General News

Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25891, 25 August 1949, Page 4

General News

>+ —_ Good Wives Of 110 dietitians trained in New Zealand since 1941, 35 had resigned to get married, said the Health Depart- | ment dietitian (Miss McKenzie) at a I conference of in Auckland yesterday. She knew of two more who would soon be. married. “Most dietitians for some strange reason are very good looking, and so they get married.” commented the superintendent of the Auckland Hospital (Dr. SeL wyn Kenrick). —(P.A,) Election Campaign The 1949 General Election campaign has opened in Christchurch. Big hoardings have been pasted with the first publicity from both the Labour and National Parties. The Government’s slogan is the protection of security. The National Party’s first message to electors is advice to change the Government so that their “pound will buy more.” Orphanages Appeal The combined orphanages street appeal yesterday realised approximately £864. Part of this amount was taken in Lyttelton and the suburbs of the city.

New Dental Degree The degree of Master of Dental Surgery has been established by the Senate of the University of New Zealand. Veterans’ Home in South Island Advice had been received from Wellington that the South Island veterans’ home was to be established near Christchurch and not at one of the sites viewed in the Geraldine district, said Mr W. S. Mac Gibbon at a meeting of the Canterbury Provincial Patriotic Council yesterday. Plans for the rebuilding of Rannerdale Home had been submitted to Wellington. Mr Mac Gibbon added. Goods to be Marked with Symbol A suggestion by the Canterbury Centennial Association that cased goods being sent by manufacturers to other parts of New Zealand and overseas be marked with the Canterbury Centennial symbol was favourably received by members of the Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association at a meeting last evening. The association approved and recommended to members that cased goods could be marked with a stencil, thereby creating interest in the celebrations. New Approach to Cancer Professor E. Cruz Coke, of Santiago, told the first international congress oi bio-chemists at Cambridge, England, that he was experimenting with cod liver oil and liver oils of other fish for what might provide a new approach to cancer relief. He said that his investigations were based on the activity of certain compounds which arrested embryonic and cancerous development at the same time. “The first results show that, with experiments with animals. it is possible to arrest completely the growth of the tumour,” Professor Cruz Coke said. “The im<portance of this new approach *lies in the possibility of a biological way to arrest cancer without damage ana destructure of the upper tissue.” He added that if Ihe acid in cod liyer oils and other fish liver oils could get rid of vitamin E in the body, there would be neither embryonic nor cancerous growth. Reproductive activity would be affected, but 80 per cent, of cancer victims were over 40 years of age.—London, August 24. Toothless Brides While having a tooth extracted by a Polish dentist at the Pahiatua camp recently, an attractive girl was complimented on the beauty of her teeth. “Yes,” she said, “but soon I will have to have them all out.” She added that she had heard that no New Zealand man would marry a girl with her own teeth. This story was told by Miss H. Iris Crooke. director-general of voluntary aids in New Zealand, when addressing the Napier Rotary Club. Rural Housing He could not emphasise too strongly the need for branches to send in information about the number of State houses required, in their districts, said the president of the North Canterbury provincial executive of Federated Farmers (Mr L. C. Gardiner) at a meeting of the executive yesterday. The State Advances Corporation wanted the information, he said, and although the Minister had not yet made an announcement, this was a sure sign that there was some chance of an iipproved allocation of State houses in country areas. University Health Services A proposal to establish health services of a preventive and educational character under college authority in all the university colleges was approved by the Senate of the University of New Zealand at Wellington yesterday. It was decided to ask the Government to provide the necessary finance, and a small deputation was appointed to seek an interview with the Ministers of Health (Miss M. B. Howard) and Education (Mr T. H. McCombs).— (P.A.) United States Army

A lecture on “Modern Trends in ' Organisation arid Training in the I United States Army” will be given I at the Territorial Force officers’ training course at Burnham by Major R. J. H. Webb, general staff officer for training, Army Headquarters. Wellington. Major Webb, who will arrive in Christchurch to-day, recently attended an artillery course in the United States. Final Town Planning Report Copies of the final' report of the Metropolitan Town Planning Committee were received at a meeting of the Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association at a meeting last evening. A covering letter from the committee asked for approval of the report, and pointed out that such formal approval would not in any way prejudice the right to suggest amendments in relation to any particular area at a later date when statutory schemes with legal effect were being approved. A sub-committee was set up to consider the report. Gift To Amputees ■ The gift of five acres of land at Taieri i j Beach for a holiday resort has been | made to the Otago-Southland War ' j Amputees’ Association by Miss Joan , I Green, of Taieri Beach. Miss Green is the descendant of one of the oldest I settlers in the district. Train Comfort • i The comfort of non-sleeper passenI gers on any of the expresses between > Auckland and Wellington was far 'j ahead of anything provided in Australia, said Mr H. W. Beasley, of the , ; Railway Department, who has recent- ' j ly returned from the Commonwealth. ! People who did not see outside the country did not realise what a comfortable train they had in the Limited ’ express, he said. The only advantage .' any Australian train had was in t smoother running, because of the ' wider gauge of rails. Potential Instructors ■ i Fourteen potential instructors for ' the Regular Army, who recently cami plated their basic training course at ! EUrnham military camp, left on Tuesday evening for the Army School, , ' Trentham. for an instructors’ course, j which will last three months. I Patriotic Council’s Finances The credit at October 1, 1948, was >! £142.930 17s Id and further receipts j since then until July 31 this year had ' ; brought the total to £ 146.562 4s Bd. aci cording to a financial statement pre- ' sented to a meeting of the Canterbury I Provincial Patriotic Council yesterday. ■ In that period payments had totalled ■ £9155 8s Id, including £lO4l 14s lOd • in salaries, rents, etc., leaving a credit i of £ 137,406 16s 7d.