NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 16, 19 January 1940, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

Forty Years On. Today is the fortieth anniversary of the sailing of the' Waiwera with the 2nd New Zealand Contingent for South j Africa. Last night a meeting of South African War veterans appointed Captain J. J. Clark, Messrs. W. Clouston, R. Gillespie, and L. Price (secretary) a committee to arrange for a reunion Sinner on Easter Saturday, when it.is Kbped a large number, of the former contingenters Will be present. "Presented With Twins." "I "have been fortunate enough to have my wife present me with twins," read part of a letter handed to Mr. H. A. Young, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court at Christchurch on Wednesday morning from a defendant in explanation of his failure to obtain a licence for his radio, states the "Press." This was one of a series of incidents during the hearing of prosecutions for unlicensed radios which provided counsel and officials with some amusement. "In view of the twins, I think we might say that your luck continues," commented the Magistrate, as he con-, victed and discharged the defendant on payment of the fees owing. "With two children in'the house, I should hardly think you would want a radio now/ he added, amid laughter. National Art Gallery. The picture of the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth was presented to the King as a token of loyalty and affection by the Dominions of Canada and New Zealand, the Commonwealth of Australia, and the Union of South Africa. Prior to its world tour, this picture was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1938 and hung in Buckingham Palace. Since this huge picture has been at the rational Art Gallery in Wellington it has been viewed by hundreds of people. A key which hangs near it makes identification of the numerous portraits comparatively easy. This outstanding picture, together with the collection of European contemporary art, makes a visit to the National Art Gallery well worth while. ' . Girl Falls in Tar. To become covered with tar to such an extent' that she had to be admitted to hospital for its /removal was the experience of a small girl in Hastings when she fell into a pool of tar in the main Street at Hastings, states a local correspondent. Two 44----gallora drums had capsized off a lorry as it was turning a corner and broke over the roadway. The girl fell into a pool of the thick liquid, and, finding that she was unable to stand up, she chose to crawl on her hands and knees to the dry asphalt. It was a very bedraggled' child who finally was able to regain her feet. She was tar from head to. foot and was crying vigorously., Shortly afterwards a girl cyclist found her bicycle difficult to control in the greasy morass and/suffered a fate somewhat similar to the other child. New Site for Lighthouse. Owing to the difficulty of servicing the, lighthouse now situated on an island off Cape Maria van Diemen, jit is to be removed to the mainland lat Cape Reinga, states a Whangarei correspondent. The Public Works Department is now engaged on the construction of a i-oad from Te Paki to the new lighthouse site, and as mechanical equipment will shortly be moved to the new road from the Paihia road, the work should be greatly expedited. Given reasonable weather, the full ten-mile length should be formed and metalled within five months. The road from Te Paki to the Ninety Mile Beach has been reformed and arrangements are in hand for metalling, so that shortly an all-weather route will be available jto the farthest north, via Ninety Mile Beach. The inland route to the far north is also being gradually reformed and metalled. First-aid Post at Beach. In order to ascertain the needs of holiday campers at Foxton beach, the Foxton section of the St. John Ambulance Brigade established a'tent as a first-aid post at a central point at the Manawatu Heads for the holidays, and the tent was stationed by members for twenty-four hours daily from December 29, to Sunday, January 7. During the period, forty-one cases were treated. Fortunately, only one of these was of a serious nature. There were twenty-one cases of sunburn, many of them being very sevei-e, owing to people not taking sufficient precautions for its prevention. There were a number of sprains, cuts, and abrasions, and one case of a foreign body in the ear which was accompanied by considerable pain and swelling. This case was taken to the doctor. The first-aid post was a successful experiment. and a number of campers were saved a considerable amount of suffering.