DOMINION NEWS

Grey River Argus, 13 September 1946, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS

NEW UNIT FORMED. WELLINGTON, Sept. 12’. ’ “A new unit of the N.Z. permanent forces came into being from Sept. 1. It is the Corps of New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.” said the Minister of Defence. Mr. Jones, in Wellington, to-day. He added that this development was in keeping’ with the practice elsewhere in the Empire. The formation of the new unit. involves the amalgamation and co-ordination of ordnance workshops,- mechanical transport workshops and armourers workshops, which in the past have been under separate command. The Minister said that the functions of the corps wer e the inspection, maintenance and repair of tanks, wheeled vehicles, all artillery, small arms, machine guns, radiolocation, fire control . and all other instruments of tele-communi-cations, coast artillery, machinery and searchlights. Units of the corps will b e stationed in various parts of the Dominion. ANZAC DAY OBSERVANCE A conference of Salvation Army national and divisional leaders decided unanimously that .the observance of Anzac Day could best be secured by a continuance of those balanced approaches to the occasion, which permitted religious practices and joint worship by all desirous to commemorate. In a statement, the conference said that the sacredness of selfless sacrifice might easily be dimmed if Anzac Day were to be one for passing sentiment only. The conference had presented the combined views of all its members to the executive of the' R. S. A., and had asked for reconsideration of the recently expressed preference by some members of the mode of approach and conduct of Anzac services. AUCKLAND HARBOUR BRIDGE . AUCKLAND, Sept. 11. ; Commenting on recommendations : of the Royal Commission for a toll bridge across Auckland harbour, the chairman of directors of the Devonport Steam Ferry Company, which’ carries the trans-harbour traffic, Sir Ernest Davis, said it was difficult to form an opinion as to future operations of his company until they had', an opportunity to study the full text; of the commission’s report. Despite many statements to the contrary,., the Ferry Company never at any time;, during his association with its activities was actively opposed to a har-* bour bridge. Personally he welcomed the commission's findings in a full, realisation that the interests of the public must be paramount. AUSTRALIAN REHABILITATION ' OFFICIALS To examine the former service-1 men’s rehabilitation systems in New; Zealand, with special reference to thetrade training centres’, the first three, of a party of five Australian officials' have arrived in Auckland. They are Dr. J. B. D. Galbraith, Co-ordinator of Rehabilitation, Dr. C. C. Minty,; Deputy Principal Medical Officer ofthe Department of 'Labour and National Service, and Captain A. W.„ Joyce, executive officer of the Department of Post-war Reconstruction.. Two other officials arrive to-1 day. The party was met by Mr J. I. " Goldsmith, Dominion President of the-' Disabled Servicemen's Re-Establish- I ment League and the League’s general secretary, Mr W. E. Leadley,who flew from Wellington yesterday. BABY SMOTHERED DUNEDIN, Sept. 11. . A bay of nine months, Catherine Mary Woodhouse, was, smothered last evening in her home .at Roxburgh. In the absence of her mother, the! child was in the care of an elder sis- ' ter, aged 20, who after feeding her-* ifeft the house for a short period, re- * turning to find the baby dead with J her head in the pillow. « Dissatisfaction •is growing in thedairying industry with .the Govern-f ment's insistence that war-time mea-f sures to ensure the supply of bobby , calfskin to New Zealand tanners shall i be maintained.

NAPIER, Sept. 11. The driver of a car which skidded) from .the Napier-Taupo road at 4.30 p.m. yesterday and somersaulted 350 feet down a steep slope, was not in-' jured. He was Hugo Stossell, of Mas- • terton, who was travelling south from Auckland. ■ After the car had somersaulted end’ * for end to the bottom of the gully, crashing through .tree'- and manuka f scrub, Stossell crawled out uninjured, j He was assisted by passing motorists > and brought to Napier.