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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 140, 15 May 1936, Page 8

An inquiry is to be made by the professorial board of Victoria .University College into the reasons why those responsible allowed one of the exhibits in the recent capping procession of the students to be drawn through the streets of Wellington. No announcement of the funds available for expenditure by the branches of the New Zealand Crippled Children Society on its special work this year will be made until the conference of branch delegates and the central executive, to be held shortly. This was the answer given to a question at the first annual meeting of the Wellington branch last night.

The stigma attaching to the title of domestic worker was referred to by Miss C. ltobinson, of Christchurch, at the New Zealand Technical School Teachers’ Association conference at Wellington yesterday as an urgent matter which was occupying the attention of women’s organisations not only in Now Zealand, but throughout the world. Miss Robinson said that because of this stigma, capable girls would not take up domestic positions offering.

The New Zealand Technical School Teachers’ Association, which concluded its annual conference at Wellington yesterday, passed this resolution "unanimously on the motion of Mr R. G. Ridling, principal of the Wellington Technical College: <lf lliat this association offers its congratulations to the Prime Minister upon his determination to removo all restrictions upon freedom of speech and his assurance that section 39 of the Finance Act of 1932 is to he repealed.”

With the passing of the Primary Products Marketing Bill by the Legislative Council yesterday and the subsequent granting of vice-regal assent to the measure, probably to-day, the way is now clear for the appointment of the new Minister of Marketing and for the establishment of the department which he will control. It is regarded as certain that the Minister of Finance (iion. W. Nash) who handled the Bill in the House of Representatives, will be Minister of Marketing and a definite announcement of his new position will probably he made after the next meeting of Cabinet. Due, it is understood, to the afternoon ’session not concluding until 7 o’clock last evening, the late arrival of several of the judges and competitors was responsible for the night session of the Manawatu Competitions Society’s festival commencing at about B.ls—three-quarters of an hour after the scheduled time. As a result the programme was considerably impeded throughout the evening, and the last performer did not appear, until well after 1 o’clock this morning. When the judges delivered their comments there was only a small audienco left to hear them. On each evening the programme* has not been concluded until after midnight. In view of the fact that quite a number of the competitors are children and adolescents it is not in their best interests to be kept out of bed to such a very late hour from a health standpoint. The society could overcome this serious drawback by staging classes for the young children during the day. instead of recalling some for the evening session, in this way unduly prolonging the night programme. Were this done, the classes submitted during tlie evening could be completed at a reasonable hour.

Tweeds are in fascinating. array this season. New types are coming along all the time. Still there arc some that aro never superseded no matter what tho season may bring. One that retains its popularity is Donegal tweed. For skirts’ or cos‘tumes its wearing ability plus its sporty appearance keeps it in demand summer, or winter Donegal tweed is 56 inches wide and procurable in a well assorted range of shades, for 8s lid. Collinson and Cunuinghame, ’ Ltd.—Advt.

Burglars who entered premises in Manners Street, Wellington, must have received a rude disappointment when they found that the fanlight through which they had climbed had let them into a comparatively unremunerative beauty parlour, when they had designs on more valuable loot in an adjtacent shop, says an exchange. While crossing the intersection of Main and Runtime Streets, evening, two youthful cyclists, E. Edwards and H. Ivingi, who were on the same machine, were unseated in a collision with a motor car. Neither was seriously hurt, though Edwards was attended later for a small scalp wound. The car was driven by Mr T. Cragg, of Auckland.

A mean action was perpetrated in the Square late yesterday afternoon when a bicycle, the owner of which is a working girl who had just completed her last payment on the machine, was removed by some person without authority. The number of the machine is R 49355, and anyone locating it will oblige the owner by giving information to the police, who have the matter in hand.

Following the destruction of the Ohau hut by the hurricane which swept tho Tararuas on February 2, members of the Levin-Waiopehu Tramping Club have already made a very creditable start with the work of replacing it which lies ahead of them. Iron for the structure was conveyed to the site during the week-end, and a party of thirteen made a commencement with the cutting of the timber for struts. The first instalment of the Government’s proposed mortgage legislation is likely to appear in riie House of Representatives early next week, according to a statement made last night by the Prime Minister (Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage) in an interview. The Mortgage Corporation Amendment Bill, providing for State control of the corporation along the lines followed in taking over the Reserve Bank, is in the hands of the law draftsman and is nearly completed. It will be followed as soon as possible by a Bill providing for a readjustment of all mortgages on the basis of the guaranteed price.