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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22073, 22 April 1937, Page 8

The interest taken in New Zealand by Mr Eamonn de Valera, President of the Dail Eireann, was commented upon by the Rev. Dr. T. L. Buxton, who returned to Auckland this week from a tour overseas that included the Irish Free State. Dr. Buxton said he had an interesting interview with Mr de Valera, and he was surprised to find that he had a detailed knowledge of New Zealand's economic prob"lems and of the efforts being made to solve them. It was mentioned by. Dr. Buxton that his visit to Ireland, last June and July, coincided with the wettest period known in that land for 100 years.

"I am surprised that you encourage lolly stalls; that is a thing that will % have to go overboard," said Mr A. S. Richards, M.P., at the opening of the new Mount Roskill School at Three Kings recently. "If there is one thing," he added, "that is undermining the health and constitutions of the children of New Zealand, it is lollies." Mr Richards referred to the work of the school dental clinics, and warned parents against permitting their children to * have too many sweets.

"I shall live to come back again," declared Sir Harry Lauder in praise of Taupo's attractions before leaving Taupo for Rotorua on his Dominion tour. Sir Harry, who spent three weeks at Taupo, spoke enthusiastically of the fishing attractions of the district and said that his health had benefited by swims in the mineral baths.

"I wish to point out to pedestrians that the regulations lay down that when crossing a roadway at other than an authorised crossing, a pedestrian should proceed, whenever possible, at right angles to the kerb," said Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M., in the Wellington Magistrate's Court, during the hearing of a case involving a. minor collision between a motor-lorry and a pedestrian. "That is y he should notypross diagonally. It is most important in city and suburbs that pedestrians should follow that rule. I wish to say that in this instance if the pedestrian had crossed at right angles the accident would never have happened. I do not consider that the driver was remiss in any way." Steps for the preservation of native birdlife, particularly in areas where the dwindling indigenous forest is robbing them of their natural sustenance, are being taken by the Wellington Acclimatisation Society. Air a council meeting it was decided to investigate the possibilities of planting suitable shrubs and trees, particularly in the "districts under the society's immediate control. The originator of the scheme, Mr Lloyd Wilson, said that in non-forested areas particularly this form of activity was needed. In the bush country nothing more could be done than was already being done by ranging. Mr Wilson suggested that the general public should be educated about the types of shrubs and trees to plant in their lardens-to attract native birds.