NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 149, 26 June 1944, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

WEATHER FORECAST

City.—Strong- north-westerly winds, but a temporary change to southerlies likely tonight. Weather cloudy, with a few showers soon developing. Cool temperatures. The further outlook is for fair weather..

Temperature at 9 a.m., 51 degrees. Full moon, July 6.

High Water.—Today, 9.37 p.m.; tomorrow, 10.6 a.m., 10.20 p.m. Sum sets today 5 p.m.; rises tomorrow 7.47 a.m., sets 5 p.m.

Egg Issue This Week. Mr. R. P. Fraser, acting director of the Internal Marketing Division, said today that in addition to.the normal delivery of registered priorities there will be an issue of one egg for each butter registration to civilians this week. Built Without Permit. A fine of £12 10s was imposed on Tyrrel George Brown by Mr. S. L. Paterson, S.M., in Hamilton for proceeding with the erection of a seaside cottage at Raglan without a permit. Evidence was given that the defendant had applied to the local building controller and to the chief controller for a permit and had been refused one. He had all the material required and was prepared to do the work himself. The Magistrate said that the defendant had acted in defiance of the regulations. ~ ' ' Youth's High Wages. , "It seems very wrong that a youth of this age should be receiving such high wages," said Mr. H. W. Bundle, S.M., in the Dunedin Magistrate's Court, when a youth of 19 appeared before him on a charge of stealing petrol. "He has been in receipt of £5 19s net a week," said the Magistrate, "and I cannot see how such excessive wages to one of his age can be justified." Placing the accused on probation for a year, the Magistrate ordered, that his wages be subject to the control of the probation officer. Responsibilities Heeded. A pleasant change from the frequent assertions about the unsettling effect of war on soldiers came in recent remarks of Mr. C. H. Perkins, a Christchurch member of the New Zealand Society of Accountants. He said that many of the returned servicemen were studying better than they did before they went overseas. They were older, and had a better appreciation of the importance of diligence. The council is continuing to grant reasonable war concessions in regard to its examinations, but the members feel that it is much better to encourage and help soldier students to pass their examinations than to enter the profession on a lowered standard, as they would be thus better qualified, to give satisfactory service to the community. Young- Naval Stokers. A scheme which is designed to accustom prospective naval stokers to work in front of the furnaces of coalburning ships has been arranged between the Navy and the Auckland Gas Company. Each day a group of seamen boys goes to the gasworks to gain experience under heat conditions similar to those existing in front of the fires in ships. The boys, whose ages range from about 16 to 18 years, have been able in the 'past to receive training in shovelling and handling coal, but in many cases their first experience in front of furnaces has been when they have been posted to a vessel. The arrangement under which they assist the fire cleaners to stoke the fires a! the gasworks is expected to accustom them more gradually to the type of work which will become their regular vocation and to give them valuable experience before they have to begin their duties in ships. The boys are not required to work a full shift in the gasworks and they do not relieve any of the regular employees of their duties. Hooligans in Church. , Senseless destruction, amounting to sacrilege, was perpetrated in the Presbyterian Church at Wadestown a few days ago. It was discovered in the morning that some time during the previous night or evening the church had been entered by what is-presumed to -have been a gang of irresponsible youths. They had scattered the contents of the flower vases over the floor and thrown the water about, and, what was worse, they tore pages from the big Bible on the lectern, fortunately being content to do little more damage than that. The matter was reported to the police. It is understood that another church in Wellington has been similarly visited during the last few days. Loss of Patronage. A great change has taken place in many of Auckland's night clubs in recent weeks. Places which, a short time ago, were thronged night after night and reaped a great harvest from servicemen have been practically deserted by their patrons and, for the most part, open their doors to a very meagre sprinkling of people. Observations in a number of the clubs during the last few weeks indicate that their hey-day is over and that the next few months will probably see a number of them out of business. Even now they stand as a forlorn shadow of what they were and desperate attempts to revive their gaiety appear to have failed. End of the E.F.S. He considered a mistake was being made in the disbandment of the Emergency Fire Service, said Mr. S. S. Dean, chairman of the Wellington Fire Board, when, at its meeting last Friday, a communication was received from the Minister of Internal Affairs notifying the board of the disbandment of the Emergency Fire Service— the organisation set up to assist the fire brigades during wartime emergency. The only exception to the disb...ndment order is the Auckland E.F.S., which remains in being on account of the Government's many interests there and its close proximity to the war zone. It was a pity, he thought, to disband an organisation which, had called for so much trouble and hard training in practical fire-fighting. It would have been sounder to have followed the example of Canada, where the A.F.S. (the equivalent to the E.F.S. here) had been retained for the duration of the war. Perhaps such an organisation would be the more valuable in New Zealand as a country that was subject to earthquakes and fires that invariably succeeded them. Alleged Vivisection. Comment on the recent report of inquiries made into alleged cases of animal vivisection at the Dunedin Medical School is made in a statement issued by the Christchurch branch of the Animal Protection Society. "The society," says the statement, "would like to see the jestablishment of a Royal Commission to investigate alleged cases of vivisection at medical schools, so that the public would have the fullest opportunity of discussing the position in the Dominion. The society wished either to have vivisection abolished in New Zealand, or brought under strict control. We are absolutely opposed to students being allowed to vivisect animals." Registration Going- Well. Wellington people are more sensible about queueing up than they were a year or tvyo ago. They stand in a line now as a matter of course 'to buy stamps, or to hope for l^ail reservations, and for wool and stockings, also films; sometimes at bus stops; and this year they have enough sense about motor registration queues to avoid them by getting in early. So it is that the registration officials at the combined Post Office and Traffic 'Office Bureau in the Concert Chamber can say that, since a warning about queue delays was given last week, business has looked up so well that the figures —18.100 :registrations by Friday night's closing—are several hundred ahead of the first week of last year. Women car owners, educated by wool and stockings, are making sure of getting it over early. Drivers' licence figures dre lagging behind registrations, the total on Friday evening being 5500. To get through the business anticipated there should be a daily average of 800 or 900 till the bureau closes on Friday next. After that two calls.will have to be made, one at the Post Office and one at the Traffic i Office,