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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 98, 25 March 1939, Page 8

A Growing Cause. It is disclosed in the annual report of the St. John Ambulance Brigade that membership now totals > r >l73. against 4693 for 1937. Twenty-four new divisions (six ambulance, six nursing, nine cadet ambulance (including Palmerston North) and three cadet nursing) have been registered during the year. Big Offering of Wool. In view of the largo quantity of wool available for the third Auckland wool sale of the current season, which was scheduled for next Monday, the Wool Committee in Wellington has do eided to convert the sale into a twoday fixture. The sale will now lie spread over Monday and Tuesday, beginning each day at 9 a.in. The offerinn- will total more than 34,000 bales, which is one of the largest ever submitted at an Auckland sale. Angling Tuition. A scheme which it is believed will enable young anglers to adopt sound principles when fishing has been proposed by the fish committee of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society. Victoria Lake has been placed at the disposal of the committee, which proposes to liberate there a limited number of small salvaged fish. It was stated at a meeting that tuition in fly casting could probably he given to boy anglers by experienced fishermen. Exhibition Impresses. “I was extremely impressed by the scale on which the exhibition is being planned,” said Sir Harry Batterbcc, High Commissioner for the United Kingdom,, after visiting the Centennial exhibition grounds at Itongotai yesterday. He had never imagined that the building and courts would he so large. He added that he was delighted the United Kingdom Government had been given such an excellent site lor its pavilion.—Press Association.

Easter Convention. Arrangements have been completed for the Wellington Sunday School Union’s Easter convention to bo held this year in Palmerston North. Honour For Horticulture. The Governor-General has advised the Now Zealand Institute of Horticulture that the King has been graciously pleased to approve of the granting of permission to make use of the prefix “Royal” in its title. Smaller Membership. The membership of the Man awn ti i and West Coast A. and P. Association stood at 1952 at the end of February, comprising 277 life members, 101(3 annual members, and 59 junior members. The annual report states that this compares with 2041 at the corresponding date last year. A Generous Public. Contributions amounting to over £BOO were collected in Auckland city and suburbs as a result of the annual street appeal conducted by the Plunket Society. The collection was the .most successful for a long period. Last year about £750 was contributed, which was the largest amount received in 10 years, and exceeded the figure for 1937 by £l5O. The Internal Loan, No decision on the terms of issue of the internal loan which the Government has announced it will raise this year has yet been made, according to advice received from the Minister of Finance (Hon. W. Nash). There has l>een no official statement of the amount of the loan, but it is generally accepted that the amount will be somewhere about £14,000,000. University Rugby Tour. ‘‘The replies are not very encouraging,” said Mr S. S. Dean, chairman of the executive of the New Zealand Pugbv Union, when be reported at a meeting of the New Zealand council yesterday the progress of negotiations to have a British Universities team in New Zealand next year. The great difficulty seemed to ho the question of leave. Arbitration Work. The Court of Arbitration expects to conclude the Wellington session early next week, following which it will adjudicate on disputes on which the Court has not yet come to a decision. The session has been one of the busiest on record and as a result the Court has a number of matters requiring decision. When this work is concluded the Court will begin a sitting at Dunedin.—Press Association. Escape From Accident. At the intersection of Rangitikei and Cameron’s Lines, late yesterday afternoon, a motorist travelling along Rangitikoi Line had a narrow escape from being involved in an accident, when a pedestrian stepped in front of his vehicle, forcing him to swerve and causing him to run into the side of a bus. The car was only slightly damaged, the mudguard being dented, lamp glass broken and the fender bent. Notice Of Appeal. It is understood that notice of appeal has been filed in the case in which Howard Iv. Sumpter, a principal of the London Book Club, Auckland, was fined £5 Is for having for hire a copy of Boccaccio’s “Decameron,” ruled hv the Magistrate to he an indecent document. Grounds have boon given for the appeal, which will probably conic before the next sessions of the Supreme Court in Auckland, says an exchange. - ire At Dannevirkc. A large residence belonging to Mr George J.loyd in Edward Street, Dannevirke, was destroyed by fire at 3.30 yesterday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Lloyd were absent' in Palmerston North and arrived back to find their home destroyed. Neighbours acted promptly and saved some personal effects. The outbreak originated in a hot cupboard adjoining the fireplace in the kitchen. The house and furniture are a total loss.

Higher Charges Resented. The opposition to increased charges for country telephones that was fii-st voiced a.t a meeting of the Wairarapa provincial executive of the Fanners’ Union, and later at a meeting of settlers in Tinui, came to a head yesterday when a deputation representing settlers, freezing companies, live stock auctioneers and Masterton retailers waited on the Masterton postmaster (Mr M. M. Simpson). Mr Simpson promised to forward the representations to the Post and Telegraph Department. Link With Nova Scotia. An enlarged photograph of Rev. Norman McLeod has been forwarded to the Old Colonists’ Museum of Nova Scotia by Mr J. ,J. Finlayson, chief of the Wuipu Caledonian Society. The photograph bears the foillowing inscription: “Presented in memory of the great love and affection the pioneers of AVaipu had for their illustrious minister. Rev. Norman McLeod, M.A.” The first settlers of Waipu came from Nova Scotia early in the last century, and Mr McLeod was the minister who accompanied them. Otago's Anniversary. Glorious weather was experienced at Dunedin on Thursday for the celebration of the 91st anniversary of the province of Otago. The principal function was the annual gathering of early settlers. The first band of Scottish colonists arrived at Port Chalmers by the ships John Wickliffe, Philip Laing, Blundell, Victory and Bernicia in IS4B. Five hundred and fifty-one souls were brought to these shores by those vessels and of them all only one survives. Heavy toll has been taken in recent years and to-day Mrs Ann Fraser, of Timaru, alone represents the pioneers of Otago.—Press Association. Mayors as Placement Officers.

Mayors of New Zealand towns in recent months may be pardoned for wondering whether it is part of their duties to act as a combined immigration and placement officer to people abroad who want to settle in the Dominion, says an exchange. Latest to join the list of New Zealand Mayors who have been written to on the subject of employment is the Mayor of Napier (Mr T. AV. Hercock) who has l>een requested by a I/ondon couple to find them positions as cook-general and handyman on a homestead or station, as they wish to settle in New Zealand. A request is made that the prospective employers finance the trip, being repaid from wages. Charitable Bequests. Charitable bequests are made under the will of Mr Alfred Charles Hook, formerly a teacher in various schools in the Auckland province, who died in Auckland on February 28. The will provides for the payment of legacies to personal friends and the residue of the estate, estimated at £12.750, is to he divided into five equal parts and the income is to be paid to each of tlie following institutions: Auckland Methodist Children’s Homo and Orphanage, Leslie Presbyterian Orphanage, Meadowbank. New Zealand Institute for the Blind, Mnnurewa Baptist Children’s Home, and the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Crippled Children Society.— Press Association.