Sharp Frosts.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 177, 27 June 1938, Page 8

Sharp Frosts.

Five degrees of _ „ frost were registered at the Palmerston North Boys’ High School overnight. This is the most severe frost recorded in the district this winter. Yesterday morning the reading was 2 degrees.

Marbles Championship. There is a possibility that a marbles championship will be one of the attractions at the Napier Thirty Thousand Club’s Christmas Mardi Gras. The club is seeking information from England regarding such competitions.

Tyre Manufacture Opposed. By an overwhelming, majority, members of the tyre trade of the Dominion, in a 'secret ballot conducted by the Bureau of Importers, have expressed their opposition to the Government’s proposal to grant a license for the establishment of a tyre factory or factories in New Zealand.

The Seven-League Boots: “Members of the Government coined a phrase about f.uhniiig-slioes and made great play of it while it suited them. But seven-league boots would scarce measure the speed with which, to-day, the Government runs- away from its principles,” said Mr F. W. Doidge, National candidate for Tauranga, when addressing a public meeting at Mount Maunganui. “ ‘One man one job’ was for years a plank in its platform.' That plank lias gone. Tt was deliberately expurged at the Easter conference of the party.”

Infectious Diseases.

All available accommodation at the Wanganui Public Hospital is taxed because of an abnormal outbreak of infectious diseases.

Shortage in Milk Supplies. A temporary shortage in milk supplies is being experienced in the area under the control of the Auckland Metropolitan Milk Council. The had weather during the past 10 days has been responsible for a considerable decrease in the yield. Historic Exhibit.

The historic piece of rock which led to the discovery of the Nauru and Ocean Island posphate deposits has been presented to the Auckland "War Memorial Museum by Sir Albert Ellis It is intended by the authorities to add to the collection photographs of Nauru Island and of activities in con-' nection with the industry. Memorial for iMothers.

Proposals for the recognition of the pioneer mothers of the Auckland province by the establishment in the city of a community, centre for women were considered at a meeting of the Metropolitan Executive of the Auckland Provincial Centennial Council. Recommendations on the subject were contained in a report from the women’s sub-committee. Painstaking Thief.

A radio set valued at £2B 10s was removed from a taxi parked in the Terrace, Wellington, between 3.30 and 7 o’clock yesterday morning. The set was hidden from a casual observer underneath the dashboard of the taxi. All the volts attaching it to the car were carefully , unscrewed, and, with the exception of the aerial, n,o wires were cut in its removal.

Presbyterian Church Funds. The golden offering collections at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Palmerston North, yesterday realised the gratifying sum of £746 in actual cash. Other large amounts are promised. These collections were the first of similar ones to be taken up during the next three years as special centennial efforts to reduce the church debt and sponsor and similar Christian work.

Tuberculosis Survey. Proposals for a statistical survey of the incidence of tuberculosis m New Zealand have been made to the Medical Research Council, which has appointed a committee to undertake the survey. The chairman of the committee is Dr T. R. Ritchie (Director of the Division of Public Hygiene), and the other members are Dr T. W. J. Johnson (Auckland) and Dr. H. B. Turbott (medical officer of health at Hamilton). An Organisation of Service. “Knights of a new Order of Chivalry’ was the description giveti to the Legion of Frontiersmen by lvev. H. 11. Goertz, of Paraparumu at the annual church parade of the legion at All Saints’ yesterday. " Tch Dien’ might rightly be claimed as their motto,” said the speaker, “and you citizens of Palmerston North, ‘no mean city,’ possessing your own N Squadron, wiil willingly concede that claim.” Wharfage Improvements. New passenger accommodation that will be unrivalled in the Southern Hemisphere and equipment for handling 1 cargoes brought ’by passengercarrying ships, the whole to cost about £275,000, are proposed by the Auckland Harbour Board as the second part of its 10-year .plan to spend upward of £1,000,000 upon development, of which the recently begun £483,000 export wharf forms the first part. Pioneer Commemoration.

A suggestion toward the elimination of duplicated street names in Auckland and suburbs was contained in a report from the Early Settlers’ and Descendants’ Committee at a meeting of the Metropolitan Executive of the Auckland Provincial Centennial Council.. In renaming streets the sub-committee considered that the names of ships which brought the pioneers to New Zealand'should be commemorated. Examples given included Brougham, Adamant, Callerou, Cathcart, Cliel.vdra, Halcione, Lady Jocelyn and Euterpe. Railway Construction.

Conditions of work on the W.aiko-kopu-Gisborne section of the east coast railway are getting back to normal, but upsets of the last few months will Jeave their marks upon the schedule of constructibn to which the Public Works Department had been operating. Damage estimated at between £50,000 and £60,000 has been suffered by the department through slips, washouts and bridge losses, and through loss of time in deliveries of much-need-ed materials at key points, the works are now about three months behind schedule.

Penetrating Fog. Woodville yesterday experienced one of the most uncomfortable fogs met with there for some time. Whereas about a week ago a warm fog hung over the town for practically the whole of the day, lifting but for a relatively brief period, that of yesterday was of the cold, wet kind which proved most uncomfortable. In one 'case a resident left Woodville at about 1.30 p.m. to come to Palmerston North and avoid further contact with the fog, but it was not left behind until the Palmerston North, side of the Manawatu Gorge had been reached. Faulty Nutrition. “I do not view tlio position with as much pessimism as some people, but lest I be accused of adopting a complacent attitude I wish to state clearly that in New. Zealand to-day there is too much faulty nutrition, too much dental disease and body deformity due to dietetic error,’ said the Minister of Health (Hon. P. Fraser) at Pukerua Bay on Saturday. Though it was generally agreed that New Zealand compared more' than favourably with the rest of the world from the point of view of vital statistics, said the Minister, he, for one, was far from satisfied with the present state of affairs. “While there is some truth in what has been said, there is at the same time much exaggeration and much emphasis on wrong values,”, the Minister added when referring to recent criticism.

A Proper Answer. ' According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Mr It. G. Casey, Federal Treasurer, gave a proper answer to a question by a Senator whether the Commonwealth Bank had granted a credit to a company in Japan to buy wool on 90 day-terms. He could give no other answer than “The Government has no knowledge of any such transaction.” Whether such a transaction has taken place or not is no business of the Government, or of any other person than the parties directly concerned. Banks do not divulge the business of their customers unless it be at tlie direction of the customers themselves. For any person, whether he be a Minister, or a private citizen, to ask any bank-what are its delations with its customers would be to invite a rebuff-. Feven though the Commonwealth Bank is a creation of Parliament, its books' are.not open to the perusal of members of Parliament, nor is it the ’duty of, the bank to supply members of Parliament with particulars of the affairs of its customers.