NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 55, 3 September 1945, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

WEATHER FORECAST

Forecast to 5 p.m. Tuesday: Decreasing southerly winds. Weather fair and cold with risk of frosts tonight. Further outlook fair but cloud increasing. An anticyclone is moving on to New Zealand from the west. A depression has formed north-east of East Cape. New Moon, September 7. Temperature at 9.30 a.m., 41deg. Rainfall for 24 hours to 9.30 a.m., 0.25 in. Rainfall from August 3 to date, 6.28 in. High Water.—Today, 1.57 p.m.; tomorrow. 2.26 a.m., 2.47 p.m. Sun sets today 5.58 p.m.; rises tomorrow 6.32 a.m., sets 5.59 p.m. Act Invoked For First Time. The Earthquake and War Damage Act, 1944. will be invoked for the first time for claims for damage sustained in the recent earthquake at Hanmer Springs, said the "Minister of Finance, Mr. Nash, yesterday, states a Press Association telegram from Christchurch. Mr. Nash is chairman of the Earthquake and War Damage Commission. A representative of the commission will receive reports of claims and investigate generally. , Canned Fruit, No Coupons. During July and August canned fruits were sold by retailers only on presentation of Y9 coupons. The Food and Rationing Controller stated today that a number of people have not taken up their allocations, and in order to enable retailers to dispose of their stocks, sales of such fruit may now be made without coupons. Mount Ruapehu's Activity. There was a marked decrease in activity at Mount Ruapehu • over the weekend. A telegram received today by the Director of the Geological Survey (Mr. M. Ongley) from Mr. A. C. Beck, who is observing the phenomena there, read: "Activity greatly reduced. Intermittent bursts of steam, and slight continuous steam." j Chair of Obstetrics. A sum of £40,000 has been received in the campaign for £ 100,000 launched by a committee of Auckland business i men for the purpose of endowing a chair of obstetrics and gynaecology at the proposed Auckland women's hospital. Donations ranging up to £5000 ! have been made by a large number of j local bodies, business firms, and citizens, and an active women's committee, ' under the Mayoress, Mrs. J. A. C. Allum, has been responsible for collecting more than £4000 to date. The Rhodes Scholarships. The resumption of the award of the Rhodes Scholarships in New Zealand is likely to take place soon. The Registrar of the University of New Zealand (Mr. I. F. McKenzie) states that he is daily expecting a cable from London to confirm that fact, and he j hoped to be in a position to make an announcement shortly. An arrangement to revive the scholarships has already been made in Australia, where competition will be rigidly limited to service and former service candidates, and will be governed by special conditions as to eligibility. Goods .From Australia. Government sponsorship of orders on Australia is no longer necessary to ensure supply except for certain critical commodities—rubber material, woollen yarn and piece goods, electric motors, and leather, and in cases where the goods concerned are most urgently required—said Mr. Sullivan, Minister of Supply, in .Christchurch yesterday. Should a New Zealand importer be advised by the Australian supplier that the export release of a particular order has been refused, he should apply to the New Zealand Minister of Supply for the Government support of the order. This support would be arranged in all cases where the requirement was considered to be sufficiently essential to warrant such action. Trees At Paekakariki. The Paekakariki Beautifying Society has commenced operations with organised tree planting, and at a recent special planting there was a large gathering of residents and visitors, whom the chairman (Mr. J. E. Rough) welcomed. Visitors from Wellington were Mr. H, S. B. Fletcher, chairman of the Beautifying Society, Mr. R. L. Button, chairman of the Hutt County Council, Captain S. Holm, of the Beautifying Society, and Mr. J. G. MacKenzie, Director of Parks and Reserves. Sir Charles and Lady Norwood generously offered to pay the expenses for trees required. Each visitor planted a tree, the work being afterwards enthusiastically continued by the local residents. About 60 trees were planted, mostly along the beach front, and these should make a good show in a few years'' time. Outbreak of War. Six years ago today the then British Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain) announced that Britain was at war with Germany, and New Zealand followed suit the same day. The King in a broadcast said that •'for the second time in the lives of most of us we are at war. Over and over again we have tried to find a peaceful way out of the differences between ourselves and those who are now our enemies," his Majesty said. "But it has been in vain. We have been forced into conflict." The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Fraser) in a broadcast address the previous night sj:>oke for New Zealand. "Not in anger but in sorrow; not in lightheartedness, but with heavy hearts; not in hatred, but with a grave sense of great responsibility . . . the British people dedicate themselves to the work of oyerthowing the oppressor and freeing the peoples of the earth from bondage and slavery to a ruthless and. cruel tyranny." In that manner did the New Zealand people learn of the beginning of a war that was to last six years. University College Chapel. The hope that the Auckland University College Council would instruct its architects to provide in the layout of the proposed new university at Tamaki a site for a college chapel has been expressed in a letter sent to the council by a group of prominent Auckland citizens. The letter stated that it was noticed that the published list of buildings which it was proposed to erect and which would form the university group did not include a college chapel. The signatories said that when the time came for the erection of a chapel they would be glad to assist in obtaining the funds for the purpose. "Many problems fraught with the gravest consequences to the future of our country, and, indeed, civilisation, will most certainly confront the youth of today who will be the leaders of tomorrow," stated the letter. "The moral forces which will provide the necessary power to cope with these problems can, in our judgment come only from a living religious faith It is our firm conviction that a building dedicated to the service of the Christian faith should form one of the prime buildings in a university college in a Christian country. A college chapel will not only provide a fitting place for religious observances and for the setting forth of Christian ideals, but will symbolise to all the place which religion should hold in a complete education."