NEWS IN BRIEF

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22821, 16 December 1948, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF

CORRESPONDENCE PUPILS.—A permanent residential school is to be established in Wellington next year ' for the widely scattered pupils of the Correspondence School. They will come to Wellington in groups for short periods of boarding school life.

AERO CLUB’S PLIGHT.—The Wanganui City Council resolved on Tuesday that it would support an approach to the Government for financial support for the Wanganui Aero Club. Club officers met the council airport committee members recently and urged that help be sought from the State. Only by using up considerable financial resources had the club been able to operate since the close ; of the war period, the committee was told. It was now imperative that assistance be forthcoming from the Government. If it did not eventuate, the club would be forced to realise on its assets and close down.

BARMAIDS STILL WORKING.— Four barmaids attended a stop-work meeting of Auckland bar workers, but subsequent inquiries have revealed that there are five barmaids working in the city: In Wellington there are 15 barmaids still serving. Legislation preventing the registration of new barmaids was introduced in 1911. £IO,OOO PRIZE WON.— Five Hawera residents with the nom-de-plume “Shop Syndicate” have won £IO,OOO in an overseas consultation. They are Mr. C. B. Arnold, who hold two shares, and Mr. E. Arnold (father and son), Mrs. H. Paterson and Mr. B. H. Paterson (mother and son), and Mr. E. Whyte.

WHARVES QUIET.— The port of Wellington—not very busy for several weeks —could boast only three overseas ships on Tuesday. They were the liner Akaroa, the freighter Wellpark and the newlv-arrived Port Lyttelton which berthed at 8 a.m. to load for Brilain. This time last year, every loading and discharge berth in the port was filled. The reasons given by shipping officers for the deserted wharves this year were various. “Extension of the import licensing period until February,” was the popular reason given. “Later start to the meat and dairy seasons,” and “Lack of cargoes from Britain,” were of hers. U.S. EDUCATIONAL WORK.—A fur-

ther development in the activities of the United States educational foundation in New Zealand were announced yesterday by its chairman, Mr. R. S. Service. First Secretary at the United States Legation. Mr. Earl A. Dennis, a former professor of biology at the University of Chicago, will arrive at Auckland about February 6 by the Aorangi and although attached to the Embassy (as the Legation will be by then) as an attache, his primary duty will be to act as chairman of the foundation. Mr. Dennis will administer in New Zealand the programme of (he exchange of students, research specialists and professors between the United States arid New Zealand and his new post is described as public affairs officer.

SENT TO PRlSON—Convicted on three charges of using obscene language, Albert Single, alias Albert Sinclair, aged 43. barman, was sentenced by Mr. A M. Goulding, S.M., in the Police Court, Wellington, yesterday to the total of six months imprisonment. The police stated that the accused had made vile suggestions to women in the street and in the ticket-boxes of two picture theatres. In imposing the sentences, Mr. Goulding said he would not allow this kind of talk to continue.