NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 64, 12 September 1942, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

Tribute to British Scouts. Approval of the following message being sent to Imperial headquarters of the Scout movement in London by the Chief Commissioner in New Zealand (Mr. Hector Christie) was given by the Dominion council' of the Boy Scouts' Association yesterday afternoon: "The Boy Scouts' Association of New Zealand in council sends greetings and hearty good wishes to brother Scouts in Britain and again expresses admiration for the courage shown and for the splendid example set in bravery, fortitude, and resourcefulness under present-day difficult conditions. Kia Ora." Scouts in Secondary Schools. A telegram from Mr. Frank Milner, priincipal of Waitaki Boys' High School, read at the annual meeting of the Dominion council of the Boy Scouts' Association yesterday afternoon, ran as follows: "In view Boy Scouts' magnificent record of war service throughout Empire, and especially in Britain, strongly urge secondary schools enrol at least all non-cadet pupils in Boy Scout movement, which has a right to look to them not merely for school troops but for unfailing supply of Scout masters. Apart from war needs, our schools should remember Sir Michael Sadler's considered assessment of Scouting as finest British contribution to modern education." The Dominion Chief Commissioner (Mr. Hector Christie) said that the suggestion would be referred to the 'Dominion executive. Church Union. The proposal for the union of the Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregational Churches was submitted to the members of The Terrace Congregational Church recently, and a very substantial majority Was recorded in favour of church union on the basis already submitted. Out of 52 written and personal votes which were recorded, only 15 were opposed to proposal I—the scheme which was submitted by the joint committee dealing with the negotiations—while only 8 .were recorded against No. 2 proposal, which recommended that union should be proceeded with, subject to modifications. Inflation Peril. The High Commissioner for Canada (Dr. W. A. Riddell) has been advised by the Department of External Affairs, Ottawa, that Canada is preparing to launch her third Victory Loan. In a week-long tour of Quebec Province the Minister of Finance (Mr. Ilsley) is pressing the urgent need for voluntary saving and lending to the nation to keep the wheels of war industry moving. "If we are to finance this war," Mr. Ilsley told a Montreal gathering of National Finance Committee workers, "we all must save to the limit of our capacity and put those savings at the disposal of the nation." He ruled out the printing of more money and unrestricted borrowing from the banks as leading directly to uncontrolled inflation, adding: "I can think of no greater calamity than uncontrolled inflation. People would be plundered and ruined by this disastrous, insidious condition. Nothing short of military defeat could be so injurious as runaway prices." The current year's Budget calls for the record expenditure of 4.000,000 dollars, mostly for, war. Approximately 52 per cent, will be raised by taxation. All previous war loans were over-subscribed. The third Victory Loan, it is expected, will be floated about the middle of October.