NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 136, 10 June 1943, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

WEATHER FORECAST

Moderate to fresh north-westerly winds. Weather becoming fair to cloudy. Moderate temperatures. The further outlook is for cool westerly winds with a few showers. The Moon. —Full moon, June 18. High Water.—Today, 10.38 p.m.; tomorrow, 11.5 a.m., 11.21 p.m. Whit Sunday. . The great festival of Whit Sunday, ranking in importance with Christmas and Easter, will be observed in Anglican and Roman Catholic churches throughout the world next Sunday. In the current issue of "Church . and People" the Bishop of Wellington, the Rt. Rev. H. St. Barbe Holland, makes an earnest appeal to all the parishes in his diocese to give the day its rightful place as a major festival. In the Homeland the great festival will see crowded churches. A Costly Soldier. "It has been suggested to me that the Army could just about get a couple of generals at the reservist's price," said Mr. J. M. Heise, appearing for Waiuku Transport, Limited, before the No. 2 (Auckland) Armed Forces Appeal Board in an appeal for an employee. It had been previously stated that the reservist was married and had six children. The appeal was adjourned sine die. Late Mr. Seddon. Today is the thirty-seventh anniversary of the death of the Rt. Hon. Richard John Seddon, the great Liberal leader. Mr. Seddon had an unbroken record of 27 years' service in the New Zealand Legislature and was Prime Minister for 13 years. He died suddenly on board the Oswestry Grange when on his way back to the Dominion from Australia, just after the ship had passed outside Sydney Heads, the news of his death coming as a great shock to the people' of New Zealand. Freyberg- as Governor-General? The hope that at some future date it would be possible for a New Zealander to be appointed GovernorGeneral of the Dominion was expressed by Mr. R. M. Macfarlane (Government, Christchurch South), when speaking in the Financial Debate m the House of Representatives last night. Mr. Macfarlane said he thought it would be a tribute to the New Zealand Division and to General Freyberg if when a vacancy occurred he was appointed Governor-General of New Zealand. "I sincerely hope it will come about," he added. "I believe it would be an eminently suitable appointment from all points of view." Pay-As-You-Go Taxes. Australian Treasury officials are closely watching the operation of the uniform-tax provision which involves the collection of tax from April 1 last for the financial year, which begins on July 1 next. It is recognised this means in effect that for three months of the year taxpayers are "paying as they go," and thus providing a partial illustration of the system which has created intense interest in Australia and considerable controversy in the United States in recent months. Canada instituted a six months period, and as a result the Treasury was prepared to forgo its claims to half a year's taxation and permit the institution of a genuine "pay-as-you-go" scheme. " Pelorus Jack's " Brothers. The appearance years ago of a school of white fish similar to "Pelorus Jack" was mentioned in a paragraph recently on the authority of Mr. W. Chant, Writing to "The Post" H. McKenzie supports Mr. Chant as an authority on the subject and quotes a corroborative statement given to him by Mr. John Hippolite, of French Pass. "Mr. Hippolite informed me that just about the time that 'Jack' was posted missing a number of white fish of the same species were washed up on the beaches round about French Pass. About that period I read in various papers where fish of the same kind were also washed up on beaches in the Bay of Islands. At the time I thought it a remarkable coincidence as up till then we had regarded 'Pelorus Jack' as the only one of his kind." « Over 2000 Deer Shot. More than 2000 deer were shot in culling operations carried out in Fiordland, the Government national park in Southland, by a party of four stalkers who have completed four months' stalking for the Department of Internal Affairs, states a Christchurch correspondent. With headquarters established at the head of Lake Monowai, the stalkers operated over the whole of Fiordland, including the Cleyghearn, Ballian, and Hinnley Mountains, into the back of Dusky Sound, most of the shooting being done on and above the snow line. The deer were plentiful in spite of the fact that a much greater number was culled in the same area last year, when stalking was done over a period of about seven months, compared with four this year. Most of the deer were young, but were not in very good condition. The biggest heads were 12-pointers and there were many with 10 points. Wearing1 of Uniforms. Several members of the New Zealand military forces at present on leave without pay and a Home Guardsman were convicted in the Magistrate s Court at Invercargill yesterday on charges of wearing their uniforms or parts of them without authority. Four were convicted and ordered to pay costs (10s each) for wearing military great-coats, and one was fined £1 and c6sts 10s for wearing his uniform, states a Press Association message. Senior-Sergeant W. T. Kelly, who prosecuted, said that action had been taken against the men as a warning to soldiers on leave without pay and Home Guardsmen that they were not permitted to wear uniforms unless they were on military duty. Some men had been guilty of using their uniforms to obtain concessions, _ such as travelling concessions, admission to entertainment, and so on. The Magistrate also issued a warning and said that uniforms must not be worn unless men were on parade or on military duty. I Heating' of Trains. "Have you got cold feet?" asked Mr. W. J. Broadfoot (National, Waitomo) in the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon after Mr. F. L. Frost (Government, New Plymouth) had asked the Minister of Railways an urgent question relating to the reduced heating of trains. Mr. Frost maintained that unless something was done to remedy the present • position passengers would suffer great discomfort and their health would be endangered. Replying, the Minister (Mr. Semple) said that the restriction in steam heating on trains had been brought about by an acute shortage of steam hose due to war conditions, mak,ing it necessary to restrict the use of heating to night expresses. It was impossible to remove the restriction fet the present time, and the prospects of arranging for deliveries of hose during the next few months were not bright. He added that the use of the old-type foot-warmers was impracticable, as supplies of the necessary interior heating acids were not available.