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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 200, 14 July 1936, Page 6

The cost of exchange to the Otago Harbour Board on its London interest payments last year was £9239. A team of four Australian professional golfers will leave for Japan in March or April of next year, and the Japanese will he invited to return the visit during the 150th anniversary celebrations of Sydney in 1938. The need for an interdenominational mission for Maoris to work in districts not catered for by existing denominational missions has been receiving the attention of religious workers in Auckland, and as a result of a meeting held recently an organisation, which has been named the United Maori Mission, has been formed. Although the Presidential campaign in the United States is occupying everybody’s attention to the exclusion of all else—months before election day —President Roosevelt is certain to be returned to power. This was the unanimous opinion of a number of Americans who were interviewed when the Monterey arrived at Auckland from Los Angeles. They were of several shades of political loyalty, but none was indefinite about the result of the election. “AVe can take care of ourselves without apy interruption from visiting professors who are in the country for only a lew hours,” said the Prime Minister (lit. Hon. M. J. Savage) in referring yesterday to statements made in Auckland last week by Dr. D. B. Munro, Professor of History and Government at Harvard University (America). “Speaking from an ocean liner, safely berthed in Auckland harbour, and without a lull knowledge of the facts, Dr. Munro is reported to have said that the Government of New Zealand is attempting too much in its efforts to improve the living conditions of the people, and that its legislation to control hours and wages is going to lead it into financial difficulties.” A correspondent of „ the Sydney Morning Herald writes to that journal concerning dum-dum bullets as follows:—“The dum-dum bullet was invented at Dum-Dum by Colonel N. T. Bertie-Clay, It.A., (my superintendent) for a specific service. It wuis a special and scientific one. The dumdum was built up similar to the present service bullet, and, although I may be the,only one. of those associated with it living, I strongly resent the confusion that lias arisen. I do know that the secrets of its manufacture are under seal by the British and Indian Governments. It lias never been issued to contractors for further manufacture. The real dum-dum bullet is a stopping bullet. It does not pulverise or mangle on impact, or explode.” , Woods' Greai Peupuriimii Cure, for in duenza colds. —Advt.

Only trees and shrubs indigenous to Now Zealand are to be planted in the grounds surrounding the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum, in Wellington. The Huntly District High School has again been successful this year in winin’ g the challenge shield lor writing, held in connection with teh South Taranaki Winter Show. This makes the sixth year in which Huntly has been successful.

Concern at the lack up to the present of any movement by the Government to strengthen the defences of New Zealand is expressed in an editorial article in Board and Council, the New Zealand local authorities’ magazine. It is stated that many people are anxiously waiting for such a movement, and that the local authorities join in submitting to the Government an appeal for “immediate and urgent” action. Fear that the installation of Diesel engines would seriously prejudice the position of .electric power hoards, and possibly lead to the imposition of availability rales, was expressed by the Opunake Power Board at a meeting. The board decided to send a remit to the power boards’ conference pointing out that the board viewed with alarm the increasing competition of Diesel engines and urging that the Government be approached to give some protection to the interests of power boards.

“Development of New Zealand necessarily meai»j increased population,” said the Prime Minister (Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage) yesterday. “This admission, of course, does not involve unrestricted immigration. We cannot afford to repeat old errors and look upon ton or twelve men struggling for one job. That, definitely, is not Empire development.” Mr Savage agreed that in any approach to Great Britain to take more of New Zealand’s produce, the question of immigration must arise.

A sum of £GO,OOO a year is spent by the All-Year Club of Southern California in newspaper advertising for drawing visitors from east of the American Rockies, said Mr Addison B. Day, president of the Los Angeles Gas and Electricity Corporation, who was a through passenger by the Monterey. The scheme had been in operation lor a number of years and was most successful. About two-thirds of the amount was contributed by the Los Angeles County and the remaining third by business men.

To ensure that New Zealand should not be overlooked,- but should figure prominently and frequently in the world’s newspapers, the Government Publicity Department about six months ago commenced a periodic distribution of news items of interest concerning the Dominion, lor reprint in the overseas Press. The system has been elaborated and improved, and they now produce a regular fortnightly news bulletin, some COO copies of which are sent- off, by air mail or by steamer, to London, America, India, China, Australia, and South Africa.

A new departure in the appointment of a publicity agent has been taken by the missions committee of the Presbyterian Church which controls all the mission activities of the Church at home and abroad. Mr Joseph Hunter, who lias been headmaster of the Gore High School for the past 27. years, has been appointed to the position for a period of two years, and it is anticipated that his work will chiefly consist in visiting different centres to make the mission work of the Church more widely known.