NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 142, 17 June 1937, Page 8

NEWS OF THE DAY

Cemetery Land for Housing.

I Advice that a proclamation for housing purposes had been put over 13 acres 2 roods oi land at the Taita Cemetery was given at the meeting of the Taita Cemetery Board yesterday afternoon. The land was situated at the bapk of the sexton's house. A formal objection had been lodged. Kangatira's Overhaul. The inter-island express steamer Eangatira, which came off the floating dock yesterday, is now at the Clyde Quay Wharf, where her annual overhaul is being continued. It is expected that the Rangatira will remain at the Clyde Quay Wharf until the overhaul of her machinery and general fittings is completed. The service in the meantime is being provided by the Wahine and Maori. New Motor Freighter. On her maiden voyage from Barry (Wales), the Union Steam Ship Company's new motor-ship Waiana has reported by wireless that she expects to arrive at Auckland on Sunday, completing discharge at Wellington and Dunedin. The Waiana, which is to replace the Wihgatui in the east coast cargo trade, embodies a number of modem features. Her deadweight carrying capacity is 3850 tons on a draught of 19ft 6in. The Waiana is coming out via Suez, and loaded phosphates at Safaga, in the Red Sea, and called at Colombo. Disease in Bees. Yesterday afternoon the delegates to the annual conference of the National Beekeepers' Association were addressed by Mr. T. S. Winter, apiary inspector, on apiary inspection and disease control. He advocated the employment ot part-time inspectors and the burning of hives that were badly infected by foul : brood. Prosecutions were a waste of time, he said, and as the honey producers wanted to get rid of disease he recommended them to ask the Agriculture Department to give inspectors authority to burn badly-infected hives. Significance of Emotion. "In recent years emotion has been taking on a new significance in the account which psychology endeavours to give of the mental life of man. Through many investigations and many discoveries we have come to recognise the central place which emotion has in life," said Professor' I. L. G. Sutherland when speaking on "Psychology and Literature" in a lecture at the Little Theatre, Canterbury University College (reports the "Press.") "This was long overlooked, since philosophers and academic psychologists tended to be almost exclusively concerned with the intellectual aspects of the human mind. All this is now changed. The emphasis has shifted and we see that emotion bears upon life at every point in both its normal and abnormal manifestations." A Good Catch. The choir was singing lustily the last few bars of a rousing chorus, two grand pianos were making themselves heard above the vocalists, and the conductor was using every ounce of energy he possessed. Suddenly when his right hand was held aloft the baton slipped from bis grasp. It soared aloft in a graceful parabola, but before it could fall it was skilfully retrieved by the left hand. Not a beat was missed and the chorus was brought to a triumphal conclusion. But the audience which witnessed this episode in the Town Hall last night, after a moment of breathless suspense as to where the baton would fall, smiled almost audibly at the conductor's feat; the choir could not help smiling broadly either, and the conductor when he turned round and faced the audience to acknowledge their plaudits was smiling too. By not making a miss of his catch, he had made a distinct hit. Full. Koute Test Flights. Since the Lockheed transport aeroplanes arrived at Palmerston North from their assembly at Auckland a number of flights over long and short distances have been made by the Lockheed Company's expert, Mr. Moye Stephens, accompanied by Union Airways pilots, and by the New Zealand pilots that they may be fully familiar with the machines when the regular service is commenced on Sunday, June 27 following a formal function at Palmerston North, headquarters of Union Airways, on June 26. The required take-off and landing tests have been carried out, and during the next few days a series of full route flying tests will be made between Wellington and Auckland. The time-table provides for a three-hour journey, including stops at Palmerston North and New Plymouth. This is very well within the capacity of these fast machines, which will be able to comply with the schedule at easy cruising speeds. Ground for Complaint? The playing of a Rugby match on the Soccer ground at Kelburn Park on the morning of the King's Birthday holiday and the consequent spoiling ofi the surface for the two Soccer games set down for the afternoon were commented upon at the meeting of the management committee of the Wellington Football Association last night by the referee of the senior Soccer match, Mr! E. J. McQueen, who is also a member of the committee. The custodian had explained, said Mr. McQueen, that as he had received no notification of the playing of any Soccer games he had allowed the playing of Rugby on the Soccer ground. The committee is to bring the matter to the attention of the Director of Parks and Reserves,

More Money for Cemetery.

The Taita Cemetery Board, at its meeting yesterday afternoon, decided to ask contributing local bodies, when preparing next year's estimates, to allow lor a larger grant to the board. The reason for this was that labour costs would be greater now that relief labour was no longer available The work of the cemetery was increasing, and as more development was carried out there was more expense in maintenance. Mr. W. G. Lodder remarked that no district in New Zealand had its cemetery run cheaper than in the Hutt Valley. If the contributing local bodies thought differently they could take over the cemetery themselves and see how the cost would increase. Horseman Injured. An elderly farmer, Mr. James F. Colledge, was picked up in Grey Street, Waihi, on Monday evening suffering from a deep gash on his right thigh, states a "Waihi correspondent. He was taken to his home in William Street, where he received medical attention. It is stated that Mr. Colledge was riding his horse along Grey Street when he saw a motor-car approaching. Thinking he would be crowded into the channel if the motorist continued, he cried out to the driver to give him more room, but was knocked off his horse, which also was injured. The motorist, it is alleged, continued on his way. Use of Playing Gear Banned. Playing apparatus at the. Opotiki District High School will not be available for use by the children until further notice, states an Opotiki correspondent. This was decided on at a meeting of the committee after receipt of a letter from the Auckland Education Board, in which the committee was notified that members would be held personally liable for any accident that might occur to children while using playing apparatus installed at the school grounds, such as swings, chutes, and merry-go-rounds. Members of the committee were definite that they would not agree to accept liability It was decided to notify the board to that effect and to suggest that the board cover the committee by insurance. Influence of Motion Pictures. Speaking at a luncheon of the 33 , Club yesterday of representatives- of j the motion picture industry in New Zealand, Sir Charles Norwood said that there was hardly a more conspicuous example of the progress of science and invention than that offered by the motion picture industry during the past 25 years. "You are the leaders of one of the great enterprises of today," said Sir Charles, "an enterprise successfully combining commerce, industry, and art." Motion pictures were destined to .play a great part in world affairs, he continued, and the unrest and suspicions of the world, as exemplified by the conditions in Europe, would be allayed as the peoples of the different nations became more acquainted and more closely linked with each other. Mr. P. W. Maddock, who introduced the guest of honour, and Mr. S. Craig, president of the 33 Club, extended their warmest congratulations to Sir Charles upon the knighthood recently conferred upon him in recognition of his services to Wellington and the Dominion and expressed the club's best wishes for the future success of himself and Lady Norwood. Slow Transit of Mails. Emphasis upon the gaps between sailings from Australia to New Zealand is given in an advice that the Union Steam Ship Company's cargo steamer Kalingo has been called upon to carry Australian mail and London air mad from Newcastle to Napier, states the "New Zealand Herald." The Monowai and cargo steamer Kairanga, which arrived at Auckland from Sydney on Monday, were the last inward mail steamers and, but for the Kalingo, no further mails would reach New Zealand until the arrival of the Maunganui at Wellington on Tuesday. The Kalingo was scheduled to c.'ear Newcastle last Saturday for Napier and her mails, nine bags from Australia, and air mail dispatched from London on May 29, should arrive at Auckland about Monday. Many opportunist devices have been used by Australian postal authorities in the consignment of mails for New Zealand. Numbers of intercolonial freight steamers have carried mail to New Plymouth from Sydney and the passage of the Australian trawler Alfie Cam to New Zealand with London air mails is still remembered by many. It is nevertheless exceptional that mail should be taken between Newcastle and Napier, 1423 nautical miles apart, in a steamer which makes no claim to the speeds of the transTasman passenger vessels trading to Auckland or Wellington.