NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 42, 18 August 1942, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Trams Collide

A fairly heavy collision between two tramcars occurred just before 5 p.m. yesterday, when, one , running down Lambton Quay missed the points and turned on to the tracks in Stout Street, and met a car ; about to run on to the Quay. The glass shields of both cars, some of the side windows, and the metal apron of one car suffered a good deal from the glancing blow., The motorman of one car and one of the conductors were slightly injured, but both reported back for duty after receiving medical attention. Passengers were alarmed by the crash and the fall of glass, but none were hurt. Sugar for Jam-making. Housewives generally have shown little inclination to draw the extra sugar ration for jam-making which has been available during the last month, states the rationing controller, Mr. J. E. Thomas. In all centres, he said, demand had been only light, suggesting that most, households were managing within the ration of 12oz a person weekly. He added that the additional allocation had been given as a result of representations by fruitgrowers and the general public. It seemed as if most housewives prefer to wait until the summer fruits are available before turning their attention to jam-making; their extra sugar ration, they argue, will then be put to better use. Position of Patriotic Funds. / The National Patriotic Fund Board's budget for the current year provides for an estimated expenditure of £567,200 for general purposes and £435,500 for sick and wounded and prisoners of war, a total.of £1,002,700. When the recent fortnight's national campaign began approximately half that sum had been raised by the.provinces. The . present position is that £241,767 is still required, to meet the i estimated \expenditure for this year j only without allowing for/any reserve for welfare 5 wprk in New Zealand among returning servicemen. This analysis of the position was' given,yesterday afternoon by Mr. G.1 A. Haydeh, secretary" of the National Patriotic' Fund Board. He . said that the sum estimated to meet the combined requirements of the board and the 11 provincial patriotic councils' was £ 1,399,750, of which, on the figures available to date, £760,933 had been subscribed. ' , j Clothing Arrives Safely. .| Advice that gift clothing shipped during March has reached England has been received by the War Purposes Committee of the Order of St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society. The War Organisation of the British Red Cross and the Order of St. John has asked that its thanks be conveyed "to the kindly and sympathetic people who must have worked hard to get the amount of clothing together/ They stated that the clothing would be of utmost service. The fact that it was so varied, part of it being for children, made the gift more valuable. Such donations were helping take care of 11,000 little war orphans given new homes in residential nurseries. As this was only one small section of the work of the British organisation it would readily be understood how much such real help and' sympathy received so regularly from New Zealand were appreciated.