NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 132, 5 June 1937, Page 8

NEWS OF THE DAY

Arbitration Court,

The Arbitration Court, which is at present sitting in Christchurch, will possibly, sit in Nelson before going to New Plymouth and Auckland. The business in Auckland will occupy from six weeks' to two months' work, and the Court should return to Wellington at the end of August or the beginning of September. Attacked by Eats. A proud owner of a new motor-car —he had only had it three months—is already at grips with the insurance company, although he has not had an accident, reports the "Star-Sun." The cause of all his trouble is a rat, or perhaps several. With his car locked in the garage, presumably perfectly safe he went down one morning to find' that the rats had attacked the upholstery of the vehicle. The leather seats and sides had been badly torn and damaged by the rodents. The damage was estimated at £10. Ethnological Excavations. Further excavations made by Mr. S. M Hovell in the sandhills at Waihi Beach prove the ancient Maori workshoo he discovered there some months ago to be an extensive treasure house of objects of ethnological value (says an exchange). Digging during the past fortnight has revealed about 1500 more articles of all descriptions and an all stages of manufacture. Airliners Named. As was the case with the De Havilland airliners used on the Falmerston North-Dunedin service, Union Airways have decided to use Maori bird names fof their new Lockheed Electra passenger monoplanes. Kotare (kingfisher) has been chosen for ZK-AFU Kuaka (godwit) for ZK-AFD. and Kerem (wood-pigeon) for ZK-AFE. This latter machine is scheduled to arrive at Auckland at the end of the month, and will probably be assembled there. The present airliners in operation are named Kotuku,. Karoro, and Konmako. Maori and Wahine at Wliarf. Today the Maori and the Wahine were together at the Lyttelton Wharf. The Maori is being recommissioned to relieve, the Rangatira in the Lyttelton service, and was recently docked for overhaul. The Maori will leave Wellington on June 12 in Pkf ■<* *c Wehine which after arrival at Wellington on that date will wait over and sail on Monday, June 14, replacing the Eangatira, which will withdraw for overhaul and survey. Not So Careful. An interesting illustration of the effect of economic conditions on school children was given to the '.'Southland Times" by an Invercargul school teacher. During the years of the depression, he said, children took particular care of their own property, such as textbooks, stationery, maps, and so on, which they invambly collected at the end of the day and took home, knowing full well that times were precarious, but now that better times were honing out the furrows on the parental brow the same books, stationery and maps were often mislaid or left behind S the class-room, and teachers more often found themselves the custodians of lost property. Milk Scheme Extended. Five of the public secondary schools in Wellington are now participating in Se free distribution of milk to schools the scheme having been extended this week to cover them. They are the Technical College, which receives 850 half-pint bottles daily, R°ngotai College 420, Wellington College 400, Wellington Girls' College 360, and Wellington East Girls' College 350. The pupils have the option of refusing the milk. Most of the pupils at these schools are taking the ration, and a large number of those who refused to accept it at first have overcome their earlier diffidence. At Hongotai College 420 boys out of a total of 520 asked for the supply, and the number taking the milk is expected to increase. It was stated today that the Health Department has made arrangements with the milk depot to pick up the empty bottles on the same day. £50 Note Passed. Another £50 note was passed recently in Auckland in mistake for a 10s note, but it was recovered speedily, though under amusing circumstances. A visitor to the city had a 10s and a £50 note in his pocket, and on making a purchase' from a tobacconist he inadvertently tendered the latter, which the shop man received as 10s. Back at his hotel the visitor discovered his error, and thinking his story might be disbelieved by the shop man, employed a rather "hit-or-miss" method of regaining his money (states an exchange). He dashed back to the store bearing a bottle of liquor worth 255, offering it to the shop man at the bargain price of 10s. After some persuasion the tobacconist bought it, and pushed across the counter quite unwittingly the £50 note which he had received a short time earlier. Luckily the business he had transacted in the meantime was small, otherwise the visitor might have lost 15s on his liquor and £49 10s on his note. Community Singing to Commence. A meeting of the community singing committee yesterday, under the chairmanship of Mr. E. Palliser, decided that the sings, which normally would have commenced some weeks ago but which have not been held on account of the infantile paralysis epidemic restrictions, should be resumed on June 16. The proceeds will again be devoted to the Mayor's Metropolitan Relief Fund. The song-leaders will be the same as in previous years—Messrs. Will E. Mason, Harold Hindle, and Charles Proctor, with Mr. Frank Crowther at the piano, and Miss Iris Mason at the grand organ. The guest artist at the opening sing will be Mr. Herbert F. Wood, tenor.