LOCAL AND GENERAL

Evening Star, Issue 20315, 25 October 1929, Page 3

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The annual meeting of the Real Estate Institute was held at Wellington yesterday. The president mentioned that the institute was now recognised by the authorities, in that before licenses were granted the names of applicants were submitted to the executive for report. The examination was fairly difficult, and it was hoped that the institute would induce the Government to make a pass compulsory before a license was granted. The Philatelic Society of New Zealand held its annual meeting recently, Mr H. M. Fathers presiding. Mr L. A. Sanderson, who had been at the inaugural meeting forty-one years ago, was present, and was congratulated by the chairman. The election of officers resulted as follows:—President, Sir R. Heaton Rhodes, M.L.C., F.R.P.S.L.; vice-presidents—Sir Lindo Ferguson (Dunedin), Dr H M. Prins (Waikato), Dr F. A. Bctt (Nelson), Mr William Ferguson (Wellington), Mr J. Currie (Wanganui); treasurer, Mr F. H. Jackson; exchange superintendent, Mr S. E. Whitehead; secretary, Mr P. R. Jackson; committee —Messrs H T, M. Fathers, P. C. Nyberg, R. Nichol, and M. J. Sperling. Asking for amending legislation to prevent the consumption of alcoholic liquor in cabarets and dance halls, representatives of the Wellington women’s societies waited on the Minister of Justice (Mr Wilford) and presented a strong case. Mr Wilford thanked the speakers for the clear, concise, and able way in which they had placed their request before him. He said he had to confess he had no first-hand knowledge of the circumstances spoken of, and it had certainly come as a shock to him to hear that such a serious state of affairs existed. It was too late now for any Licensing Rill to be introduced this session, but he would suggest that the four speakers come back to him in about a week’s time, when ho would have fully investigated their claims, and they could go into the matter together. At a largely-attended meeting of the Wairarapa post and telegraph employees last night the following resolution was carried unanimously:— “That the Wairarapa of the Post and Telegraph Employees’ Association enters a strong protest against the Government’s decision not to incraso the salaries of post and telegraph officers, either by way of restoration of the salary cuts or by revision of salary schedules, and urges that the-matter he brought up on the floor of the House for consideration. In the opinion of this section the only method of arriving at an equitable adjustment is to take the salaries paid in 1914 and add to them the proportionate increase due to the rise in the cost of living based on the Government Statistician’s figures. This amount shou'd at least be paid, for it is admitted by the Post-master-General in his annual report that the efficiency of the staff is now greater than previously,” The resolution goes on to give figures in illustration of the instice of the claim, pointing out that, the purchasing power o f the present salaries compared with 4914 is such that £295 is onlv equivalent to £lB4 7s 6d to-day, and as such positions were worth £220 in 1914, they were worth £352 to-day in purchasing power. AH the other divisions arc similarly affected, and. although the officers are performing more work per unit to-day than previously, they are paid considerahlv less. The Pahiatun sub-section also passed a resolution of protest. The East Taieri Presbyterian Tennis Tlub held a successful entertainment on L’uesday. A camp fire scene opened the programme, in which solos and choruses, both ancient and modern, were sung. An entertaining sketch followed, under the title of 1 The impertinence of the Creature.’ ‘ A Typi cal Tennis Afternoon so p cased the audience that it had to be repeated. Two young men in “The Marionettes ’’ sang, to the amusement of their auditors some Taieri verses, all the hits being readily placed, and creating much laughter. Seven players were very successful in ‘Trysting Place,’and four sea' chanties by some sailor lads and lassies were other good items. The incidental music was supplied by a gramophone operating through a loud speaker. Results of examination of Sister Kirkpatrick’s junior homo nursing class:—Archcrfield School: Honours— Elinore Lee, Audry Nisbet, Mary Boyd, Kathleen Cameion, Myra Copeland, Joan Matheson, Katrine Desmoulins, Brenda Campbell, Elsa Lawson; pass— Margaret Dunlop, Winifred Milne, Nance Pratt, Valmai Sundstrnm, Margaret Nichol, Mona M‘Lean, Katherine Overton, Dorothy Ncdrer; Guides examination—Gytha Johnson, Stella Massinghapi. Columba College: Pass —Rita Morrison. St. Dominic’s Convent School: Honours—Lola Fox.