NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 120, 22 May 1940, Page 8

NEWS OF THE DAY

Trentham Camp Accommodation. The mobilisation camps throughout the Dominion are now dealing with the largest number of men they have been called upon to accommodate since the outbreak of war, and in order to provide more room for Expeditionary Force troops at Trentham the Central Military District School of Instruction has been transferred to the Tauherenikau racecourse. Butter Output. It was reported at a meeting of suppliers of the Morrinsville Dairy Company that the estimated butter output for the 1939-40 season was 3930 tons,, or 59 tons better than the record production of 1937-38 and 401 tons greater i than the output last season. Despite ■ the increased cost of production it was expected that the bonus for the year would not be less than last year's, l|d. i Concern was expressed by the chairman of directors, Mr. F. W. Seifert, at tfc ■? amount of butter held in store at present, states the "Waikato Times." The Morrinsville Dairy Company had 35,000 boxes, which represented £105,000, in store. Last year the company held in store 22,000 boxes of ( a value of £66,000. Young Men Not There. "It is a most disappointing thing to attend a recruiting meeting in Wellington," declared Mr. M. F~ Luckie, when speaking at the Wellington Chamber of Commerce last evening | on the prosecution of New Zealand's j war effort. "You find that you are not addressing the type of men you want to reach; they are simply not there. This is a young man's war, and I am certain that if the young men of this country knew that there was to be conscription they would come forward." Spies Used f Paracnutes. The origin of the practice of dropping troops by parachute was explained at Christchurch on Monday evening by Mr. W. R. Lascelles in an address to Territorials, states the "StarSun." "In" the last war, we dropped our spies by silken parachute at night," . he said. "They buried their para-! chutes in soft soil, and then slipped j away to be about their affairs. This is what gave the Germans the idea of j dropping troops by parachute." The "Fifth Column." The need for Rotarians. to assist in keeping up the morale of the people, j especially in view of the serious situation in Europe, was stressed by Mr. j W. Fraser, president of the Hamilton Rotary Club, at its weekly luncheon, states a correspondent. "We have a 'Fifth Column' in our midst —those people who are adopting a defeatist attitude," said Mr. Fraser. "There is a good deal of this defeatist attitude I about and Rotarians can do a great deal to offset it.", Tram and Bus in Collision. Damage to both vehicles much noise, and a fright to passengers resulted from a collision between a tram and a Corporation bus in Constable Street, near, the Coromandel Street crossing, this' morning, and for some time, while the bus was being cleared for return to the Kilbirnie workshops, tramway traffic was delayed on the No. 3 route. The driver of the bus, travelling uphill, swung out to pass a motor-car j and found himself facing a tram on I the down track. He avoided a head-on collision and the vehicles met with a glancing blow, severe enough to do a! fair amount of damage, but not to I cause personal injury. Mandarin Supplies. Complaints have been made by Auckland city retailers that none of the 3000 cases of mandarins which were brought to Auckland from Fiji! last week was made available for j Auckland shops, and that the entire shipment was railed to Wellington,, states the "New Zealand Herald." They claimed that, although there was a good market for the mandarins locally, the Internal Marketing Division refused to sell any of the ship-1 ment in Auckland. In explanation, an official of the division stated that all of the three previous shipments had been distributed around Auckland, small quantities going to Whangarei and the Waikato. Southern North Island towns had received none. Not one of the three consignments had been large enough to satisfy more than a limited market. Considering this, he thought Auckland had been more favourably treated than other parts. It was unlikely that mandarins would be available for more than a few weeks longer, as the season for Island oranges, with which Auckland was now being well supplied, was at its height. It is understood, however, that about 500 cases of mandarins will arrive at Auckland from Fiji some time next week, and the greater proportion will be available for the Auckland market. Civil Servants' Jury Service. After consideration, Mr. Justice Fair, in the Auckland Supreme Court on Monday, granted exemption from jury service to a civil servant who brought with him a letter in which it was stated that his absence would cause inconvenience to the work of his Department, states the "New Zealand Herald." "Thrt is a very general statement," said his Honour. "Everybody's absence would no doubt cause some inconvenience." After deciding that the applicant would be exempted on this occasion hi.; Honour added that members of the Civil Service had to <^ke their part in serving on the jury the same as anyone else, and the fact, that some inconvenience was caused was not a ground for exemption. If they could not be replaced, of course, they would be exempted.