NEWS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 260, 31 July 1944, Page 4

NEWS IN BRIEF

Open-Cast Mining: The Minister of Manpower, Mr. McLagan, visited Stockton yesterday and held a conference with the miners regarding open-cast mining, with the result that mining on this system will be in operation today, enabling a considerable addition to the tonnage of bituminous coal to be mined. —P.A. Buller Road Slips. Steady soaking rain all Saturday and early yesterday caused two slips on the Buller Road, one just below the jpnction of the Inangahua and Buller Rivers, and the other at the, loopline at Norrisse's, a motor-ski with a car being covered by debris, but the car was later recovered with only slight damage.—P.A.

Series of Burglaries. A number of cases of breaking and entering occurred in Palmerston North on Friday night, . The police state that premises entered included butchers’ shops, but nothing of grvt value was taken as the contents of thi cash registers had been placed in a position of safety. Veterinary Students. Fourteen young New Zealand students have already proceeded to Sydney to enter on a course of study and training at Sydney University with a view to obtaining a degree in veterinary science. These students have been awarded bursaries under a plan to provide an adequate veterinary service for the Dominion’s farming industries.

Youths in Trouble. Three youths, Athol Raika, Jack Clark and Ernest Nash, appeared before Messrs. H. Nicolson and H. Jepson, J.P.’s, at Otaki, charged with breaking, entering and theft, at Chinese shacks. In one the sum of £42 was taken, in the other £lO. It was said in evidence that the young men had forced the locks of the doors during the temporary absence of the owners, ransacked the rooms and taken with them money and several articles. All pleaded guilty and were committed to the Supreme Court, for sentence. Mendelssohn’s “St. Paul.” It is expected that there will be a choir of between 300 and 400 voices concerned in the combined city church choir performance of Mendelssohn’s beautiful choral work, “St. Paul,” to be sung in the Town Hall in September. All church choir organists and conductors are assisting, and an agreement has been arrived.at whereby Mr. Albert Bryant (St. Paul’s) will conduct, and Mr. Laurence Haggitt (St. John’s) will play the organ (which will he the sole means of accompaniment).

Sunday Meal Charges. No additional charges above those permitted by Price Order 140 (substantial meals) could be made by restaurant and eating house proprietors for Sunday meals, said the president of the Price Tribunal, Mr. Justice Hunter, on Saturday. Allowance was made in the price order for an additional charge, not exceeding threepence, on days When, under the award, additional wages must be paid the staff. These days were Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday. Labour Day _ and King’s Birthday holiday. This provision did not apply to Sundays. Little Britain of Pacific.

When he proposed the club’s toast at the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club’s annual gathering, the mayor of Wellington, Mr. Appleton, referred to the valuable jobs such clubs did in training men for the Empire’s need. Because of their keenness for the sea and the skill they gained from their experience and that given them by older hands, many members were able to be quickly absorbed into the R.N.Z.N. and the Royal Navy. There their deeds had proved their courage and background.. He would like to see even more extensive training for the sea in New Zealand, both in clubs and in the mercantile marine. They, too, were an island nation who could become, in a maritime sense, a “little Britain of the south Pacific.”

Arbor Day Plantings. The hone that this year's planting of ceremonial trees on Arbor Day on Wednesday would include many living memorials to soldiers who have given their lives for their country was expressed by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr. Parry, on Saturday. The Minister, who asked that as many adults and children as possible take part in Arbor Day plantings, said a living tree was far better as a monument than a slab of stone. “At a favourable time a conference will lie arranged of men and women interested in the planning of plantations which will commemorate New Zealand’s part in the war —trees in memory of the Navy, tlie Army and the Air Force, and nurses, and trees-in memory of campaigns in which New Zealanders have won world fame.’ said the Minister.

Football Fatality. An inquest was held on _ Friday at 1 Petone, before Mr. W. G. Mellish. coroner, into the death of George Roy Cameron, who died at Day's Bay on July 3 as the result of colliding with another player in a football match at Eastbourne on July 1. The evidence showeel that Cameron had got out of bed and gone for a walk on the day after the accident. Dr. P. P. Lynch said that, while there was only a very slight chance of recovery even if he had been sent to hospital immediately. his death might have been hastened by his getting out of bed. The cause of death was pressure on the brain caused by a haemorrhage resulting from a fractured temple. The haemorrhage might have recommenced as a result of the exercise. Giving his finding in accordance with the medical evidence. Mr. Mellish said the evidence did 1 not disclose ■ blame on anyone in regard to the accident.