NEWS OF THE DAT

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 135, 10 June 1942, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAT

Call-up Cancelled. A Gazette notice was issued today cancelling the calling up of 19Q men for service with the Armed Forces. There are 26 affected in Military Area |«o. 5 (Wellington). The main reasons for the cancellations are that the mdi;- --; viduals concerned are either'not members of the classes called up or are [ already in the Armed Forces. ! Where the Money Goes. > An old song used, to go, "She reckoned up and told him and showed him quite complete, how five and twenty ; shillings were expended in a" week." i A returned soldier recently, discharged as medically unfit has been doing the [ same. He has returned to his old job and his pay is £6 ss. This, he states, is how the money goes:r-Tax deducted from wages, 15s Bd, leaving £5 9s 4d. Of this £2 is for housekeeping, 30s rent, 6s fares to and from job, 4s 2d insurance, 7s 6d gas and electric light, : 5s wood and coal, 3s 6d paid off radio, 3s tobacco and matches, 10s 2d balance ; for clothing, meeting income tax, and other incidentals. Doubtful Distinction. "If New Zealand had the honour of leading the world in any respect before this war began it was by being the highest-taxed country in the British Empire and the world," said Mr. Brian Dunningham in an address; to to the Christchurch Business Men's Club. "With taxation in Canada, the United States, England, and Australia ranging from £8 in Canada to more than £15 in Australia a head of population, New Zealand had a per capita taxation of more than £19." Mr. Dunningham made a plea to business men throughout the country to begin planning now so that there would not be financial distress or disaster after the war. Bow Versus Rifle. A local sportsman is ten shillings richer by reason of his skill with the bow and arrow, states the "Christchurch Star-Sun." He was a member of a deer-stalking party who spent a weekend in the hills behind Hanmcr recently. His companions, who were armed with rifles, were derisive of the more antiquated weapon, and bets ■were' laid against his making a kill. However, he was the first of the party to hit the quarry, one arrow being sufficient to kill the animal at fifty yards. Arrows used in these expeditions carry a heart-shaped head, which gives them a , spinning flight, and materially adds to their lethal qualities. Used with a high-powered bow, experts hold that these arrows will kill a man at a range of two hundred yards. Rotary Comes of Age. The twenty-first birthday of the Wellington Rotary Club was celebrated by a large attendance at the club's weekly luncheon yesterday. Sir Alexander Roberts, the club's first president, was in the chair, and beside him were the past presidents, the first vice-president, and the present president. A large silver key on which were inscribed members' names was. presented to Sir Alexander Roberts by Mr. F. Campbell and Mr. R. Telford on behalf of the club. Mr. Campbell congratulated the club on having attained its majority and referred eulogistically to what Sir Alexander Roberts had done for it. The club now, had four lusty children in Falmerston North, Masterton, Blenheim, and Napier, and the key, he trusted, would open the door to greater service in the days to come. Minister's Car on Fire, Home Guards came to the rescue at Dipton on Saturday afternoon when the car in which, the Minister of Mines (Mr. Webb) was travelling, caught fire. The men assisted the occupants of thf Minister's car to subdue the fire, which threatened to destroy the car completely, and the Minister was able to proceed to Invercargill without a change of vehicle, says the "Otago Daily Times." The Ministerial car was equipped with a gas-producer plant, and the heat of the fire burned through the cover of the cylinder. The first indication that the occupants had that anything was amiss was when flames began to appear above the bonnet, until the whole of the front of the car was ablaze. A car carrying a party of Home Guards arrived on the scene, and the men quickly organised a bucket brigade to carry water from a nearby farmhouse. The blaze was then promptly subdued, and after temporary repairs, the car was able tjo proceed under its own power.