NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 105, 6 May 1933, Page 12

NEWS OF THE DAY

Carriage of "Post" by Air. Yesterday arrangements were made for the carriago of "The Post" by air-across Cook Strait, but the" weather conditions were so unsuitable that it was considered inadvisable to dispatch the aeroplane to Nelson, or alternatively to Blenheim, from which "The Post" would have been carried by service, car. Today, again, weather conditions are unsuitable for carriago oil "The Post" by air. A Descriptive Phrase. The phrase "tho stuff- is hot,!' used concerning stolen jewellery, caused some inquiry to bo made' in-the Supreme Court at Auckland on Thursday (states the "New Zealand Herald"). Mr. Justice Herdmau was' informed by a detective that it was a phrase in common use among thieves. /"I suppose it means it is only recently stolen?" inquired his Honour. "That is so, sir." said Detective McWhirter. "It gets cold as time goes on, I suppose," was his Honour's concluding remark. Experience and Care. Tho submission that because one of two' motorists in a collision had been driving, only a short time the inference should not necessarily bo drawn that ho was more likely to be guilty of ncgligenco that the other man- who happened to havo greater experience was made by Mr. O. C. Mazengarb, counsel for tho plaintiff, in a civil actiou in tho Supreme Court yesterday afternoon- A motorist, he pointed out to the jury, might have been driving for years without having an accident and then perhaps he might have a serious smash. An accident way a possibility for any motorist. Control by Commissioner. The affairs of tho Matakaoa County Council, which has been in serious financial difficulties for some lime, are to be administered by a Commissioner, and the appointment of Mr. Charles Henry Bull, a public accountant, of Gisborne, to carry out the work is announced in this week's Gazette. Mr. Bull' is expected to take up his duties within a few days. He will assume full responsibility for the control of. the county, but the council will remain in existence. Tall Youth and Small Car. A young man of at least six feet in height was a witness in tho Supreme Court yesterday afternoon in a motor collision case. He said he had driven a "baby", car of -the same typo /as that which had. been ■ involved 'in the accident. "Can you get into such a car?" inquired Mr. H. V. O'licary, "counsel for "the ■. dofondant, somewhat incredulously. ■■ A pleasant smile spread over tho witness's faco before ho • answered. "Well,!' he said, "it- may bo remarked that I don't get into it, but that I put it on." (Laughter.) . ' Teachers' Plight. < '.'The position is pitiful," said tho chairman of the Auckland Education Board, Mr. T. U. Wells, when the problem of unemployed teachers was discussed at a meeting on Wednesday (states the "New Zealand" Herald"). Tho board adopted a rationing scheme, by which to make positions available to as great a number of unemployed teachers as possible, changing the staffs of ex-students of tho Training College at tho end of the first term. "The position is even myre acute this year than in previous years," said Mr. Wells. As far as could be,ascertained, the number •. of ex-students of the Auckland Training College who were not in permanent employment- would be 503 at the beginning of tho second term —157 men and 346 women.. Thg number who would bo in temporary employment as relieving teachers for periods varying from one month lo one term would be 217, comprised of 74 men and 143 women. There were six mrti and thirteen women employed in grade 0 schools, leaving seventyseven men and one hundred and ninety women out of employment. "The Bed Flag." Many people in the crowd standing in front of the election display board on Wednesday night were surprised to sco tho Rev. J. K. Archer, who was Deputy-Mayor in the last council, join in singing "The Bed Flag" as he stood above tho portico of tho Municipal Chambers (states tho "Christchurch Star"). The song was begun by a small group among tho crowd after Mr. Archer had thanked electors for again returning him at tho top of tho poll. As the volume swelled, Mr. Archer waved his handkerchief, beating time, and, after a little, ho joined in tho singing. "Of course I sang the song!" was Mr. Archer's emphatic reply, when approached by ft reporter later in the night. "As a matter of fact, there is no song so misunderstood as 'The Red Flag,'" ho continued. "Tho avorage man regards it as.revolutionary, in tho sense that it savours of slaughter and' Bolshevism. On tho contrary, tho idea porinc-ating tho sour; is that of selfsacrifice, even to tho point of martyrdom. Were it not for its association with groups of people of destructive tendencies, 'The Red Flag' would bo as much admired as some of the great Christian hymns. s It is a pity that people do not substitute a knowledge of the sons; for ignorance and prejudice" Mr. Archer said he regarded "Tho Bed Flag" as a most wonderful song. Most of its critics had never soon it. in print. It ivaii not the first occasion on which ho hiul sung it publicly.