NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 123, 27 May 1930, Page 8

NEWS OF THE DAY

Retail Trade JHours.

The Ectail Trade Committee of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce reported last evening that it had considered the provisions of thb Shops and Offices Act in tlio general aspect of furtherance of trado and tho convenience-, of the purchasing public, and recommended "that tho curtailing of'the shopping hours is contrary to the needs of public intorests and ■ convenience, and trusts that no further reduction, in hours will be made."' The report was received and referred to the Parliamentary Committee. Night Train Services. , "I am, quite satisfied with tho progress that tho night train, service from New Plymouth to Wellington is making," said Mr. 11. H. Sterling, General Manager of Railways' in conversation with a "Taranaki Herald" reported last week. The service had been running for only a few weeks, and it was as yet' a little early to judge. However, indications were that it is growing, and that the night'train service had not yet reached anything like its maximum development. . Passing Footwear Through Customs. It was,stated at a meeting of the council of the Wellington Cliamber of Commerce last evening .that complaints had been received as to unnecessary delays in the passing of footwear, through the Customs. The chairman (Mr. D. 3i M'Gowan) explained that the delay was caused by a provision of the Footwear Inspection Act which required that certain classes of imported foofwear, must bo inspected and passed by an officer of the Labour Department. The i goiincil agreed that a deputation wait on the Secretary of the Labour Department with the view of ascertaining what steps should.betaken to obviate the existing delays. v Prinking at Dances. " A circular'letter with reference to the dangers to young people from the growing practico of drinking intoxicating liquors at dance halls was received from -the Good Templars' Society by the Petond, Borough Council last night, and the council was asked to exercise care in issuing licences for dances. In moving that the borough inspector be asked to pay particular attention to the matter, Councillor V. E.- Jacobson said he had heard very few complaints in Petone, but he had read of the evil in other places, and he thought it should be guarded against. His motion was carried. ■ ■ . - • . - Anzac Day Holiday. , "That Anzaa Day should 'be commemorated on the nearest Sunday .to 25th April, "was, a motion which received no'support when it was put to the animal reunion of the< Wanganui Empire Veterans' Association on' Saturday evening, says the "Wanganui Chronicle." Mr. G.'Mouli proposed the motion. He maintained that Anzac Day should be held on the nearest Sunday, not on a week-day. The movement in that direction was coming, and the association could well help it. Mr. Love-, grove spoke'against the motion pro forma. He said that prior to the disbanding of the.E.S.A. some few years ago it was hold by the majority of members that Anzac Day was ono of, the only benefits tho .ox-serviceman received. Anzae-Day should be,kept.in commemoration of those who had gone. (Applause.) He stated he-would be very sorry to see a meeting of veterans be tho first to propose any alteration; Mr. E. Marchant'said: ".Lot's have a holiday, and make it a solemn holiday." (Applause.) Thr chairman, Mr. E. W. Merowether, nslry! those in favour of' the motion to'1 hold up, their hands. One hand was raised, but was hastily, pulled .down again. . A Deer Storyi \ '} A stalker iii the'Uppcr Waikaia district had a peculiar experience recently (says the "Mataura.Ensign").' From tho top of a ridge he picked up the form, of a deer in sorno bush a .considerable distance below, and fired. As the smoke cleared tho form of an animal could still bo seen at about the same spot. A second shot was fired, and Still a deer could be distinguished. Thinking .both shots had failed, the hunter fired again. On investigation in the gully later he discovered three animals dead. The marksman responsible has not broadcast, news of his. performance j)n account.of the similarity his tale bears to certain stoiies circulated in the fishing seasonj but the facts of the case are vouched for. . .. • Advertising the Country. ' , There recently appeared'in tyie Chicago "Sunday Tribune" an excellent reproduction of a' New Zealand Government photograph of Mount Tasman, Mount Cook, and. the Fox • Glacier, reflected in. Lake Matheson, South Westland. The picture ;is a really magnificent one, and' its excellence as: advertising matter -is sliown by tlio fact that the--general manager of the Tourist Bureau (Mr. G. W. Clink'ard) has recently received a letter from Mr. Francis W. Woods, a United States, Forest Service surveyor, enclosing a moneyorder and asking for an original photograph, for framing. Mr. Woods said that his ..work .enables him to see many wonderful sights in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona,, and Nevada, but the picture he was asking for was one of the most beautiful he had ever seen. Search for Beauty in Music. . . V *'To-day we. get our 'music too easily," said Professor James Shelley, in an address on "The Dream of Gerontius," at Christchurch on* Saturday evening" (reports "Tho Press"). " We put a record on', the: gramophone, say we don't like it,'and try another',. ,W<J must school ourselves if. we are ( truly to appreciate music. We must' wrestle with if as Jacob with the angels. Only by exhausting, soul-rend-ing failure can we get a glimpse of that heart of life which wo call'beauty." Professor Shelley remindejl his hearers that they must come to school again to prepare, themselves for the full en-, joyment.of "The Dream of Geroutius." "Many, of- us feel .we lack the light by which ;to discern tlio supremo vision," he added. - "Few can achieve it intellectually. ,_ We must open our beings to the influence of a great art. To listen with ears that can hear to1 'Tho Dream of Gerontius' is a great spiritual .experience. ■ But'we must ourselves cuter1 into tlio music, not critically, but'with our--whole hearts. AYe must,give ourselves up to it, and be lost in it, and feel ourselves shattered souls at the end of it. For such experience,, for such .achievement, we must prepare with schooling. Then; maybe, through - the arts' wo shall aehievo tho vision for which, our age is' seeking. But no pretty sense-tickling will help us. Wo must wrestle, and struggle—and lose." ■ Returned-Soldiers' Vote. The power' of the .returned soldiers' vote throughout tho Dominion as a lever which might'be used to move the Government into action and so give effect to the recommendations of the Rehabilitation Commission was referred to at a mooting of 'returned soldiers held .at Christchureh last week. "I don't know whethor tile matter will .come before this Government or another one, "said ono speaker. "At the samo time, wo want them to realise tho power of the returned-soldiers' vote throughout the Dominion. If we could get this Government to realise that wo might induce them to. put the matter through. Tho Government may be so worried and muddled or pressed. by .other parties that they may not do anything. All the same, wu must keep on irashiug ahead."

"Churching" the Mayor. Tho time-honoured ceremony of "churching the Mayor" was held at St. Oswald's Anglican Church, One Tree Hill, on Sunday, when tlio Mayor and councillors of tho newly-created borough of Ono Treo Hill attended the morning servico (states the "New Zealand Herald"). The Rev. B, J. Stanton conducted tho service. Re-establishment League. A league having for. its object the ro-cstablishineiit of ex-soldiers in civil life will bo set up in Christchurch as the ljesult of the. findings of tho Rehabilitation Commission (states the Christchurch "Press"). The Commission recommended that such leagues be sot. up, and feeling confident that they would bo formally established by iegislation, advised the Returned Soldiers' Associations to go ahead and constitute them. Organised Labour is entitled to a seat on the league, and it was to explain its'objepts and ask the council to put forward a nominee that tho vice-president and secretary of the Christchurch Eeturned Soldiers' Association, Messrs. T. L. Drummond and E. F. Wilcox,' waited on the Canterbury Trades and Labour Council on j Saturday night. Other organisations, such as tho Chamber of Commerce, the Manufacturers' Association, and \he Patriotic Committee will be represented on^the league, and they will be asked to put forward their nominees., , Christchurch City Organ. , The opinion that the new Christchurch city organ is. one of the most modern and up-to-date that he has played was expressed on Saturday by Mr. James Brash, musical judge at the competitions (states tho " Christehurch Tinies"). "1 am .nightly delighted with it," he told a reporter. "This organ : has a rich diapason tone which mates for body. One can get infinite variety ia' tone colour on this organ. As compared\With, that we might take the Sydney Town Hall organ,.which, at the time it wa^s erected, some forty or fifty years ago, was the' largest in the world.; I prefer the Christchurch organ,- as it is thoroughly up-to-dato in modern appliances. In my own opinion, it is a pity that the council did not decide on an organ with four keyboards, as it requires expert knowledge and quick manipulation to effect the change >to the echo organ, the pipes of which are not yet in place. It is so' constructed that it is, suitable for all types of music, from Bach to the latest typo of jazz. Orchestral arrangements, I, should say, would be particularly suitable for-this instrument, as one can get such variety of tho various instruments used in the orchestra to draw on. I am particularly^ delighted with the beautiful, reeds, tho voicing of which is an outstanding feature, It would take a month to get to know the organ perfectly, but what I hayo seen and heard of it is particularly pleasing."