NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 130, 4 June 1938, Page 8

NEWS OF THE DAY

Whit Sunday. Tomorrow will be Whit Sunday, the | birthday of the Christian Church. The day will be observed in the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches throughout the world by special services. This great festival ranks in importance with Christmas and Easter. The Bishop of Wellington, the Right Rev. H. St. Barbe Holland, has made an earnest appeal to all the parishes in his diocese to mark the day by special services of praise and thanksgiving for all the Christian Church means to the world. Cast of Sea Snake. A cast of the sea snake found of! the Mahia Peninsula recently is being prepared by the Dominion Museum taxidermist and will be on exhibition in a fortnight or so. The moulding has proved remarkably successful, and the cast from it will be coloured, dark olive green on the back and a vivid yellow on the belly. Prison Produce. Objection to the practice of selling prison produce on the open market in competition with growers has been i made by the Hutt Valley Producers Society. The protest was conveyed to the Minister of Justice through Mr. |L. G. Lowry, M.P., but the Prisons I Department replied that it did not con- [ sider it was doing anything to affect materially the market for the growers | produce. Derby Day Without the Gipsies. Last Derby Day in England was, as usual, a wonderful 'display in every respect—great horses, good racing, ana the usual gay and well-dressed crowa, writes a correspondent. But it was noteworthy, he continues, for one special fact, that this was the last occasion on which the gipsies were allowed on the course. Many people who go regularly will feel that Derby Day without that unique sight—gipsy caravans painted blue, yellow, green, with bands and dogs, side-shows, and fortune-tellers —will lack something which had become almost a traditional part of this great English day.

"Municipal Socialism" To Go. The finance committee of the newlyelected City Council, in its first report to come before the council, will recommend the cessation of the practice of the previous Labour council, described by many as "municipal Socialism," of having representation of the employees of the respective trading departments in attendance at meetings of the standing committee concerned, states "The Post's" Dunedin correspondent.

Homer Saddle Tunnel. Work on the heading of the tunnel being cut through the Homer Saddle to link the Hollyford and Milford Sounds roads is progressing steadily at the rate of 35ft to 40ft a week, states "The Post's" Dunedin correspondent. Only a light fall of snow was experienced this week and the weather has since cleared, indicating that the work will probably proceed for some little time yet before being stopped for the winter. An indication of the favourable conditions prevailing in the district is given by the fact that the work this year is still to be carried on in June, whereas the avalanche which caused two deaths last year took place at the beginning of May.

Generosity and Liberality.

An epoch in University life in northern New South Wales was made last month when the Northern University (New England) College at Armidale was opened. This was made possible by a wonderful gift made by a local resident of a splendid residence named "Booloomimbah," formerly the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. R. White. The people of the district raised some thousands of pounds for alterations to the building and its equipment and the rest was done 6y the Government. The new institution will provide a faculty of arts and science and later a faculty for agricultural and veterinary science. Educationists, an exchange, had discussed the question for a quarter of a century and its realisation is a monument to the generosity of the people of the north, in collaboration with the liberal policy of the Sydney University and the Government's consideration for country interests. What Is a Bonus? , Bonus is defined by the "New Zealand Banker" as a Latin word meaning "good." In England it has a wider significance in that it means not only good, but something useful. The journal reports that the staff of the Bank of New Zealand recently received "something good and useful" in the form of a 7i per cent, bonus. It is remarked that as a rule the staffs do not always widely advertise the extent of the benefits had and received, and the story goes that three wives of officers of a certain bank were , having morning tea when one remarked joyfully, "Aren't we lucky to get this 6 per cent, bonus?" "Six per cent.?" said another. "My husband told me it was only 4 per cent." The third lady replaced her cup carefully in the saucer, and remarked with a grim look "What's all this about a I bonus?"

Snow is Late. Snow is late in falling in the mountains this winter. A member of the Christchurch Ski Club stated yesterday that in all the club's existence It had never known the snow so late, states the "Star-Sun." There was no ski-ing yet on the Temple basin, and the only snow to be seen was a light dusting on the tops of peaks. In previous years, the club has always been able to ski by the King's Birthday, in those days June 3. Musick Memorial. Further donations to the Musick Memorial Fund, bringing the total subscribed up to £644 15s lid, have been received, states the "New Zealand Herald" today. The fund was established to provide a fitting memorial to Captain Edwin C. Musick, master of the Pan-American Airways flying-boat Samoan Clipper, and his crew, who were lost when the machine crashed near Pago Pago in January. The trophy will be awarded for the most outstanding contribution to j safety in aviation, in the British Empire or the United States. Designs for j the trophy are expected to arrive from England within two months, and a selection will be made immediately. The finished trophy will be on view in Auckland before the end of the year. Military Training Certificates. A suggestion that employers who had arranged that members, of their staffs should take part in military training should be given a certificate by the Government and should have the right to use a special badge on their letter heads was made in a letter from the Minister of Defence, the Hon. F. Jones, thanking the Auckland Chamber of Commerce lor its support of Government measures for the building up of the territorial force, states the "New Zealand Herald. It was decided by the council of the chamber on Thursday that a counter suggestion be made to the Minister that a certificate signed by the Minister of Defence or some other authority should be issued to efficient trainees, so that employers could give preference to such applicants.