NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 146, 23 June 1938, Page 8

NEWS OF THE DAY

"AH Black" Tie. |i Application was made to the execu- - live of the New Zealand Rugby Union l last night by A. C. C. Robilliard (Canterbury), former New Zealand Rugby ' representative, for an "All Black" tie. The chairman (Mr. S. S. Dean) said that the application raised an interesting question. The 1935 New Zealand representatives on the tour of the ] United Kingdom were provided with distinctive ties with a silver fern leaf j pattern, these having been manufac- < tured by a Arm in the United King- ( dom which had secured the copyright ( of the ties. He had noticed on his ' visits to Great Britain that the former j internationals there wore thmr ties i when they attended international i matches and he thought it was an ex- j cellent idea. It was decided to issue ( Mr. Robilliard with an order on the < manufacturers of the tie he 'wishes to ( obtain. ] Deer on Bowling: Green. ] If the greens at the Eastbourne Bowling Club do not play true next \ summer the bowlers will be able to , blame damage done by deer. ' On a re- i cent evening deer invaded the green ; and damaged the young grass to a ; certain extent. A number of gardens . in Eastbourne and Day's Bay have been visited by the deer, who this year are ' exceptionally venturesome. t The bush in certain of the east harbour bays comes right down to the fringe of some of the hillside pro- , perties, but it is seldom that the deer venture past the back Kills and until recently there have been few complaints about damage being done to gardens by these usually timid animals. College Pipe Band's Help. When the North Island v. South Island Rugby match was played at Athletic Park recently, the Scots College Pipe Band paraded on the ground and before the game began enlivened proceedings with Scots selections, which were greatly appreciated by patrons, especially as, owing to the conditions, the game which had been arranged to precede the inter-island fixture was postponed. In appreciation of the band's assistance', the executive of the New Zealand, Rugby Union made a contribution of three guineas to the'band, and at last night's meeting of the executive a letter was read expressing the band's thanks. The 1 letter added that the band was not out merely to seek donations and would be pleased to assist the union at any time its services were sought. The chairman (Mr. S. S. Dean) commented that this was a very pleasing sentiment. Club Training Machine*. The Wellington, Auckland, and Otago Aero Clubs have been advised by the Controller of Civil Aviation, Group-Captain T. M. Wilkes, that they should place a temporary restriction upon the use of their Miles Magister trainer aircraft. This action has been taken in accordance with a notification from the British Air Ministry, but as yet detailed advice has not been received. The restrictions on the machines which have been advised by the Air Department are that the aeroplanes should not be flown in excess of their cruising speed of 120 miles an hour, and that they should not be dived or put through any aerobatics. It is not expected that the restriction will be permanent, and it may be that it will not apply to the Magisters in New Zealand, as certain modifications had already been made. The Miles Magister is used by the British R.A.F. as a standard training plane. Talkative Footballers. I Clubs, affiliated to the Wellington Football Association are to be warned by the association against the practice '. of persistently talking on the field of 1 play. Last night's meeting of the management committee of the association considered a complaint by a re- ' feree against the First A Division 1 teams of the Hospital and Seatoun 1 Clubs, which the referee said had spoil- ; ed their recent Chatham Cupgame . by too much talking. It was pointed out by members of the management ' committee that perfect silence for the ■ 90 minutes of the game was not ex- . pected, but that continual talking by numerous players could in some cir- ' cumstances be classed as urfgentle--1 manly conduct and be penalised ac- ; cordingly. f Altered Human Face. * "Are standards of beauty altering?" l asked Dr. Bevan Dodds, Dean of the , Dental Faculty in the University of Otago, when he drew attention last t week to a change towards the vertical • in the shape of the human face. He

was convinced that the general proportions of the human face were altering. There hangs in Mr. Dodds's study at the school an original eighteenth century engraving, in which the persons portrayed have wide, heavy jaws, e and broad noses, with the associated e bones also more prominent than in e the twentieth-century man. An old oil painting in the school's library also shows a heavier and wider type of s face. "The modern man has a tenr dency in features towards the verv tical and his jawß and nose are narrower," said Dr. Dodds, when interviewed by the Christchurch e "Press" on Tuesday. "That may r be the result of natural selection, e a lack of function, or a combination of various factors—probably the last. It is seldom indeed that one sees a jaw 0 in which there is room for the erups tion of the lower, wisdom tooth, if the s individual has not lost his or her teeth earlier. If a young person retains all :r his teeth, the wisdom tooth is not able » to erupt normally, there being no room e, through fore-shortening, and that con,f dition calls for. an operation of varying severity.". ~ Pukekos and/Magpies. j Irrespective of the vagaries of . look and temperament, the New Zea1S lander had a natural love for birds il and native bush, said the Minister of , e Internal Affairs (the Hon. W. E. Parry) when replying to a deputation yesterday. There were grain growers who 8 » suffered losses through the depredate tions of somfc birds, and their com,e plaints must be considered. There were other men on the land who said >r that the birds were an enemy of grubs k> and should be protected. Their views [y also merited consideration, as did a those of the societies which stood for ' a policy of rigorous protection of all ie birds. It was sometimes difficult in In the administration of the Animals ie Protection and Game Act to hold a | j proper balance between these conflicting opinions, but efforts were made to v ' e do so. A member of the deputation o- pointed out that the habits of the •ie magpie and pukeko, which had in- ' „ creased remarkably in numbers, were ° questionable. The pukeko was a lle "fair tiger" on crops and protection ;t- should be at least partially removed. re The Minister remarked that he had t had complaints that the pukeko had 01 been caught pilfering fowl eggs. Any n * farmer could obtain a permit to shoot er the pukeko over a reasonable period ne so long as he substantiated his case. In reference, to the magpie, the Minister quoted a letter from a North ve Island fawner expressing a liking for in the bird on general grounds, but l s pointing out that the magpie, when ' nesting, was a menace to children, and !n " that it also fed on the young and eggs '"• of other smaller birds. Mr. Parry said •n- that on the recommendation of the a i police one or two permits had already ' been issued to shoot nesting magpies tv ' which threatened children in school grounds where there were trees.'

Health of Children. A meeting of parents associated with various central Wellington schpols was held in the St. John Ambulance Hall, Vivian Street, yesterday afternoon. This resulted in the formation of a health club, the objects of which are to further the interests of health, particularly among children, and to provide means of study towards that end. 11 Further business was deferred until:; next Wednesday afternoon, when a : further meeting is to be held. Expectation of Life. ! "The normal expectation of life of , persons in New Zealand is increasing," [ said an expert witness when giving ] evidence in a civil case before Mr. Justice Callan in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, reports the "New Zealand Herald." From calculations he had | made from information contained in I the New Zealand Year Book, the witness estimated that the approximate expectation of life of a man of 38 years was 34 years. "Which makes a total of 72, the age at which Judges retire," remarked his Honour. Retreat for Jewish Doctors? A suggestion that it might be possible to secure the services of Jewish doctors who had left Germany to seek practices in other countries was made at the monthly meeting of the Southland Hospital Board last week. It was stated that these men might be employed in the country districts under the board's control. Tokanui was suggested as a place where the services of one of these exiled doctors would be welcome. "He would certainly be safer there than where he comes from," said the chairman (Mr. T. Golden), with- a smile. Juries and Damages. » "The .day has gone when an endeavour can be made to conceal from juries the fact that it is an insurance company that is going to pay and not the defendant," said Mr. Justice Reed in the Auckland Supreme Court on Tuesday, states the "New Zealand j Herald." His Honour was addressing a jury in a case in which a claim for damages was brought against a motorist, and he warned them that they should entirely disregard the fact that it was an insurance company that had to pay and not let it weigh with them in any way. "Conscription in Sport." "I call it conscription in sport," said Mr. J. E. Jones, chairman of the management committee of the Canterbury Football Association, at a meeting of the committee on Tuesday, referring to the dominance of Rugby football in secondary schools, reports the "Press." He contended that opponents of the introduction of the Association code into secondary schools had not the "moral support"' of those administering Rugby. Administrators of Rugby had admitted to him,the justice of the Association code's claim for recognition. "A man has a right to his own sport, just as he has to his own religion," he said, adding that he would claim the same rights for Rugby as for Association. • Sea Snake on View. Pickled and harmless, but still re- ■ taining its oliVe-green and yellow ; colouring, the sea snake which was rei- cently found on the East Coast-near ! the Mahia Peninsula took pride of ' place amongst the exhibits displayed ■ at last night's meeting of the Wellingi ton Philosophical Society. Mr. W.J. i Phillips, acting director of the Dol minion Museum, suggested that these > , snakes, when for any cause they leave 1 ' the water, are unable to adapt their t eyes to the new environment. They 7 become partially blind when on land I and are therefore found wandering r about aimlessly. The specimen disi played, Jie said, was one of the commonest types-of sea snake, being found over a large area of the ocean. A plaster cast of this particular snake is beJ ing made for permanent exhibition in 1 the museum. 1 Taranakl Street Widening 2 Though the spectacular and argumentative side of the widening of - Taranaki Street is ended, the scheme l is going ahead, under the plan that as i properties are rebuilt the frontages are - set back to the wider-street line, e Already boundaries have been sei I back on the south side of Manners t Street, and an exchange has now beer e completed between the City Council :- and Messrs. Crawley, Ridley, and Co. y Ltd., under which another section, or - the northern side of the Panama Hote! !- section (which was set back some tim« :- ago), will be widened. The company is to take over an area of land owned bj the council in exchange for part of its property on the present street.frontage the effect of the exchange being tc e consolidate the company's property anc )f to allow the council to proceed wit! 5 * the widening of Taranaki Street to 84f ?1 6in, by taking in 34ft' extra. Demolition € tion work will be commenced shortly 3- Messrs. Crawley Ridley propose t< r_ erect a modern .factory upon theii y land.