NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20863, 15 August 1942, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY

Yesterday’s Accident When a motor-cycle ridden by L.A.C. Peter John Clark came into collision with Mrs. H. L. Martin, 111 Stanley road, at McGruer’s Corner yesterday afternoon, the latter suffered a broken arm. Transport Anomalies The restrictions on transport caused by the shortage of petrol and tyres were discussed at a meeting of the Waikato branch of the Farmers' Union. One speaker said the whole transport system required investigation to iron out anomalies. Some people could get all the tyres and petrol they wanted and more, while others could get nothing. Premature Explosion During rifle shooting practice, a member of the New Plymouth Battalion of the Home Guard, Corporal Clifford Deare, was .injured as the result of a premature explosion when loading a rifle. As a result a piece was torn from his right ear and the point of his nose and his face was pitted fairly badly, mostly on the right side. The knuckles of his right hand were also injured. Censorship Breach “The regulations place a total prohibition on people writing letters overseas containing any information that may be of use to the enemy and it has been most difficult in bringing home to the public the seriousness of offences of this nature,” said Detec-tive-Sergeant Murray when prosecuting Eva Grace Landall before Mr. S. L Paterson, S.M., in Hamilton for a bleach of the censorship regulations. Defendant was fined .£2. Parliamentarian’s Tour Arrangements had been made by Mr. W. Sullivan, M.P., Day of Plenty, to make a tour of his electorate, commencing in the Gisborne district at Malavvai on August 24 and completing this side of the electorate at Te Araroa on September 3. However, this itinerary may have to he altered because of a meeting' of Parliament summoned for Tuesday, but if so Mr. Sullivan intends arranging a similar tour at a later date. Waste Paper Disposal Whether to hoard their waste paper such as old docket books, to become a harbouring place for vermin, or to burn it and be fined, is a question worrying Wairoa retailers. At a meeting of the Retailers’ Association a member said that there were few shops which did not have a considerable quantity of waste on hand. The chairman, Mr. T. Sweetman, uhdeftoolc to make inquiries as to the disposal of the paper. First-aid Pupils Since the commencement of the war and particularly over the past 12 months a considerable increase has been noted in the number of people taking first-aid and home nursing classes with the St. John Ambulance Association. A new series of classes commences every three months with between 40 and 50 pupils at each of the classes, with the numbers on the increase all the time. A further series of classes will commence on Monday for first-aid and on Wednesday for home nursing, both being at the Masonic Hall at 7.30 p.m. No Film Shortage An article that can still be imported into New Zealand in quantities greater than can be used is the moving picture film. Any impression that members of the public may have that there is a shortage of films in this country is unfounded, states the secretary of . the Film Exchanges Association in 'Wellington. Probably it is the longer runs that some films have been gaining lately, compared with a few months ago, and the revival of some very old successes, that has given rise to a feeling that there is a lack of new features. Harboured Deserter Two day’s imprisonment was the sentence imposed on a married woman, Mavis Edna Crimmins, in the Magistrates’ Court, in Auckland, by Mr. J. H. Luxford, S.M., when she was convicted on a charge of harbouring a deserter, to which she had pleaded guilty. She had beep remanded from a previous hearing for a report on her mental state. The magistrate said the report showed she was fully aware of what she was doing, and it was a serious offence. However, she appeared to be retarded and could neither read nor write. Access to Children “I trust that this right of access will be wisely exercised and the situation handled with tact hy both parents,” said Mr. Justice Callan in Auckland when granting a decree absolute with right of access iq a divorce case. His Honour continued that several instances had come under his notice where that had not been so and where access had done more harm .than good to the child. ‘Tf the parents involve the children in their quarrels the situation becomes very unhappy,” he said. “Both parents must be very careful never to discuss the other parent with the child.” Factory Managers’ flight The swing back from the manufacture of cheese to that of butter which has created problems for dairy factory directors and- suppliers has created the greatest difficulty for cheese factory managers and assistants in Taranaki. Although they have done good work during the season, many now find themselves out of a job through no fault of their own. Their factories, which were brought into being by the drive for increased cheese, haVe closed now that cheese is no longer needed. There seems little hope that they will all be placed in similar positions elsewhere. Ancient Wrapping An 1876 issue of the Lyttelton Times, one of the first dally newspapers to be published in the colony of New Zealand, came into the hands of an Auckland resident as wrapping round a cabbage which he purchased. The resurrection of a 66-year-old newspaper is a sign of the Increasing scarcity of wrapping papers, for which competition in some of the retail trades is becoming keen. The newspaper referred to Was white and clean, but its very age illustrates the danger attaching to the use nroitnd foodstuffs of paper which has been lb the hands of the public and may have been acquiring contamination over a long period.