NEWS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 175, 19 April 1940, Page 11

NEWS IN BRIEF

1.L.0. Conference The representative of the New Zealand Government at this year’s conference of the International Labour Office in Geneva will be the Assistant-Secre-tary of Labour, Mr. E. B. Taylor, who has already left for Geneva. Auckland West Seat. Notification of the vacant Auckland West scat in the House of Representatives caused by the death of the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage, is published in the Gazette issued last evening. End of Daylight Saving. ■Summer time, which began on September 2-1, 1939. will end at 2 a.m. on Sunday, April 28. Clocks will therefore be put back 30 minutes as 1 from 2 a.m., New Zealand standard, time, that day. A 1211). Salmon. While fishing for kahawai in the Otaki River yesterday, Mr. F. L. Young secured a fine specimen of quinnat salmon, weighing 121 b. and measuring 2ft. lOin. in length, This is believed to be the first quinnat salmon caught in the Otaki River. Robert Parker Bursary. The Robert Parker Memorial Bursary, valued at £lO/10/- annually, organized by a private committee to commemorate the late Mr. Robert Parker, C.M.G., and administered by the }!usic Teachers’ Registration Board, has been awarded to Miss Honor McKeilar, Otago University.

Reference Library in Camp. On-the application of Mr. J. Barr, liaison officer between the Provincial Council and the Country Library Service, the Auckland Provincial Patriotic Council, at a meeting recently, macle a grant of £5O for the provision of a reference library in the I’apakura camp.

Forest and Bird Protection Society. Retiring members of the executive of the Forest and Bird Protection Society, Mrs. Knox Gilmer, Dr. C. G. Morice, Mr. B. C. Aston, Mr. E. V. Sanderson (president), Mr. E. Lawson (bon. treasurer) and Mr, AV. S. Wheeler (lion, auditor), were re-elected at the annual meeting of the society yesterday.

Shortage of Eggs. At this time of the year, when hens are not laying well, and pullets have not come into production, there is an acute shortage of eggs lasting about a month. One poultry farmer told a reporter in Christchurch that in the flush season between September ami October his output was about 100 eases a week. At present it was below 30 cases weekly. Presbyterian Legacies.

A legacy of £lOO to the Presbyterian Church Property Trustees for the general purposes of the Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church, Wellington, and another of £lOO to the Presbyterian Social Service Association, Wellington, are provided for under the will of the late George Bertie Gauld, who died in Wellington on December 15 last. The bequests have been made from the proceeds of policies on the life of the late Mr. Gauld. The Public Trustee is executor and trustee of the estate.

Piano for Army Mess. A gift of a piano for the Central Army School mess at Treutham has been made by Mr. Eason, Burgess Road, Johnsonville, in response to the request by the officer commanding the second echelon, Colonel Hargest. Some weeks ago, in response to an appeal made through the Press by the secretary of the Wellington Patriotic Council, three Wellington residents each gave a piano for use in the recreation and social huts to help brighten the off-duty time of members of the fighting forces in this country.

Petrol Rationing. A defect in the regulations governing the rationing of petrol is removed by an amending regulation gazetted last evening. The original regulations stated that petrol coupons coqld not be used before t<ho month to which they were allocated, but there was no provision that coupons' could not be used later than the prescribed month. The amendment makes it quite clear that the currency of coupons is restricted to the month to which the revelant numbers apply. The defect in the regulations was pointed out in a recent case in a Magistrates’ Court.

Norwegians’. Thanks. 'rhe hon. Consul for Norway in New Zealand and the mandated territory of Western Samoa, Mr. J. Halligan, has written to the National Patriotic Fund Board expressing appreciation of the action of the board, on behalf of the Joint Council of the Order of St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society, in cabling £5OO sterling to London last week for the Norwegian Red Cross Society. “I would like to express appreciation of your action both on my own behalf and that of the Norwegian residents in New Zealand, and to state that it will also be greatly appreciated by the Norwegian Red Cross Society,” Mr. Halligan wrote. Ambulance Service.

At the monthly meeting of the board of the Wellington District Free Ambulance yesterday, the president, Sir Charles Norwood, referred to a possible expansion of the service in the future. The enormous growth of population in the Hutt Valley in recent years, together with the establishment of a hospital would raise the question whether it was most economical to carry on as at present or to establish a unit of the service in the valley. It was not a matter for immediate decision, but no doubt the board would have to consider it when the proposed hospital was in commission.

Missing Boy. Allan Albert Victor Lee, aged 14, So Ghuznee Street, Wellington, left his home at 8.30 yesterday morning, and at a late hour last night had not returned, his whereabouts being unknown. He is believed to be accompanied by another boy, and it is thought that the two lads had a canoe in their possession which they intended to take on a camping trip up the Hutt River. Lee has dark brown hair, an olive complexion, and brown eyes. When he left home he was wearing navy blue shorts, black boots and socks, and either a navy blue jersey or a khaki shirt. Anyone knowing his whereabouts is requested to communicate with the police.

Pet one Recruiting Rally. A parade through the main streets of Petone by territorial units, the National Military Reserve, the Returned Soldiers’ Association, and other organizations will begin the big recruiting rally to be held in Petone tonight. All the Petone bands will take part. The parade will form up in Jackson Street near the railway station, and will inarch to the intersection of Jackson and Buick Streets, to take up positions near the band rotunda. Recruiting speeches .will then be delivered by the Minister of Finance, Mr. Nash, Colonel R. A. Row, D. 5.0., Officer Commanding the Central Military District, and Captain S. Frickloton, V.C. The parade will begin at 7.30 o’clock.