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Evening Star, Issue 25593, 20 September 1945, Page 4

"From her present' defeat, Japan will rise again—nothing is more certain," said the Bishop of Auckland, the Rt. Rev. W. J. Simian, in an address to the Synod of the Auckland diocese. " The Japanese are a clever, ambitious, and immensely painstaking people, and, withal, unscrupulous to a degree. Unless other influences ' can be brought to bear upon the leaders of Japan, the future can hold nothing but a constant sens© of fear, and the expectation of tho annihilation of those who stand in tho way of Japan.

"Many parents, with far more goodwill than good sense, want their children to avoid the ' stigma ' of wearing overalls," said Mr IR. D. in his presidential address to the annual meeting of the Wellington Vocational Guidance Association. "This unreasonable, prejudice against working with one's hands, along with an indiscriminate glorification of clerical and professional work, has in far too many cases been shared by the schools. Here, too, young people richly endowed with talent for a craft or clearly qualified for mechanical tasics, have often been unjustifiably encouraged to seek a white-collar job, totally unmindful of the digniay of labour which accompanies the acquisition of a technical skill or the attainment of a supervisory position in commerce or industry."

In a cable message this week reporting the result of a cricket. match between East Molsey and a New Zealand Eleven, it was stated that a new pavilion was to be erected on the club's ground as a, memorial to the players who fell during the war, "including a member of the N.Z.E.F., Frederick Smith." The late Captain Frederick Smith was an old Waitaki High School boy, having been a pupil there from 1926.t0 1933 and head prefect in 1933. He joined up with the New Zealand Anti-tank Battery in London in October, 1939. and was mentioned in despatches. He was killed at Alamein in October, 194.2, being then 27 years of age. Prior to his going overseas, Fred. Smith played cricket for Carisbrook, one season in the seniors and part of another season in the second grade. Ho was a slow spin bowler.

Work on the Homer tunnel will be resumed when the necessary labour, plant, and material can be made available, due regard being given to its priority rating in relation to other major projects, stated the Minister of Works, tho Hon. R. Sem'ple, replying /»i the House of Representatives to a question on the subject by Mr Herron.— Wellington correspondent.

An Auckland retail firm recently found the price of a consignment of English gloves for men so low f that they had to slash the selling price of the comparable New Zealand-made article by almost 50 per cent, to quit them. "The British gloves," said a member of the firm, "will retail at under £l, against over 34s for the N T ew Zealand ones. It seems_ an indication of (Britain's., determination to recapture export markets." Sixty-eight written Ministerial replies to questions provided members with subjects for discussion in the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon. In the evening, the second reading debate on the Housing Improvement Bill was continued, and the House adjourned at 10.27 p.m. The Acting Lender of the House, Mr Nash, indicated that the second reading debate on the Bill would, be concluded to-day, and the measure would then ho referred to the Local Bills Committee. On the completion of the second reading of the Bill, he added, the-House would take further items on the Estimates.

"It is not possible at this stage to increase the tea ration, as New Zealand's total allocation, fixed by the London Food Council, is sufficient to meet the present ration scale only." said the Minister of Supply, Hon. D. G. Sullivan, in a written reply circulated in the House of Representatives yesterday to a question asked by Mr E. B. Gordon (Rangitikei). Thei Minister added that tho imports of tea for the first five months of, 1945 were normal, and approximately equivalent to the consumption during that period. Our total allocation of tea for the whole of 1945, however, was only slightly higher than the total for 1944, and- had to meet the requirements of returned servicemen and an increasing population. The Commissioner of Supply, Mr F. R. Picot, is due to leave New Zealand for tho United States soon. While in America ho will make a close investigation of tho supply situation in relation to both the United States and Canada, and will also inquire into the lend-lease position as it affects the Dominion.

" The State, in my opinion, is judged too much to-day by the extent to which it,suits our individual material purposes," said Professor W. A. Sewell, professor of English at the Auckland University, in a luncheon address to the Auckland Y.M.G.A. Optimists' Club. " You have social reform in this country," he said, " but you do not breatho the atmosphere of liberalism, of*freedom, that has come down to us from the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. There is not the public anger at the suppression ot liberties to-day _ that there would have been then arid that I think there ought to be."

Discussing the provisions in the Housing Improvement Bill, which was under consideration in the House of Representatives last night, Mr E. B. Corbe.tt (Egmoiit) asked if the State intended to contract itself out of the requirements regarding the minimum standard of dwellings which the Bill prescribed. He had, he said, been to wayside railway stations and seen the houses in which railway employees had to live. If these places were in the city they would be strongly criticised. The railwaymen, particularly in remote districts, were entitled to a standard of dwelling equal to that in the towns, and the Government should take responsibility in that respect, as it had criticised local bodies and private enterprise for owning sub-standard dwellings.—Parliamentary reporter. Tho ease in which Aaron Dixon McGrath (Mr J. B. Thomson) claimed from Donaghy's Rope and Twine Co. Ltd. (Mr. A. N. Haggitt) the sum of £49 14s as compensation and medical expenses was continued in the Com-, pensation Court before Mr Justice Ongley yesterday afternoon. 'After evidence had been heard for tho defence, counsel addressed legal argument to the court. Decision was reserved.

A slight increase in tobacco and cigarette production last month was reported by the Minister of Supply, Mr Sullivan, in a written reply circulated in the House of Representatives yesterday to a question by Mr T. L. Macdonald (Mataura). The Minister added that though the staff position of tho two major factories had moved up from 585 in June to 644 in August, the relaxation of the man-power controls had led to the employment figure falling to 611 at present.. In addition, the number of evening workers at one factory had fallen from the peak figure of 190 to 90 to : day. The prospective man-power position was such, the Minister, said, that the immediate future did not hold out much hope for higher allocations. Counsel in the Auckland Supreme Court was impressing on Mr Justice Blair the wisdom of sending a youthful delinquent to a place , where he would get some encouragement to, reform. " I have heard it-said l ;" commented His Honour, " that a pat on the back is good for boys, provided it is given low enough, hard enough, and often enough." Great concern at tho accelarating decline in timber production, in New Zealand was expressed at the annual meeting of the Auckland Timber Merchants' Association this we§k. The decline was stated to be the prime factor retarding house building, and the members agreed that the falling-off in production was due to. the present uneconomic state of the sawmilling industry. South Otago produced one outstanding Maori chief called Tuhawaiki, who was born near Balclutha about 1805. and who gained fame at the age of 28 by organising the Maoris in the South Island and driving the redoubtable North Island chief, Te Rauparaha. out of the South Island, said Mr A. C. Cameron in tho course of an address to members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Tuhawaiki exhibited great powers of leadership, and proved a true friend of the British. It was undoubtedly due to his influence that peaceful settlement of the whites took place in the South Island. He was the principal signatory to the deed of sale of the Otago block, but unfortunately was drowned in 1844 at tho early age of 39 years. A small draft of returning servicemen travelled! to Dunedin in the express due at 4.18 this afternoon. There 1 were 20 men for Dunedin, Mosgiel, and Central Otago districts, and 11 to proceed to stations south of Dunedin As tho draft was only a small one there was no next-of-kin enclosure, and relatives met the men on the platform. Red Cross transport was available to convey the men to their homes, and the Red Cross organisation also provided light refreshments for the men proceeding farther south. Forty-two applications for the transfers of properties came before tho Otago Land) Sales Committee this afternoon. Two contested cases involved the question of undue aggregation in one instance, while the other was an adjourned hearing of the transfer of a farm property. The lowest price for which a baby's layette could, be purchased to-day was £53. That included a pram and a cot but did not provide any luxuries, said Mrs W. Jones, a Dunedin delegate to the Plunket Society's conference today. New Zealand needed an increased population, she said, but while prices were so'ridiculously high the working man could not afford to have a big familv.

A fine of £5 for carrying on the occupation of a bookmaker was imposed in the Alexandra Court on Tuesday on Gerald Samuel Cashion, a barber and billiard saloon proprietor, of Clyde. Stanley Llewelyn Peacock was fined £2 for laying totalisator odds, and for betting with a bookmaker he was convicted and ordered to pay court costs (10s). The fines in each case were imposed by Messrs M. Warhurst and W. T. Russell, justices of the peace. Bull assurances of support for the appeal for £IOO,OOO to endow a. Chair of Obstetrics and Gyusucology in Auckland was given in Mastcrton following nu address to meetings of women and theUtotary Club by Messrs J. H. Mricky and J. T. It. Oliver, of Auckland, who organised the appeal. The, speakers stressed the urgency of the appeal; which is Dominion-wide.—Press Association,