Local and General

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 April 1943, Page 4

Local and General

The seasonal distribution of a PPj® s! 1 pupils of schools in the Canterbury Education Board’s district has commenced, ana Gieymouth schools are receiving supplies fr °m JW; Christchurch district. The Grey Mam School, which uses 512 apples every day, consumes 22 cases a week.

Special courses in farming and horticulture, also wool classing, herd testing, and domestic science, to assist rehabilitation, are proposed by the Massey Agricultural College, m a report to the Government, said Mr. G. Grey Campbell, Chairman of the College Board, today, *at Auckland. The report' divides those suitable for training into groups, namely owners of farms, those returning to. parents. properties, and those who do not wish Government assistance in establishing themselves on the land. It is considered that the greatest return from farming will be achieved by applying as rapidly as possible the modern advances in agricultural knowledge. Those with no farm kowledge, or experience, should be required to undergo training and technical [ instruction before being given assistance, and I so avoid the mistakes made after the last war. I It would be necessary to make arrangements with selected farmers to carry out the scheme. During the training period, reasonable wages should be paid by the Rehabilitation Board. —P.A,

After being idle since last Fuesdav, the Westport Coal Com>any’s Millerton mine resumed work p-day. The conditions have not bee disclosed. i

During the week ended on Saturday nearly double the quanity of goods handled in the correspnding period of last year was railed trough the Otira Tunnel from the- West Coast to Canterbury. The tcmages were 16,495 and 8436, respectively, compared with 11,020 in th’ same week of 1941.

Definite steps towards-the formation of a Council of Sport {for the Greymouth district will b taken early in May, when it is hojed that the new organisation, whichwill include delegates from all sporting bodies, will take shape. Mr.R. S. M. Sinclair, Secretary of the Otago Council, the first such organisation in the Dominion, is to visit Geymouth to explain the new scheme.

For the fifth occasion recintly, the Greymouth Post Office clod, yesterday, became out of order. 1 stopped at 5.45 a.m., and when it wa> restarted at 11.25 stopped again after ten minutes. Mr. J. Tennent, whose firm services the clock, indicatid to-day that the clock on this occasion required rather more attteiiion than was the case during previous stoppages, and that certain rejairs were being effected.

On March 26 Mr. Webb mnounced that, worried by the shoalng of the Greymouth and Westporl bars, he was arranging for expert: to pay a visit of inspection to thee harbours and make immediate recommendations. So far, however, n» advice of the impending visit has b«en received by the Greymouth Harlour Board. To ascertain if there hai been any improvement in the barj soundings were being taken late thi; afternoon.

Working half an hour longer than had been expected, workmen of the Grey Electric Power Bon’d, from 1 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. yesterdaz, continued the maintenance and repiir work on power lines in the vicinity of Alexander Street, making gold progress. As a result, residents rorth of the Recreation Ground will not now be included in the area of power cutoffs during similar repair periods. It is expected that the work will be completed before Wintej. The girls involved in a dispute at the Westfield freezing works, Auckland, were expected to return to work to-day. On Saturday negotiations between the union and the management closed when it was decided that the union would take ro further action and that the 33 girls normally employed in the casing shed who have been idle for some time as a protest against the introduction of another girl into the department, would be advised to return to work. —-P.A.

“If a woman commi’.s a crime and the case is one for gaol, the woman ought to go to gaol,” said Mr. Justice Callan, in the Supreme Court at Auckland, before granting probation to a young woman who had admitted theft. “Any notion that because an offender is a woman,” he continued, “she should be exempted from imprisonment when she ought to be imprisoned, is one that must not be allowed to influence the Court at all.” He explained that in this case there were special reasons for granting probation?

Over 7000 men and 52 women in the Services have been invalided home from overseas, and more than 9000 men, who served in New Zealand only, have been made available for industry, said Mr. Moohan, chairman of the Rehabilitation Board, to-day, at Auckland. One thousand one hundred and thirty-seven returned men, ten women and 1434 men who served only in New Zealand have been placed in employment by local rehabilitation committees, and 23 professional experts of Government Departments have been set up to deal with trade training, education, land settlement and financial assistance. The need to augment facilities for 'the fitting of limbs and vocational training of amputees is appreciated, and the board had arranged to purchase an orthopaedic establishment. —P.A.

“The investigation of crime according to the general policy of our law is conducted publicly,” said Mr. Justice Callan, in the Supreme Court at Auckland, when refusing to grant an application for the suppression of the name of a young woman who was sentenced for theft. There were two reasons, his Honor said, for this publicity. The first was that, when persons of hitherto unblemished character and unsuspected of any tendency to dishonesty were suddenly found cut to be otherwise, the community was entitled to be warned against them. The second reason was that the knowledge that publicity would have to be faced if the criminal law was broken was one of the most potent deterrents against crime. The power to suppress names should be exercised sparingly and with great care. His Honor added that he would be disposed to entertain such an application if he were dealing with a technical offence against the law, obviously without moral wrong, or in a case where the offender had plainly been led by an overpowering mind, and there might be other cases.

According to a notice in the Gazette the season for grey duck, shovellei’ duck, pukeko, and black swan in the Grey Acclimatisation District is to be from May 1 to May 16 (inclusive). There is a similar season for paradise duck, which may not be killed or taken in the area bounded as follows: Commencing at a point at the junction of Coal Creek with the Grey River; thence in an easterly direction for approximately two miles to Gentle Annie Bluff; thence in a northerly direction in a straight line for a distance of approximately two miles to Camp Railway crossing; thence in a westerly direction along the foot of the Rapahoe Range to the junction of Coal Creek and the Grey River, the point of commencement. The bag limits per day are: Twenty head in all of grey duck, shoveller duck, paradise duck, and black swan; fifteen head in all of grey duck, shoveller duck, and paradise duck; fifteen head of black swan; five head of paradise duck; and ten head of pukeko. Similar dates apply in the Westland Acclimatisation District.

A useful gift for the Forces, or for everyday wear. Ladies’ all wool Hose in Airforce. Sizes 9|” and 10”. 6/9 pair. C. Smith Ltd.—Advt.

Hundreds are viewing and buying White’s Coats. They have a large selection of right up to the minute styles. You too should call early at WHITE’S CORNER. YOUR FASHION CENTRE.—Advt.

Pardon me, Madam, “Have you the time?” Have you the time to do all you would like to do in civilian defence., Red Cross work and other war activities. Thinik what you could accomplish with one extra day each week by using our Laundry Service. Think of the freedom, too, from that weekly drudgery of home laundering. You’ll save not only time but energv, and most important, your health. Hanging clothes in a cold, windy yard is risky at this time of the year. Your clothes will benefit, too, we know exactly what temperature, what suds and what method to use for each type of fabric and colour. You’ll find your white things whiter, your coloured things brighter.—Westland Laundry Ltd. ’Phone 136. Depot, 27 Albert Street. —Advt.