NEWS of the DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23288, 24 June 1950, Page 4

NEWS of the DAY

Crashed Plana Recovered. The Moth plane which was reported recently to have crashed near Te Kaha has been recovered and taken to Auckland bv lorry. The plane went down at a spot well up the Kereru River valley. Some difficulty was experienced in salvaging the' plane on account of the depth of water in the river, which had to be crossed several times on the journey out of the Coast highway. Invitation to Speaker-elect. An invitation to attend the opening of the new chamber of the British House of Commons on October 2G has been received by Mr. M. H. Oram, M.P., Speaker-elect of the New Zealand House of Representatives. Similar invitations have been extended to the Speakers or, other nresiding officers of the lower houses of the legislatures of Commonwealth countries, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, and of colonial legislatures. 60-Bed Chest Block for Napier. Ministerial approval for sketch plans to be prepared for a 60-bed chest block to be erected on the site of the present shelters at (he Naoier Hospital was received by the Hawke’s Bay Hospital Board this week. Preliminary planning of this block is to be given preference over that of an additional ward at the hospital to be built as an extra storey to Coleman Ward, which is also approved. Referee Loses on the Toss A Rugby referee at Ruawai was required to spin two coins in the air, instead of one, to decide which ends of the playing held the teams would defend. A dog swallowed the first coin a florin. The match was the- RuawaiSouthern junior game and the referee. Mr. E. J. D. Matthews, He tossed the florin and before anyone realised what had happened a dog caught it in midair and swallowed it. The referee was more cautious with the next toss, as he used a nenny. while a player hold the dog. Who compensates the referee for the loss of his 2s?

New Zealand Newsprint “I can assure you that so far as newsprint is concerned there is every reason to believe that as a result of exhaustive tests and commercial trials it is. entirely practicable to meet world competition in Now Zealand and Australia on both nualitv and price.” stated Mr. A, R. Entrican, director of (he State Forest Service, in a paper read at the annual conference of the New Zealand Institute of Foresters, held in Nelson. The standards of quality in pulp and paper products were so well established technically that either those standards must be attained or no products would be exported at a payable price.

Contention Refuted. The commonly-expressed view that the growth of careers for women has decreased their willingness to marry was challenged by the Government Statistician, Mr. G. E. Wood. He told the Wellington branch of the New Zealand Royal Society that official statistics did not support this contention. In 19-15 there were only 20 per cent, of the adult women in the Dominion in the “never-married” group. This was the lowest figure recorded at any census date this century. Hotel Problem. "Although the erection or a number of new hotels must inevitably form part ot a long-range plan, hotelkeeoors and hotel-owning companies are confronted with a difficult problem, in view of the almost prohibitive cost of building and the task of staffing them when built. The problem must, however, be faced,” said Sir William Perry, chairman ot N.Z. Breweries. Limited, at the annual meeting. Sir William said that recent tariff increases atmroved bv th'> Price Tribunal, while helpful, still left the position unsatisfactory. Taking Food to Britain. Mr. John E. Hunt, a 76-,vear-old New Zealand businessman, thought that Britain was badly off for food, says the London News Chronicle. So when he came over to visit his birthplace— High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire—he brought 60 tins of lamb tongues. 12 tins of ham and quantities of salmon and sardines. He said in London: "I thought people would be clamouring for the stuff. Instead. I am finding it a bit of a burden. As long as you have enough money you can buy anv food you want here. In hotels and restaurants you have more than we have in New Zealand in the wav of (fancy goods such as cheeses. The food I brought? Well. I am giving it away little by little.”—London, June 19.

Police History Suggested. The history of the New Zealand Police Force has never been written, and at a gathering of police officers in Wellington to farewell the retiring Commissioner, Mr. J. Cummings, the former Minister of Police Mr P Fraser, suggested that it might well be done before men like Mr. Cummings, Mr. C. \\. Lopdell (a former superintendent), and Mr. P. Doyle (a former cnief detective) sank into the obscurity of retirement. The new Commissioner, Mr. J. Bruce Young, said he was very interested in such a history and had collected a lot of data which he thought, should be published. The memoirs of such men as Mr. Cummings should not go unpublished. He added that it might be of interest to know that many of t tie roads in the Waikato were built by members of the Armed Constabulary.