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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 136, 9 May 1928, Page 6

Engine trouble, north of Taihape. delayed this morning’s south-bound Main Trunk express ail hour. “It is a pleasure to do business with New Zealand manufacturers, they know their jobs so thoroughly,” said the chairman of an English manufacturing firm on arrival at Auckland yesterday. At the annual conference of the New Zealand Technical School Teachers Association in Wellington a remit from Ashburton was adopted proposing that provision be made for the representation of parents of pupils on the boards of managers of technical schools. At the annual conference of the New Zealand Technical School Teachers’ Association yesterday in, Wellington some discussion took place on a Wanganui, remit that art work in New Zealand technical schools be co-ordinated find controlled by the appointment of a director of art. Reference was, made to the success of the work of Mr E. D. Tayler, Director of Music in Dominion schools. The remit was adopted after being amended to cover all schools. WoodsV’Great Peppormlnt Cure) for children’s hacking cough.—Advt.

As the result of injuries sustained when he fell from a tramcar on Anzac Day, Francis Walker, aged 79, died in the Auckland Hospital yesterday. Mr Walker sustained concussion of the brain and other injuries.

Gifts to various institutions totalling £3BOO were made yesterday by the trustees of the Dunedin Savings Bank. The principal of these are £2OOO to the University of Otago for the museum and £IOOO to the University of Otago for the Chair of Commerce.

The Fire Brigade was called out twice last evening to minor outbreaks. At six o’clock the firemen were summoned to a chimney fire in Main Street and two hours later the bursting into flame of a kerosene heater in another Main Street residence was responsible for the second call. A Napier telegram states that a young man named Fred Robinson sustained severe injury to an eye as the result of a pellet from a charge fired at a wild duck rebounding and striking him. Ho was taken to the hospital whence reports indicate the possibility of Robinson losing the sight of the eye.

A shipment of butter totalling 8532 boxes was taken from Auckland by the Niagara which sailed for Vancouver yesterday. Of this amount 5050 boxes are for Shanghai, 900 boxes for Victoria, British Columbia, and 1202 boves for Honolulu. The vessel also carried 3000 crates of cheese for Vancouver and Victoria in addition to a quantity of frozen lamb and beef for Honolulu.

The eighteenth anniversary of accession to the Throne of King George V. was celebrated in Auckland on Sunday by references in the churches and the flying of flags by the warships in port. The customary salute of 21 guns was fired by H.M.S. Philomel at noon on Monday, a salute which would have been given on Sunday but for the fact that it was a sacred day.

* Opportunity was taken by the chairman of the Manawatu County Council, during the Minsiter of Justice’s visit yesterday to express the opinion that the country districts were not as well provided with J.P’s. as they might be, and that inconvenience was often caused. It waS pointd out by the Minister that provision had now been made whereby postmasters could take declarations and witness documents.

“As a postmaster is usually very handy, 1 think this arrangement will be found most satisfactory,” he added. For converting a motor-car to his own use, each of three youths was yesterday at Christchurch admitted to probation for two years. The Magistrate (Mr E. 1). Mosley) said that there was too much of the gang element in Christchurch —more than anywhere else in New Zealand. These associations of youths wouid have to be broken up. He imposed conditions on accused that they must not go to dances and must not go out after 8 p.m., also that they must not associate with persons considered undesirable by the probation officer. At the annual conference of the New Zealand Educational Institute in Wellington yesterday, a remit dealing with the introduction of regulations irksome to teachers was discussed and the following amendment proposed by Mr L. F. de Berry, of Dunedin, formerly of Palmerston North, was carried: “That this institute is of opinion that there should bo embodied in the Education Act provisions whereby the institute could, when it deemed such a course advisable, request the Minister to set up a court to consider regulations which seem likely to result in injustice,, the decisions of such court to nave the force of regulations.

At a meeting of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce the transport committee reported that proposals from the Auckland Chamber that an endeavour be made to speed up the mails between Auckland and Dunedin had been thoroughly examined. In the opinion of the committee, the Auckland proposals were not practicable. It would not be in the best interests of the commercial community or the general public to run a daylight ferry servico between Lyttelton and Wellington. The report of the committee was adopted and it was decided to forward a copy to the Auckland Chamber.

One of the most serious education problems in New Zealand —the number of young people fully for professional or clerical ‘"positions, yet unable to find an avenue for their talent- —was referred to by Mr R. Hoe, a member >of,the Auckland Education Board, the other day. Large numbers were faced with this position every year, but New Zealand was a country dependent on primary production, and the opportunities offered on tho land were becoming greater every year. A boy or girl with a sound primary education had a great future in agriculture or kindred occupations. Provided the primary education had been really efficient, a child went out into tho world very well equipped. A professional writer in the New Zealand Banker describes the exchange of notes between banks in New Zealand as obsolete, and suggests for the betterment of the public and bank officers alike a universal note issue. “Australia has its Commonwealth note, why not New Zealand its Dominion note? The handling of the present issue of notes by the public leads to confusion, and a" Dominion note would overcome this. Also the tellers would appreciate this alteration, as there would undoubtedly be a vast saving of time in sorting other banks’ notes every and all day long. The present system is certainly somewhat cumbersome,” states the Banker, “involving excessive sorting and exchanging.” In extending a welcome to the Minister of Justice at the meeting of the Manawatu County Council yesterday, tho chairman, Cr. Barber, said that, in his 24 years -of office, it was the first occasion on which a visit had been received from a Minister of Justice, and he hoped that future visits would be frequent. Replying, Mr Rolleston said that, although he had been 55 years in New Zealand, it was the first time that he had visited the district and his eyes had been opened by the excellent class of country. “It is al-ways-a pleasure to meet members of local bodies,” he added, “and, having had 17 years of experience myself, I fully realise the enormous amount of work unselfishly carried out by the members. It is a pity that the ratepayers do not always realise the fact also.”

An unequivocal statement on the attitude of tho Anglican Church toward military service is contained in the current number of the Church Gazette. “Much has been written lately,” says the journal, “about exemption from military duty claimed by certain young men on the ground of conscientious objection to service for war. Our Church gives us a clear guide in this matter in the XXXVIIth article: ‘lt is lawful for Christian men, at the commandment of the magistrate, to wear weapons and servo in the wars. The foundation truth is that-God lieips those who help themselves. Mar is a dreadful and horrible tiling, but if we pray to God to protect those near and dear to us, we must be prepared to do our best to resist aggression at whatever cost to ourselves. Order is heaven’s first law, but our duty is to maintain order.”

For clearing blocked passages in. nose and throat, there is nothing so effective as “Nazol.” Powerful and ■ penetrating. 60 doses for Is 6d. —Advt.