestor.

Complaint About Mails "Only six letters a day are posted at Papakura for Pukekohe," said the local postmaster, Mr. J. Coutts, in a report to the Papakura Businessmen's Association. The association was concerned that letters posted in Papakura were not delivered in Pukekohe until two days later, although Pukekohe was only 12 miles away. The delay in delivery, it.was contehded, retarded business between the two centres, particularly as they were both farming areas. Mr. said he did;.,not think there wguld be any-improvement for some rnSftir.,, - iP olnt -ed out at the that the reason so few teo^r e v^ Ste^ in p apakura for Jf'Sv • that businessmen ssfsgesi improve the postal service

Verbal Thrashing "He told me that I would get the biggest thrashing I had in my life," said a woman witness in the Supreme Court yesterday, when concluding her evidence during the hearing of a petition for divorce. "You are going to get that now," remarked Mr. Justice Callan in intimating that the cross-examination by respondent's counsel was about, to begin. Apologising to counsel, his Honor said he was sorry if counsel had been handi- ' capped by his remarks. Old Colonists* Register Although the New Zealand Old Colonists' Association has -been in recess during the war, the organising secretary, Mr. S. Coldicutt, has continued to keep . records of the pioneers of the first 40 years of the of New Zealand. This -is in accordance with one of the main objects of the association, which desires that as complete a register as possible should be compiled. The association invites all persons who arrived in New Zealand .prior to 1881, or their descendants, to register as members. No subscription is asked, the activities of the association being maintained by voluntary; subscriptions.

Ambulance Competitions Twenty-eight teams from town and country will compete in the annual cadet nursing competitions' of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, which will be held I in Auckland to-morrow afternoon. The Waikato, King Country and Rotorua districts will be represented, but the majority |of teams will be from city and suburban groups. Four trophies, all held by Auckland urban or suburban nursing divisions, will be contested," and the winners will receive their awards in the Town Hall in the evening. The teams of four members each will undergo thorough efficiency tests under the eyes of expert judges.

"Weil-Behaved" House "I think it is a very well-behaved Chamber indeed. I am proud of it," said the speaker of the House of Representatives (the Hon. F. W. Schramm), addressing members of the Wellington Rotary Club. "We don't have any of the scenes in this country that they have in other parts of the world," he said. "There has not yet been a stand-up fight in the Chamber,, and no one has used obscene language." After describing a scene which nad once occurred-in the House of Commons, Mr. Schramm said that so far it had not come to that here, although at times political feelings ran high and members were fPt to. say,things.. Usually,' ho.wever, they would withdraw the remarks and apologise.