NEWS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 249, 18 July 1942, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF

Expresses Delayed Because of a slip on the Main Trunk railway early yesterday morning the express due to arrive at Wellington from Auckland) at 7 a.m. did not arrive till 2.30 p.m., and the Limited express, due to arrive at 9.40 a.m., arrived at 3 p.m. The first express from Wellington was almost four hours late on arrival at Auckland, and the Limited was over three hours late.

itßuined English Churches. In accordance with the request of the standing committee of General Synod, Christmas Day, 1942, or the following Sunday, will be a day of special giving throughout the Wellington Dioeesel toward help for the ruined churches in England. Church Paper. The Wellington Diocesau Synod yesterday adopted a resolution commending the diocesan paper, "Church and People,” to the continued interest and help of the people. ■ Archdeacon W. Bullock said that the aim of the paper was to reach'the heart and mind of the common man.

House Moved by Slip. A case of serious damage through the recent storm was mentioned at the meeting of the Hutt County Council yesterday. It was stated that a slip which came down iu the Pukerua Bay district had moved a house 39 feet from its position, and that furniture had been forced out through the roof. Mangaroa. A troublesome question of spelling has been settled by agreement between the Hutt County Council and the Sur-veyor-General. Mangaroa Riding, Hill, and district, will in future be spelt In that manner in all documents and maps. Hitherto, Maungaroa and Mungaroa have shared equal place with that finally adopted

Earthquake Damage. An investigation of the extent of the earthquake damage throughout the Wellington Diocese is to be made by the parochial properties and liabilities commission, which will report to the standing committee with p. view to consideration of means whereby the diocese generally may be able to assist the stricken parishes. Decision to this effect was made by the Wellington Diocesan Synod. A fund for the purpose is to be created forthwith.

Diocesan Committee. The Wellington Diocesan Synod last night elected the following standing committee -Clergy: Ven. Archdeacon W. Bullock, Wellington; Ven. Archdeacon F. H. Petrio, Rangitikei; Ven. Archdeacon E. J. Rich, Wairarapa; Ven. Archdeacon J. Young, Waitotara; Rev. Canon D. B. Malcolm, Rev. H. S. I. Kenney, Rev. Canon N. F. E. Robertshawc. Laity: Messrs/W. E. Arnold, C. P.? Brown, E, D. Caehemaille, C. T. Cox, H. E. Evans, E. F. Hadfield, 11. A. Huggins, E. M. Stace, R. H. Webb. Failure to Report. "There is no place in New Zealand where it is possible to criticize the Appeal Boards,” said Charles McVicker Smith when he was charged before Mr. Stout, S.M., in the Magistrates’. Court, Wellington, yesterday with failing to report for military service. Smith’s appeal on conscientious grounds had been dismissed. The magistrate said he did not want to hear Smith if he had no excuse but that, and imposed a sentence of two months’ imprisonment with hard labour.

Quake Damage in Hutt County. When the chairman of the Hutt County Council had presented his report to the council yesterday on endeavours to carry out urgent earthquake damage repairs, Cr. Yaldwyn remarked that there had been unconscionable and inexplicable delay in the supply of labour for the work. This was borne out, he said, by the Prime Minister’s own statement. It was stated that the National Service Department and the Building Controller had said that the difficulty had now been overcome and that labour would be available next week.

New Patriotic Offices. To meet the needs of activities which have expanded greatly since the early mouths of the war, the office staff of the National Patriotic Fund Board has been transferred to “The Dominion” Building. This will allow the gifts store to be enlarged by making use of rooms formerly occupied by the staff in the old Education Board Building in Mercer Street. The tobacco room will remain in the old building, where orders placed in all parts of the Dominion for the dispatch of tobacco and cigarettes to the New Zealand Forces overseas are packed. Fowls Replace Pheasants. Poultry and eggs for the general public and not pheasants for the sportsman will be raised by the Wellington Acclimatization Society, according to a decision reached on Wednesday night after the presentation of a report by the game committee. It was decided to dispose of approximately half the pheasants at the farm and keep only a stud stock. The purchase of stud fowls was agreed to. The question of collecting and marketing swan eggs was discussed, but no action was taken. Experience was quoted of the financial risks which had attended a similar venture at Lake Ellesmere, while there was the added objection of friction with the land owners on Lake Wairarapa. Mown! Home Control.

Negotiations affecting the future of the Mowai Home in Hobson Street, Wellington, where 26 returned soldiers from tiie last war and the present war are receiving treatment were reported at the last meeting of the Great War Funds Administrative Committee of the Joint Council of tbe Order of St. John and .the. New Zealand Red Cross Society. The transfer of the home to the National Patriotic Fund Board is under consideration and a vaiuatio:r is sought of the properly and contents. It is proposed that, as with the Evelyn I‘irtii Home in Auckland, the board should take over the nome and arrange for its administration by the provincial joint committee of the Order of St. John and the Red Cross Society. Diseases of Blood. At the annual meeting this week of the Wellington branch of the National Blood Transfusion Service. Mr. F. Castle, president, expressed the hope that the service might be I ho means of research by the Department of Health into causes of diseases and their prevention. *The public health of New Zealand required examination. Tbe statistics obtained from the service were buried in blue books, but the study of disease should be curried on with the treatment of disease, of which transfusion was one of the parts. S|H‘akiiig later,-Sir James Elliott expressed doubt whether I lie needed improvement in tbe health of New Zealanders could be obtained by some seientilic discovery, but it could be obtained by obedience to the simple well known rules of personal hygiene, habit and diet.