NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22891, 10 March 1949, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Food Parcels For Britain

The vessel Port Lyttelton, which left Auckland on January 24, arrived in Britain on March 1 with 5184 food parcels, weighing 54,0951 b., on board. These parcels comprise postings made in Auckland and throughout the Auckland Province between January 12 and 19,

Tiger Moth For Napier For the first time in its history the Napier Aero Club may soon possess its own aeroplane. Through the Royal New Zealand Aero Club, a request for the allocation to Napier of one pf the Government’s gift Tiger Moths has been granted. The offer has been accepted and officials now have to deal with the problem of transporting the plane, at present at Taieri, to Hawke’s Bay. “The Maori Must Work.”

Speaking at the reception in Parliament Building, Wellington, in a humorous vein of his career in New Zealand, Sir Peter Buck recalled his medical, political and anthropological work. To the Maoris he would say: “Yes, you are equal, but you have to maintain your equality; you have to work, work, work to prove it.” It was no use, ha said, talking about illustrious ancestors and the great voyages made by the early navigators. The Maori must work with and go forward with the Pakeha so that both together could be classed under the one title of New Zealanders. Glass in Milk Bottles-

Further cases of glass ?being found in milk bottles and in a cap of milk have been reported to the Auckland Metropolitan Milk Board, according to a report which came before the board at its latest meeting. The report stated that officers of the board and the company concerned were making every effort to find the cause of the glass in containers and to stop the danger. Mr. A. S. Bailey, chairman of the board, said it was possible that some agpncy other than the machinery at Jte treatment plant was involved, as had been found in a can of milk which was nowhere near the treatment department. . / Foster Homes in Auckland.

A suggestion made at the National Council of Women’s Dominion conference last October that the council should sponsor a campaign throughout New Zealand for foster homes and submit the names of those people willing to take a child or children to the Child Welfare Department, led the Auckland council to investigate the position there- Mrs. R. Bloodworth, who made the inquiries on behalf ot the council, reported that as far as Auckland was concerned, the Lnud Welfare Department was experiencing no difficulties. There were more foster homes offering than were needed. Magnetic Observatory

The magnetic observatory, Christchurch was doing a wonderful job with very out-of-date equipment, and it warranted the provision of better and more modern instruments, said Mr H S. Williams at a meeting of the council of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce. The chamber had been instrumental in having the observatoryestablished in 1908, Mr. Williams, said, and it should now be sufficiently interested to help it get good equipment. He moved that pressure be brought to bear on the Government to place money on the Estimates to bring the observatory up to date. The motion was carried.

Von Nida Loves His Bed. The noted Australian golfer, Norman von Nida, loves his bed, writes a Wellington Post reporter. The other mornin" he skipped his breakfast, just so that he could have a few more. hours of rest. Whenever possible he is m bed by 10 p.m. It is a legacy of the tough British tournament grind, of the hours of physical strain imposed by travelling of thaat mental strain associated with tournament play. “I don t c.rink. I don't smoke, I go to bed at. 10 pm. and I rise as late as possible, he said as we sat on his bed and chatted. The crinkles round the eyes, the creases which braid the Von Nida brow-, will be a permanent testimony to the almost unbelievable tension and strain associated with professional golf on the British and American circuits, to the intense concentration essential for success in the big game.