NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 36, 11 August 1942, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Hutt Post Office. The Lower Hutt City Council was advised ten days ago that arrangements had been made for the resumption of work on the v new post office within a few days, and that additional workmen required for its expeditious completion would be made availableThe Mayor, Mr. J. W. Andrews, said that work had not yet been resumed. It was decided to remind the Postmas-ter-General of the promise, as owing to the dangerous. condition of the old office and its cramped accommodation the completion of the new building was an urgent matter. Waste Paper Collection. Councillor H. S. DUdding reported to the Lower Hutt City Council last evening that the collection of waste paper was progressing, depots having been established in each of the schools. Mr. Dudding made an appeal for volunteers to assist in sorting and packing at the main depot, and also urged that foreign matter, such as clothing, should be kept out of the contributions. ■ Paper only was required. School Sewing. t The surrendering of ration coupons by children for material to be used for school sewing was not in accord with the wishes of either the Government or the Rationing Controller, said ! Mr. N. E. Dalmer, president of the Wellington Schools Committees and Educational Association, at a meeting of delegates to the association last evening. He had been told so by the controller, and a way out of the difficulty would soon be found. It would mean, then, that no coupons would be required for that purpose from children. An Aid to Sound Morale. Speaking last night on the work being done by the Salvation Army as an expending agent of the National Patriotic Fund Board for the New Zealand Forces, Colonel F. Burton said that military commanding officers stated that the institutional efforts by the Salvation Army and kindred organisations assisted them greatly in maintaining a sound morale. As a result the greatest possible encouragement was given to work of this kind. On an average, said Colonel Burton, more than 30,000 men weekly availed themselves of the amenities available in the recreation huts and institutes conducted for the fighting forces in the Dominion by the Salvation Army. All this work was financed entirely by the National Patriotic Fund Board, and the Salvation Army would be failing in its duty if it did not say that the board had supported it very generously. In urging full support for the present patriotic appeal, Colonel Burton said that this was an occasion calling for the utmost liberality on the part of all New Zealanders who held dear their kith and kin.