NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 126, 30 May 1941, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

U.S. Memorial Day,

! Tho sight of the Stars and Stripes flying half-mast over the United States 1 Consulate office in Wellington today I caused some interest. The flag was ; flown in commemoration of Memorial Day, which is observed every year in ' the United States to honour American ; soldiers and sailors who fell in wars • fought by the United States. It is the equivalent of our Anzac Day. : Railway Revenue. Railway revenue last month totalled ; £829,342, compared with £901,663 in ] April last year. The expenditure last ' month was £693,791, as against : £709.073, a decrease of £15,282. The ' net revenue was £135.551. and for April, 1940, it was £192.590. Train and , motor-bus passenger revenue was ! greater than in April. 1940, but there were decreases under all heads in the freight revenue. Conscientious Objectors. "We find in cases of conscientious ' objectors that, some are genuine and deeply religious, others are merely cowards who are to be pitied, others are enemies of the country, while there is a fourth class who want to stay at home with their present privileges which others are protecting for them," said Mr. Orr Walker, S.M., chairman of the Auckland Armed Forces Appeal Board, when a number of appeals on conscientious grounds were heard, states a Press Association message. Most of the appeals were dismissed. Shrimps as Bait. A proposal that fishing with fresh shrimps for bait be made legal in the Waimakariri and in the north branch from the junction of the three streams downward was approved by the annual meeting of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, states the "Press." The society's council would give the recommendation every consideration, said the president, Dr. D. McK. Dickson. "The council realises that times arc abnormal and that people may have to get their fishing closer at hand," he said. Insurance Against War Damage. The provision of insurance cover for "esseniial national industrial concerns and the contents thereof against sabotage or other damage as a result of our being at war," was urged by members of the North Canterbury district executive of the Farmers' Union at their meeting on Wednesday, states the "Press." The secretary, Mr. A. E. G. Lytlle. explained that no cover could bo obtained against war damage or sabotage to buildings such as freezing works and the produce housed in them, unless the Government provided it, as in Great Britain. A remit asking the Government to take such action was approved for discussion at the provincial conference next week. Armed protection for freezing works and other important production centres was proposed by Mr. M. Spencer Bower, and will also be discussed at the provincial conference. New Plates on Cars. Though the majority of motorists do not make many bones about attaching their new registration plates on their cars themselves, there are some who i find it difficult and others whoso plates have to be specially bored before they can be attached; such car owners depend upon their garages to put on the I new plates. This year the first of the month is a Sunday and Monday is a public holiday, so there is some additional difficulty. Inquiries were made today by a '"Post" reporter, who was told that, provided thnl the new plates are carried in the car. some reasonable grace will be allowed, but it was. of course, desired that the new plates should be attached before any use was made of vehicles on June 1. The car owner did not appreciate, said the official approached, that the insistence upon the attaching of the new plates was not stubbornness on the part of the departments concerned, primarily designed to give annoyance, but was insisted upon for the protection of the ( car owner, for until he had paid his , premium over the counter the con- ■ tract of third-party insurance was notcomplete, and the motorist caught in , an accident would be badly up against . it. Such accidents had occurred, one ; involving claims totalling £2000. The ■ displaying of the current plate was • proof of completion of the insurance': contract. | ■