NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 60, 12 March 1927, Page 8

NEWS OF THE DAY

Kiwis at Tapu.

Sportsmen in search of wild pigs in the hills between Thames and • Coroniandel report that kiwis are unusually 11 plentiful this year, states an exchange. They appear to regard the area as a favourable breeding ground. Farmers in the Tapu district, near Thames, frequently hear the cries of the birds at night, and recently a fully-grown specimen was found searching for food within a chain of the main coast road. Whalers in Paterson's Inlet.

Stewart Island residents are looking forward to viewing an unusual sight in Paterson's Inlet in about ten days' time, when the whalers Sir James Clark Boss and Larson, together with tho Tasmanian whaler, will be anchored in Paterson's Inlet, with about twelve of the smaller steamers used as chasers. When the Eenown joins the fleet' the picture should be well worth i»gRoyal Guards of Honour. There is a well-known military man in Christchurch who has tho remarkable record of having been a member of guards of honour to three reigning Sovereigns of Groat Britain and also tho present Prince of Wales. Ho .is Captain F. Farthing. Ho has been in a Guard of Honour to Queen Victoria, King Edward, King George, and the Prince of Wales. His great regret is that the Duke and Duchess of York did not bring tho littJo Princess Elizabeth with them; he would then have seen five generations of Koyalty. Dunedin's War Memorial. Tho whole of the money (£10,000) required to pay for Duncdin 's war memorial has been subscribed. The Mayor (My. 11. L. Tapley, M.P.) intimated" to the meeting of the City Council on Wednesday night that his campaign to raised tho £2000 balance required for the war memorial had been successful, tho whole of the money now being in hand (reports tho "Star"). As a matter of fact, the fund had boon assisted considerably by the donation of ioOO by tho Duncdin Savings Bank and by the donation of £250 by the Union ■Steam Ship Company. The speaker expressed gratification that the cost of the memorial had been subscribed before the unveiling next week by the Duke ot York. Several councillors made eulogistic reference to the work of Mr. Tapley in raising the money one member passing tho remark that this achievement of his would always be remembered as a splendid one. The Ngapuhi Way. It is one of tho pleasant ways of the Ngapuhis in the north for pretty kotiros to kiss distinguished visitors (states tho Auckland "Star") The kotiros are mostly hefty, tho tpieal lip salutation is in tho manner of a long drawn caress, and the fortunato one? who have experienced it say that it is a great improvement on the chaste peck so characteristic of pakchas. After a welcome at Rawene the Maoris were marching past and shaking hands with the Governor-General and Lady 'Vliee I'ergusson. "May I kiss you?" said one handsome girl to His Excellency m.^2? ri- "l C!Um°t understand you," said Sir Charles, "please say it in English. The request was repeated. "Oh not to-day, thank' you," said Sir Charles, "my wife is here,'" and the crowd roared. "Is your wife here too, Colonel," said the damsel to the member tor Bay of Islands. "No! I shall give you a jolly good kiss after the function is over," said Colonel Bell. Children and Tuberculosis. "The testing of school children for tuberculosis is the biggest advanco that has yet been made in any country," said Dr. G. J. Blackmore, General Superintendent of Tuberculosis Instituttions, at Christchurch on Thursday, reports the "Star." "If the infected children arc treated, one generation or a generation and a half will see tuberculosis reduced to a negligible quantity, and an enormous amount of suffering saved on the part of those children who would have grown up with the disease." About 1000 children in Christchurch had been tested, Dr. Blackmoro said. The scheme had been started also in the Wellington schools, and it was proposed to make the testing Dominion wide. It was a non-injurious test conducted .by the School, of Hygiene, Department of Health. He had urged that treatment should be given to all children infected. There were many delicate tests which showed which children Were infected with tuberculosis. This did not mean that they had the disease, but that the germs had entered the body and would react in later life. It was necessary to get rid of the infection, for even though Nature often stifled the infection in children, it was not known which 'children would become well a^ain and which would not..

Auckland's Museum. "People may not know it, but we have in the Auckland Museum probably the finest collection of Maori curios in the world." said Dr. P. H. Buck, at a meeting' of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Dr. Buck predicted that the museum would in future years become a .Mecca for tourists studying the history of the Polynesian race. Dust Carts and Other Things. It is already a long, long time since Health Week, almost time for another (writes "Don't We Forget Easily?"), but so far there are very few signs of the improved city conditions which were suggested and apparently approved of by the City Council. It was agreed that Wellington's dust carts were anything but suitable for Wellington, aiid that a start was to bo made promptly upon a new type of vehicle which would hang on to refuse in spite of all the winds that blew. Perhaps a start was made, but it has evidently stopped again. Eats were named as one of the chief est curses of mankind, and war was declared upon them. Hostilities are now, however, at an end, and the rat never had a better time in Wellington as far as freedom of movement and assurance against sudden death are concerned. Street sumps were, to be given special attention, and still get merely ordinary attention. All. rubbish containers were to have lids, but they have not, by a very long way, not even those in the main streets of the city. There was talk of wrapped bread, but the loaf that happens to drop is still regarded as- good food —by the housewife who does not see it drop. However, there is another Health Week coming. Think of the Employee. Commenting on the fact that New South Wales possesses an extreme Labour Government, Mr. John Scott, president of the New South Wales Bowling Association, speaking at the function tendered to the visiting team of New South Wales bowlers last night, sounded a warning note for the benefit of the people of New Zealand. "Watch out,'' remarked Mr. Scott,'' or you will get the same as we are getting. The people we put in years ago forgot that there were two classes of people in Australia —employers and employees— and they legislated without thinking of the employees. That is why we have an extreme Government in New South Wales to-day. I say to you that if you do that you will get the same treatment as we are getting. That is obvious to any man who is broad-minded. In every ' country where the workman of to-day is the boss of to-morrow you will always get experimenting in Governments, but you will find that the people of Australia will some day put the right Government in office, and will be a pride to the Empire, the same as New Zealand is to-day." (Applause.)