NEWS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 286, 30 August 1941, Page 11

NEWS IN BRIEF

Toys For Christinas

Though there will not be such a large selection of toys for Christmas this year as there has been in the past, it is thought that there will 'be sufficieut to meet the demand. The usual supply of imported toys will not be available, but steel and wooden toys, dolls, woolly bears, and other toys are being manufactured in the Dominion.

University Ambulance Corps. Nearly -100 medical and dental students of the University of Otago are in barracks at Logan Park, Dunedin. They comprise the Otago University Field Ambulance and the Fortress Ambulance, and they are receiving full training In Army ambulance work. Lieutqnant-Coionel O. E. Hercus is iu command of the corps. University Authors.

The recommendation of the Victoria University College Professorial Board that a sum of £2OO be set aside eaen year as a publication fund has been adopted by the college council. Original work of high standard, it was stated at tire council’s meeting, would be the only publications undertaken, the copyright being vested iu the college. The council adopted the proposal, which was described as the next best thing to a University Press. Physical Training. "The Government’s decision to bring the Home Guard under the Army Department increases the importance of rhe help which the physical welfare officers can*' give in promoting physical fitness,” said the Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr. Parry, yesterday., “The operations of the department’s officers will be under keen observation by the military authorities, but I am fully confident that the more their service is seen Hie better it will be appreciated. The results to date thoroughly justify a belief that the physical training scheme will prove itself a great national benefit.”

Film Operators’ Licences. More equitable conditions will obtain among applicants for film operators’ licences as the result of amendments gazetted this week to the Cinematograph Operators’ Licensing Regulations, 1938. Under the amendments, the Film Operators’ Licensing Board, which is controlled by the Department of Internal Affairs, is given power to modify the scope of the examinations, particularly in their application to operators who may work part time or in schools. The amendments also seek to rectify the anomalies which have hitherto existed between country or suburban and city operators in qualifying for an A grade licence.

Lambing Prospects. It is evident that the lambing percentage throughout the Waikato will compare favourably with previous years, reports a Hamilton authority. Though some very cold days have been experienced, the weather ou the whole during the past fortnight has been ideal for lambing. The early lambing throughout the district Is reported as particularly satisfactory, though it is yet too early for reliable statistics. Another fortnight of settled weather would mean a great difference to the final percentage figures, and would give the early lambs a chance to make favourable progress. It is confidently expected by many Waikato graziers that 100 per'cent, will be exceeded on most properties. Even iu back country areas prospects are very promising. An Expert Typist. Miss H. Wyman, Auckland, attached to the Department of Industrial and Scientific Research, has acted as typist for the Warden’s Court which has been sitting in Nelson and Wellington for the past fortnight hearing an application by the Crown for forfeiture of mining privileges at Onekaka. When the Court adjourned yesterday afternoon, the warden, Mr. T. E. Mannsell. said lie wished to thank Miss Wyman for the help she had given the Court In faithfully taking voluminous notes of the evidence. Iu addition to typing Ihe evdence of witnesses, Miss Wyman has taken verbatim shorthand notes of counsel’s addresses, one of which lasted for two days and a-half. Auckland Cathedral.

Next week the 30 designs received in the competition for the new Auckland Anglican Cathedral are to be displayed in the hall of Auckland University College. They will include the winning design, that of .Mr. Charles Towle, Sydney, who received a premium of £lOOO, and those of the winners of the other three prizes, Messrs. Amyas D. Connell, England, E. G. F. Sheppard irnd J. R. P. Blake-Kelly, Auckland, and T. K. Donner and G. G. Bartlett, Auckland. Though at the time the competition was announced tie total estimated cost was not to exceed £200,000, and that of the flrkst section £75,000, it is known that present-day prices woulfl probably considerably increase the cost. The new cathedral is to be erected on a site in Parnell set aside for that purpose by Bishop Selwyn, on the opposite side of Parnell Road to St. Mary’s Cathedral, and occupied in part by the courts of the Parnell Tennis Club.