NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 70, 23 March 1926, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

To Investigate the Crash. Two inquiries will be held concerning the aeroplane smash at Papanui, a Coroner's inquest and a military Court of Inquiry, states a Press Association message from Christchurch. The Hon.F. J. Eolleston (Minister of Defence), stated yesterday that everything connected with the cause of the accident, the condition of the machine, and the engine, and the means of preventing such accidents in future would be inquired into by the Coroner, whose inquiry would bo open to the public. The i military inquiry would be purely of a departmental and technical nature, and would not be open to the public. Accommodation Severely Taxed. The total enrolment of pupils in the evening and out schools and special classes at the Wellington Technical College up to 13th March was 1306. It has been necessary to form extra classes in accountancy stage 1., senior economics, mercantile law, geography and .■junior economics, mathematics, lettering, geometrical drawing, and electric wiring. The numbers in the trade classes are also large, and an extra drawing office is urgently required for building construction. "Except on Friday night the accommodation at both the new and the old college is severely taxed, and additional rooms must be available for next year unless we are to refuse students or drop some \of the subjects of instruction, since there is no likelihood -of the demand decreasing," Btated the director (Mr. J. H. Howell) at the board meeting last evening. "I Think It Was a Parce." A pithy report was given by Mr. W. Ritchie at a meeting of the Wanganui Hospital Board last week in regard to the recent Hospital Boards' Conference at Dunedin, which he attended. "To begin at the beginning, I think it was a farce," said Mr. Eitehie. He added that when the conference assembled the president gave a prosy address, and was followed by the Hon. J. A. Young, Minister of Health, who gave a good address. Then they got a queer sort of address from a medico—a stupid sort of thing altogether. "At the end the speakers got complimented for their brilliant speeches,'' said Mr. Ritchie. "I did not hear any. At the end they sang, Tor He's a Jolly Good Follow,' and we had tea to drink. The whole thing is a costly iarce." The secretary said the board subscribed £50 a year and paid the delegate's_ expenses. Mr. Bitchie: "Well, it is not worth it. What they did in two days could have been done in two hours. There was forenoon tea and there was afternoon tea." The board oonsidbred that when their subscription was up they should withdraw from the Hospital Boards' Association. Direct Testimony. A letter from the Prime Minister was received by the Lower Hutt Borough Council last night for assistance in procuring funds for subsidising the Eockefeller Foundation's donation to University College Hospital (University of London). The Mayor, in supporting the opening of a subscription list in the, borough, said that he had recently had forcibly brought before 'him the value of these hospitals. His brother had been taken ill in London, and had been removed to one of them, and after three weeks of most careful treatment was charged only £,1 Is. It was decided to open a subscription list as requested. Trouble and the Remedy. Some excitement was caused at tho week-end by the action of a considerable number of workmen engaged on reticulation works in the South Ward, Masterton in going on strike as a protest, they said, against rough language which they alleged had been used towards them by a foreman (Mr. Budd), states the "*Wairarapa Age." Mr. Budd, it seems, had complained that the men were not doing a fair day's work. Besenting the complaint, twentyono of the men suddenly stopped work and proceeded to lay a complaint before the Borough Engineer. When they told Mr. Mabson that the foreman had used abusive language, ho ropJied that they could have sent one of their number to him instead of breaking tha award by stopping work. Mr. Mabson proceeded to the job and asked any man to stand out who had to complain of the foreman's language None came forward. Ho then proceeded to measure up the work done, and asked tho malcontents if they could honestly say that represented fair work for the money. Once again there was no answer. The whole of tho men concerned were then promptly dismissed. Eight of them wore engaged again and started work, and the remainder were paid oil and will not be re-employed. Somo men from the South Ward works had meanwhile interviewed those engaged on tho drainage at Lansdowne, and sixteen of tho latter came out in sympathy. They were paid off, and as they struck without any excuse at all they will not be re-engaged. A deputation from the strikers waited upon the Mayor (Mr. T. Jordan) to lay a complaint. The Mayor, however, "fully approved of.the prompt and sensible ac-. tion of the Engineer and declined to intervene. On Saturday work proceeded quito smoothly.

The Murder of th« Euphony. "I have a groat love for Maori names, and the way they are murdered makes my blood run cold —(Interjections of "Parp.paran" and "Piecook") - -and I would rather have a street called Smith street than that a Maori name should be murdered," said Councillor M'Bain last eveni? when discussing at the Lower Hutt Borough Council a suggestion of Councillor Watkins that some short and beautifullysounding Maori names of shrubs and trees should be suggested as names for new streets in the borough. Eoyal Naval Eesorvists. A London cable published in yesterday's, "Post," stated that arrangements had been made with the New Zealand Government for the enrolment and train I ; of Eoyal Naval Eeservists in New { oJand. A member of the Naval Department said that it was felt that the Reserve in New Zoaland would be appreciated, and would grow in time. In England when men leave the Navy 3 they join the Eeserye, being paid a small retainer. This course will be adopted in New Zealand. The reason for forming such a body was to keep the Navy together and give Englishmen a chance to bolong to a Reserve here, as in Britain. The Naval Department has had no advice of the terms stipulated by the Admiralty, and until these are known the Department will be unable to do anything for English naval men now in New Zealand. Here, There, and Everywhere. Every motorist has a car, or a cycle, or a motor of. some kind or another, but not nearly every motorist has a garage in which to store his machine, and the result is that there is hardly a residential street in the city, 0" in the suburbs, where one does not see at night one car, or several cars, waiting by the kerb till morning. It is not good for the car, but that does not particularly worry the city officials. It is, against the bylaws—and that does. * The very common- practice has recently been several times commented upon by one member of the City Council, and it may b^ that the matter will be taken furti er. Motorists can avoid trouble that might come their way by keeping head and tail lights going all night, if they must lease their machines on the street, but possibly battery costs would then amount to as much as garage rental. In any case, it is interesting to owners of stray cars to know that numberplates may be listed up at any time. ' Sanders Memorial Scholarships. Conditions for the Sanders Memorial Scholarships, founded with ,a fund of £2200 subscribed by Auckland citizens, and £2200 Government subsidy in memory of the late Lieutenant W. E. Sanders, V.C., have been agreed upon between the Auckland University College Council, the Merchant Service Guild, and Sir James Gunson, trustee of the fund (states the "New Zealand Herald"). The scholarships are to be open to the sons and daughters of present or former members of the Royal Navy or mercantile marine ordinarily resident in the Auckland provincial district. The tenure is to be three years, and the annual value is not to be less than £75. A fourth year may be allowed by the College Council on a favourable report by the Professorial Board. Candidates, who must be not more than eighteen years of age, mutt have passed the matriculation examination, and they will be required to sit for an entrance examination in English and elementary mathematics, including a viva voee test of general powers of expression and command of the English language. The scholarships are to be tenable at the Auckland University College, and there is no restriction on the courses of study followed r>y the holders, Biggest Family of Boys. ' "Does it occur to you that you are part of the biggest family of boys that has ever existed?" asked the GovernorGeneral when addressing Boy Scouts at Auckland on Saturday. There were, he said, over 1,000,000 Scouts in the Empire, and quite another 1,000,000 had been Scouts in the past. The movement was started only seventeen years ago, and it had made wonderful progress. The Empire was held together by the bond of common brotherhood, and he appealed to the Scouts to uphold the same ideal, to be worthy of the great band of Scouts all over the world. They had promised on a Scout's honour to be loyal to God, their King, and country and themselves, to be helpful to others, at all times, and to obey the Scout law. If they broke that promise they were letting down the name of Scout all over the world, and that was a very solemn thing. He emphasised the point that the pledge of loyalty was the most important of all their promises. Lesson of the Acorn. The happy faculty of appealing to boys in a manner calculated to hold their interest is possessed by the Go-vernor-General (Sir Charles Fergusson). This was shown at the rally of Auckland Scouts at Epsom on Saturday afternoon, states the "New Zealand Herald." After addressing the older boys, His Excellency, who is Chief Scout, gathered the wolf cubs around him. Feeling in a pocket, Sir Charles produced several little objects and tossed three or four of them to nearby boys. "Now, what are those?" he asked. "Acorns, sir." came a youthful chorus. "And what do acorns grow into?" contined His Excel, .nuy. "Oaks, sir," was the reply. From that beginning the distinguished Chief Scout developed in simple language the simile of the acorn and the oak as applied to the boy and the man. The Fire Board. "Though I would have liked to see citizens take a livelier, interest in (he matter of the control of their own Srcfighting force," said the Mayor (Mr. C. B. Norwood), referring to the carrying of the Fire Board proposal, "I am nevertheless extremely pleased at the result, of the poll." It was his inlnntion, as soon as the result of the pell was officially announced by the returning officer (Mr. J. Ames), to send a memorial to the Governor-in-Council, through the Internal Affairs Department, requesting him to set up the new board. In the meantime the whole of the Fire Brigades Department's pi'perty and equipment would be valued. Just what would be done in regard to the Central Station, said Mr. Norwood, would have to be considered carefully; the buildings and site were too smull to meet future requirements, and there was also the important aspect of townplanning. "I hope,"' he remarked, "that some day all this area in front of the Town. Hall will wear a very different appearance. This property should not be lost to the city." Gymnasium Needed. Q The necessity for a gymnasium at the Wellington Technical College was stressed by the director (Mr. J. H. Howell), when speaking at the board meeting la3t night. ."I would again submit to the board the urgent need of making adequate provision for the physical training of the pupils of the Technical High School," said Mr. Howell. "Apart from the five courts, we have no playing ground except bare clay patches that cannot bo used after rain, and, moreover, we shall not have anything elso for some years to come, while our dependence on the city reservan leaves us without any games for weeks at a time. In such circumstanoes' a gymnasium for systematic physical training is a first essential, and shoud be provided without delay.'' The chairman of the board (Mr. W. H. Bennett) agreed that the question must bo looked in*o in the near future.

A Busy Morning.

"No less than 317 persoi . paid for admission to the new baths between 6.30 and 10.30 on Sunday morning," reported the Mayor (Mr. W. '-\ Strand) to the Lower Hutt Borough Council yesterday when making v statement regarding tlij success of the carnival held on the previous Saturday.

Child Lost for Three Days.

Myra M' Gill, aged five years, who strayed from the Tahun'a Sands last Wednesday afternoon while attending a school picnic, was found abjut 4 o 'clock on Saturday afternoon just beside the golf grounds at Tahunanui, states a P ess Association message from Nelson. The child had been three days and three nights in the open, but except for weakness due to lack of food and water, was little the worse for the experience. Helen and Thirra Dixon, twin daughters of Mr. J. B. Dixon, of Tahunanui, were responsible for the discovery of the missing child. They were passing through the golf grounds when one of them sawtt h. child among some gorse down a bank near the bridge, just inside the golf grounds. It is strange that she was not discovered before, us search parties had been out since "Wednesday afternoon. It ia thought the little wanderer must have kept close to her "bed"' during the whole period she was missing. The spot, though well hidden, was quite close to the road leading up to the golfhouse, and dozens of people must have passed to and fro during the three days.