NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 66, 15 September 1943, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

WEATHER FORECAST

Fresh to strong north-westerly winds, but a probable change to fresh southerlies during tomorrow. Weather fair to fine and cool, but showers developing after the change in wind direction. The further outlook is for cold and rather changeable weather. The Moon. —New moon, September 29 High Water.—Today, 5.30 p.m.; tomorrow, 5.56 a.m., 6.36 p.m. 45,000 Tons of Coal Monthly. Approximately 45,000 tons of coal arrive at Westport monthly, the greater part of the tonnage, including a quantity from Reef ton, being railed through the Buller Gorge. i Women Invade Shop. The premises of a Hamilton firm of dress goods specialists were the scene of a remarkable buying rush recently. When the doors opened at 9 o'clock a lon^ queue of women was waiting, and within 10 minutes the proprietors were compelled to close the doors. The opening and closing of the doors to. let customers in and out lasted practically until the usual closing hour. The Youthful Lines. Explaining in part why 48,000 of 282 000 primary school children did not take the milk provided for them free in the schools, Mr. E. L. Cullen (Labour, Hawke's Bay), speaking at Puketapu, said that teachers reported that older girl pupils did not take ad-! vantage of the free milk supply because they did not want to put on weight. A Dear Cauliflower. A record was broken at the Heretaunga Club, Hastings, when a cauli-: flower was auctioned and £17 18s was obtained. This sum will be handed over to the soldiers' parcels fund. As one member said who was present: "And the Internal Marketing had nothing whatever to do with it!" Brigadier's Prospects. "I wonder how Brigadier Hargest will get on," said the Hon. Adam Hamilton in an address at Dipton. /Mr. Hamilton was speaking of the surrender of Italy and the prospects of the release of New Zealand prisoners of war in Italy. "Brigadier Hargest got out of Italy into Switzerland and he may now have to get out of Switzerland and back into Italy." Maori Welfare. "I am glad to see that the responsibility for the Maori problem has not been placed on the Church, but on the Government," said Bishop W. J. Simkin at the annual meeting of the Auckland Diocesan branch of the Mothers' Union. He said that it was not the Church which created slums or the resulting conditions, but the Government, on whom would rest the responsibility for eradicating such a state of affairs. Nurses Overseas. A tribute to: the wonderful service being given by the nursing sisters and other women workers overseas was paid by Captain T. L. Macdonald, M.P., when proposing a toast in their honour at a smoke concert in honour of men on furlough from overseas at Gore. "Those of you who have been in hospital know what a wonderful job these women do. It is just the same this time," said Captain Macdonald. "The hospital staffs bring a real touch of New Zealand into the desert. It is no climate for women —in peacetime Europeans get out of the country for three months of the year—yet these girls are sticking to their job. No honour is too high for them." Transport Licences. "I don't like refusing an application for a transport licence by a returned soldier, but I have a duty to perform and I feel that since the New Zealand Army became mechanised and so many men have learnt to drive, they will apply for truck work on their return," said Mr. P. J. Skoglund, No. 2 Transport Authority, in Hastings. "I am afraid that if all these men make applications for licences it will make the position very difficult for the authority, for I think that there are too many trucks on the road now and in some districts there is no room for any more," continued Mr. Skoglund. "It is practically the same with taxis, for if petrol was available, the taxis now! operating could handle all the work offering," added Mr Skoglund.