General News

Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24345, 25 August 1944, Page 4

General News

Current Ration Coupons

The current meat ration coupon, No. 42, will be available until to-morrow. Coupons No. 43 expire on September 2. and a new set of coupons, No. 44, will be available from August 28 to September 10. Tea coupons, 41 to 44, for a total ration of Boz, and sugar coupons 41 to A 4, for a total of 31b, will be available until September 2. Butter coupons A 43 and A 44, for a total ration of 11b, are current until September 2, and a new set of coupons, A 45 and A 46, will be available from September 4 to September 17. Hosiery coupons XlOl and XlO2, each for one pair of fully-fashioned silk or art silk stockings, will expire at the end of this month. Coupon XlO3 will become valid on September 1 for a period of six months. “Man and His World”

After several delegates hjgid spoken strongly in support, a motion deprecating the agitation against the ,use of Mainwaring’s “Man and his World” in the schools of New Zealand was approved by delegates to the annual conference of the New Zealand Secondary School Teachers’ Association, without a dissentient. The motion, moved by Mr E. N. Hogben, headmaster of Wellington College, read as follows: “That this conference regrets that the Minister of Education has not given a definite and prompt refusal to the demand tov remove from the approved list the book, “Man and his World’ by Mainwaring. Though this conference does not necessarily approve everything in the book, it would point out that it has been widely praised in the British educational press, and appears to be freely used in Britain. If every book containing passages to which objection may be taken were to be removed from the list, we fear that in certain subjects few books would remain.”— (F.A.) Grey District Mines Idle

Because of an accumulation of gas in the workings, the Wallsend State mine was idle yesterday. The Liverpool and Strongman mines were also idle yesterday, to enable employees to attend the funeral of Mr Albert Smith, manager of the Liverpool mine. Victory Loan Posters Several thousand Victory L°an posters of various typps will be distributed to business premises and offices in Christchurch by members of the Canterbury Junior Chamber of Commerce on Monday, when the Victory Loan of £40,000,000 will open. The city has been divided into 11 zones, and leaders of teams of members will organise the'distribution. Beautifying Chriatchurch An appeal to citizens to assist in beautifying the city of- Christchurch so that men returning from overseas service would come back to a finer place was made at a recent meeting 9\.^ he Christchurch Beautifying Association, and it was decided to ask the Maypr (Mr E H. Andrews) to co-operate m the appeal. The chairman (Mr A Peverill) said that the Mdypr should lead in the education of citizens. On the suggestion of Mr Andrews, who attended the meeting, it was decided to refer the association’s views to me expansion and development committee of the City Council, Proposals made included asking citizens to cover side fences with shrubs or creepers, protect roadside lawns, and refrain from depositing rubbish on the streets. J. C. Mercer Memorial Two donations of £IOO each have been made to the scholarship fund inaugurated by the Air Pilots’ Guild in memory of Mr J. C. Mercer. They are by Air Travel (N.Z.), Ltd., and the Canterbury Aero Club.—(P.A.) No Town Oil Bore

The latest progress report pn the No. 1 bore being sunk at No Town by New Zealand Petroleum, Ltd., shows that it has passed 6450 feet, compared with a depth of 6288 feet on August 15. The bore is progressing uninterruptedly at the rate of about 20 feet a day. Insufficient Coal Supplies

Because of their inability to obtain coal at Greymouth, the schedules of two colliers have been amended. The Rata, which was expected yesterday afternoon to- load 800 tons for New Plymouth, has been diverted to Westport, while the Titoki, which would have been due on Sunday to load coal for Tarakohe, has also been diverted. Had she gone to Greymouth the Rata would have had to wait till Monday evening or Tuesday for coal, because of the demands of other vessels which are due to load 3400 tons, bu * expected to leave Westport by this morning with her complement. Wine and Spirits Imports A decision to ask the Government to allow an early resumption of the normal importation of wines and spirits was made at a meeting of the wholesale and retail licensed trade in Auckland. It was stated that in addition to imposing hardship on a considerable section of the community, more particularly invalids and elderly persons, the present shortage of wines and spirits tended definitely to create black markets, and to drive trade underground. The meeting felt strongly that present conditions were not fair either to the general public or to the industry, and that they were bringing legitimate trade into disrepute.—(P.A.) Monday Takings of Hotel “It certainly looks •as if Mondays are something more than washing days,” commented the chairman of the Otago Land Sales Committee (Mr E. J. Anderson) during the hearing of a case yesterday in. which approval was sought by Williahi George Victor Gerkcn of the sale of the Outram Hotel to Edward Henry Young. The chairman’s remark was made after his attention had been drawn by a member of the committee, Mr D. J. Ross, to the record of daily takings, in which receipts of the hotel on Mondays was shown to be considerably higher than those on any other week day. He said it seemed a fair deduction that a proportion of the takings, on which the committee was asked lo make an award for goodwill, was illegal.. “If the inference of .Sunday trading is correct,” the chairman continued, “the committee is placed in a position of upholding breaches of the law.” The chairman said the committee was firmly of opinion that the vendor should be heard on the Monday takings, and the case was adjourned until Tuesday 'afternoon.— (P.S.S.)