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Evening Star, Issue 23000, 4 July 1938, Page 8

With the exception of a few men, the members of the departments affected by the. ‘ Daily Mail ’ strike (Hastings), returned to work as usual following a discussion with the union secretary. The company’s terms were accepted although reorganisation is still proceeding in - one department. The production ot the newspaper has returned to normal.

An Auckland Association message states that squally weather caused the cancellation of the parachute jump by L, E. A. Hayward at the weekly exhibition of aerobatics at the Man gore Aerodrome on Saturday afternoon. It was considered advisable not to include the jump in the programme, the rest of which was carried out as proposed.

A direct service between Auckland, Norfolk Island, and Noumea (New Caledonia) is at present under consideration by interests which are stated to be located in Auckland and Sydney (states an Auckland message). Negotiations are in train for obtaining a suitable ship, and it is likely that the Hinemoa, which has had previous experience of Norfolk Island trade, and was for many years a familiar figure in coastal shipping as the Government lighthouse steamer, will be the vessel chosen..

It was emphasised by the chief traffic inspector this morning that drivers of motor vehicles are required under section 11. of the Taffic Regulations, 1936, to carry with them their warrants of fitness. There seemed to be some misunderstanding in the matter, several drivers being under the impression that if they were stopped and did not have their warrants in the cars it was quite in order to produce them at the traffic office the next day.

Some time between 5 p.m. on Friday and 8 a.m. on Saturday the premises of the Otago Fish Supply were entered. Some drawers in the office were ransacked, but nothing was stolen. Through the depredations of a sneak thief who rifled the players’ clothes during the games, members of the Pirates and Zingari first and third A and B' grade football teams suffered considerable losses on Saturday- afternoon. One player was deprived of over £2 in money, and it is estimated that altogether £6 was stolen, as well as two watches.

The sight of two badly-battered motor cars on the Main South road near Allanton on Saturday indicated that a violent- collision had occurred. The identity of the occupants of the cars could not be ascertained this morning, but as there were no admissions to the Hospital over the weekend of persons likely to have been involved, it would appear that no one- was badly injured. The ears concerned were a touring model and a small saloon. The windscreen and windows of the saloon car were_ shattered and the front wheels twisted. The car had gone off the road and was resting against a gorse hedge at the bottom of a bank. The tourer had not left the road, but its wheels had been torn off and , the broken spokes were scattered about.

Poor visibility yesterday prevented the south-bound Union Airways liner from reaching the Taieri aerodrome. She was forced to return and land at Oamaru, passengers and mails for Dunedin being forwarded by car. Mails for the north were despatched by car this morning about 7 o’clock, and the liner left Oamaru in continuation, of her schedule at 10.20.

Bertram Gillman, a labourer, aged 22, for the theft of a violin valued at £SO from a motor car, was sentenced to six mouths’ imprisonment by Mr Salmon, S.M., and for the theft of a racing bicycle at Te Awamutu, valued at £ls, he was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment, the sentences to be concurrent.—Wanganui Press Association. A 36ft surf boat was launched from Messrs Miller and Tannage’s boatbuilding yard at Port Chalmers on Saturday. This is the second of two surf boats built for the Union Steam Ship Company for the handling of cargo at IRarotonga.

There have been severaJl trees purchased and planted in the grass plot in Bowen street ,by residents of Royal Crescent, but despite every care. by them and the St. Kilda Council, irresponsible youths, among others, have destroyed the trees. Accordingly, the suggestion has been made by the town clerk of the council that the members of the St. Kilda Bowling Club might act as honorary rangers. This idea was greeted with hearty laughter at the club’s annual meeting on Saturday night, but it was referred to the incoming committee.

No one may approach strategic points in the Panama Canal Zone without special permission, stated Miss E. M. Holden, of Balboa, who is touring New Zealand on her annual leave. There are many Japanese living in Panama and Balboa, a large proportion of whom make their living as barbers. It was thought by some people that they could not possibly earn enough to live on, because of the competition in the trade, and were therefore subsidised by the Japanese Government to act as spies. This was probably mere supposition. Miss Holden considered, although she agreed with the wisdom of the United States and Panama Governments in prohibiting the Japanese from fishing in neighbouring waters.

An Ashburton Association message states that Hector Claude M'Donald, manager of the United Friendly Societies’ Dispensary, was fined £25 and his license cancelled till July, 1940, on a charge of being intoxicated in charge of a car. Defendant was arrested alter a chase by the traffic inspector and a constable and after M'Donald had ignored a signal to stop. Counsel said defendant visited friends and had a drink, which took effect when he went out in the cold air. “ I do not think there was ever a time in ,the history of New Zealand, even if we go back to the ’nineties, when there were fewer people unemployed at this time of the year,” said the Minister of Labour (the Hon. H. T. Armstrong) at Ashburton on Saturday. He said that this was partly because of the assistance of local bodies in finding suitable work for unemployed. That Pretoria was growing by leaps and bounds, and was almost too big £ “ to be nice and comfortable,” was the view expressed by Mr- L. P. Van Zyl Ham, Secretary for Mines in South Africa, who arrived in Christchurch yesterday morning (says the ‘Press’). The growth of the city had been largely due to the opening of an iron and steel works, in which 2,000 Europeans are employed, in the last five years,” he said. “The city is modern and the climate is lovely, and I consider it to be the best in the world, because it is never too hot in summer and never too cold in winter. The rainfall is also fairly good, and is about 30in to 35in a year.” * “ Two of the worst places in New Zealand to find work for unemployed are Christchurch and Ashburton,” said the Minister of Labour (the Hon. H. T. Armstrong), at a conference with local bodies at Ashburton on Saturday, when the absorption of men on the unemployment register was being discussed. The Minister said that the flat nature of the country and the cost of. finding material made it almost impossible for local bodies to go on with schemes for the relief of unemployed. Some impressions of a twenty-six-dav tour through Java,.which he described as “ a very rich country, with magnificent scenery,” were given by Mr L. P. Van Zyl Ham, Secretary for Mines in South Africa to a Christchurch ‘ Press ’ reporter last evening. The native population of 65,000,000 was loyal to the Netherlands, be said, and ori the occasion of Princess Juliana’s birthday he had noticed that all the houses of the natives were bedecked with flags. The Government had huge plantations of teak, and also supplied about 90 per cent, of the quinine for the world’s markets. Tapioca and rice were grown extensively, and there were also large tea and coffee plantations. “ The people are kind, and I did not see a fight, although I passed millions of children in my tour. _ Bali is a wonderful place, but I think it is overrated when compared with Java,” he commented. Eye strain —for eye comfort, for better vision, consult Sturdier and Watson Ltd., opticians, 2 Oct aeon. Dunedin.—[Advt.]