Local and General

Greymouth Evening Star, 18 July 1942, Page 4

Local and General

A list of civilian internees and prisoners of war in Japanese hands and interned in Hong Kong has been obtained by the Prisoners of War Enquiry Office of the Joint Council of the Order of St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross. The list is available for inspection at the office of the Greymouth “Evening Star.”

The first member of the W.W.S.A. , Land Corps has been enrolled at Greymouth, and she is working on a farm in the Grey district. The farmer states that she is proving highly satisfactory, and that, in fact, she is the best “man” he has. Untrained members of the Corps on dairy farms are paid 35/6 a week, and trained members 42/6 a week.

As a result of continuing snowfalls on the Canterbury side of the Alps, the highway via Otira and Arthur’s Pass is still closed to traffic. Mr. W. F. Harley, Secretary of me Greymouth Branch of the Canterbury Automobile Association, stated to-day that there is six inches of snow between Cass and Porter’s Pass, and there were indications that more had fallen last night. The Lewis Pass route is open, thanks to the constant use of traders on the eastern side, though care by drivers is essential.

The takings at the Patriotic Shop conducted yesterday at Greymouth by the combined badminton clubs, amounted to £53/3/3.

During the week ended to-day, a total of £335/19/10 was subscribed towards the National Savings campaign in Greymouth, leaving a deficiency of £286/0/2 from the qouta set.

A petition is in circulation in the Buller district to ask the Railway Department to place a rail-car on the Westport-Mokihinui line. It is pointed out that this would mean a saving of tyres.

The condition of Mr John G. Inglis, of High Street, who was admitted to Oranui Hospital, yesterday, after a collision between his bicycle and a taxi, was reported to-day to be serious, no change having been recorded. He is suffering mainly from head injuries.

The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs R. Spiers, Kumara, received severe burns at Christchurch on Wednesday, when the rocking high-chair, in which she was sitting, fell on to a fire. The child is stated to be in a serious condition.

A special order has been issued calling on all women living in Hamilton and Cambridge who are 22 years of age, but who have not attained the age of 26 to register with the District Manpower Officer at Hamilton. The Minister of Industrial Manpower (Hon. A .McLagan) explained that this had been done because there was insufficient womanpower available for vital work being carried out in Hamilton, and accommodation difficulties made the transfer of women from othei' districts impracticable.—P.A. „

A suggestion that the erection of memorials to men who .had given their lives in the war should wait till the end of the war was reiterated by the Bishop of Wellington (Rt. Rev. H. St. Barbe Holland) in his address to the Diocesan Synod. “I hope,” he said, “that then we may be able to adopt a common policy as a result of which in every church there should be not a number of individual tablets but a worthy memorial commemorating the names of all members of the church in that parish who have made the great sacrifice.”

“To-day the question of the salvage of waste paper has assumed primary importance,”' said the Minister of Supply (Mr. Sullivan), commenting yesterday on the regulations gazetted on Thursday prohibiting the wastage of paper. Mr. Sullivan said that the regulations did not prevent the use of used paper for the subsequent wrapping of articles, but when it had finished its usefulness it must not be destroyed. He appealed to householders to use the minimum amount of paper for fire lighting. Every piece of paper the community could send to the depots collecting it for mills must be made available to the collectors.

“Canterbury’s quota of patriotic funds to be raised this year is £248.000, and we have not even got the £48,000 yet,” said the Mayor of Christchurch (Mr E. H. Andrews) in appealing to the Canterbury Education Board yesterday for the assistance of the schools in collecting waste paper. Mr Andrews said the financial year of the patriotic fund ended on September 30, so it was apparent that strenuous efforts would be needed if the quota was to be even approached. It had been particularly difficult to get the public to respond this year because of the many appeals that had been made to them to support loans, savings schemes, and other funds, and because of the higher taxation.

Great annoyance is felt in the grocery trade in Auckland at the procedure ordered by the Rationing Controller (Mr J. E. Thomas) for the distribution of extra supplies of sugar to housewives for preserve making during the winter orange season. “Utterly unworkable” was the description applied by managers of stores to the instruction that after using August coupons this month to draw extra sugar consumers are individually to apply to the food control office for permits to replace overdrawn coupons. Grocers would be harassed by handling permits in addition to coupons, checking them against registered consumers, and accounting for them to the authorities, it was said.—P.A.

“Do you know if much work has been done in Auckland on Saturday mornings of late?” asked Mr. Justice Tyndall of a witness in the painters’ dispute in the Court of Arbitration, Wellington. Witness replied that he had not heard of any work being done on Saturday mornings recently. “Then I know more than you do,” said his Honor, who added that recently he had assisted painters to paint a private residence in Auckland on a Saturday morning. He had even assisted to hold the ladder, and make morning tea for them. Of course, the painters did not know that their assistant was the President of the Court of Arbitration. “Do you get double time for working on Saturday morning?” he asked one of the painters. “Don’t you worry about that,” was the reply; “my missus will see to that.” “That may be a new method of policing awards,” remarked his Honor.

Great weather for Polar bears, says you. Yes, it is, but there’s a warm spot in town on Wednesday. It’s the Blaketown Hall ever-popular dance. Be there next Wednesday.—Advt.

Mr Fraser announced to-day tnat arrangements had been made for aliens to serve in the New Zealand Forces. There are not sufficient Allied nationals in New Zealand to be formed into their own units as in Britain and elsewhere, he said, but Alied nationals who enlistee for service in the New Zealand Forces, would not be required to take the usual oath of allegiance. As the laws of some of the Allied countries prohibited nationals from serving in the Armed Forces in any other country, aliens desiring to serve in New Zealand must first get authority to enlist from their own Consular agent, and no foreign national would be accepted for service without such permission. Conditions, such as rates of pay and allowances, pensions and promotion would be the same for aliens as for British subjects, and those who serve are also treated in the same way as British subjects in regard to rehabilitation after the war, if they have been ordinarily resident in New Zealand. Those not able to undertake full military duty could apply for enrolment in the Home Guard; and the Emergency Precautions Scheme is also open to them. Americans in New Zealand who enlisted, would be given the opportunity to serve with the American Forces.—P.A.

All West Coast Ladies will be pleased to hear that White’s Fashion Corner are staging the biggest and brightest Sale of fashion goods that the Coast has ever experienced. 5/in the £ discount. Only half the usual number of Coupons required.— Advt.

Morley’s New Acaaemy full fashioned Botany Wool Gym. Hose, spliced knees, in black; sizes B|in. to 10in., 8/11 pair.—C. Smith, Ltd.—Advt.

Residents of Runanga will be pleased to know that the Westland Laundry, Ltd., will nick up laundry on Wednesdays and return Fridays. D. Manderson, Runanga, will supply all information and price lists. —Advt.

The fact that before the war New Zealand ranked seventh in the world in regard to the number of sheep and fourth in the list as a wool exporting country was stressed by Mr C. V Dayus in an address to the Otago branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand. In addition, he said, New Zealand was the largest exporter of mutton, lamb, and cheese, and was second only to Denmark as an exporter of butter. New Zealand could never have attained this position, Mr Dayus added, had it not been for the fact that the climate was so suitable for grassland farming. The newspaper produced for New Zealand troops in the Middle East, the New Zealand Expeditionary Force Times, is now in its second year of publication. It has grown from four pages of four columns to 12 fivcco.lumn pages. Last Christmas’, it published a 24-page issue, and it has produced several other special numbers, notably on the anniversaries of the sailing of the first echelon and of the battle of Crete. The journal, which is published weekly, is distributed free to the men of the N.Z.E.F. Cabled news from the Dominion and London is supplemented bv articles from war correspondents in the area and original contributions from the troops, reviews, cartoons and illustrations.

“I’m a working manager, not one of these hard-hitter, frock-coat variety,” said a hotel manager, appealing against Home Guard service, at a sitting of the Armed Forces Appeal Board yesterday at Christchurch. “I work 17 hours a day every day. I get up at 6 o’clock in the morning and I don’t ever go to bed till 11 o’clock at night.” When he was asked if this included Sundays, and if his wife could not take over his work on Sundays, he said, “My wife looks after the household and I attend to the provendering.” “Did you say profiteering?” asked Dr. A. L. Haslam (the Crown representative). “No, there’s not much of that to attend to. I said provendering, looking after the provisions.”

In stock again! Ladies’ Winceyette Nights, with long sleeves. Good qualitv Winceyette, in flesh and creme only, W. and 0.5., 14/6. —C. Smith, Ltd.—Advt.

Have you tried our Thrifty Service? This will suit the housekeeping allowance of every Housewife. Price 5/- for a bag of 181bs, all flat work returned dried and ironed, personal wear returned ready for ironing. Westland Laundry Ltd, Gresson Street. Depot: 27 Albert Street, Phone 136.—Advt.