Tory Channel Whaling.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 167, 14 June 1940, Page 6

Tory Channel Whaling.

So far, ten wlialc-s have been harpooned by the Tory Channel chasers. Prevalence of Gambling. Grave concern at “the alarming increase in gambling and the gambling spirit in the community” was expressed at the monthly meeting of the .Napier Ministers’ Association. Apprentices Included. Any order made under the rates of wages emergency regulations will apply also to apprenticeship contracts. Notification of this amendment appears in the Gazette. Relief For Sailors. At the annual meeting of the Dunedin Shipwreck Relief Society it was decided that the incoming committee be empowered to vote up to £SOOO for the relief of shipwrecked sailors in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. No Houses for Workers. Although he hoped to be able to get a good deal of metalling done in the near future, the great difficulty was to secure men, said Mr D. Watson, engineer, at the meeting of the Pohangina County Council yesterday. Married men could be obtained, but there were no houses available for them''in the district. Lady Galway Patriotic Guild. An appeal for support for the Lady Galway Patriotic Guild, which will work mainly' for refugees, was received by the Pohangina County Council at its .meeting yesterday. It was agreed that the council was willing to allow the Feilding representative, who will attend a conference in Wellington to discuss the matter, to act for it there. When more information is available, members rj reed/ they would call meetings of those interested in their respective districts to form branches of the guild. Air Force Recruits. ‘To facilitate the enlistment of candidates for entry into the Royal New Zealand Air Force it has been decided to make use of the services of Justices of the Peace for attestation. Formerly the men were not attested till they entered the Ground Training School at Levin. The issue of special enlistment badges to persons volunteering in the Air Force has been begun. The only volunteers eligible to wear the badge are those who have been accepted or provisionally accepted but who have not yet been called up and those whose medical standard is below that required -for the Expeditionary Force. Mr Lloyd George’s Jubilee.

It is 50 years since Mr Lloyd. George’s election to the House of Commons for Caernarvon Boroughs, and when he took his seat in April to listen to Mr Churchill on the first operations off Norway he received many congratulations from members of all parties on his anniversary. Mr Lloyd George was actually elected on April 10, 1890, and took his seat in the -House on April 17, the day on which Mr Goschen introduced the Budget of that year. At the age of 77 he is in vigorous health, and takes the liveliest interest in public affairs'; Since tlie death of Mr T. P. O’Connor in 1929 he has been “Father” of tlie House by virtue of haying sat there longer than any other member, and he has now achieved the remarkable record of having represented one constituency continuously for half a century. Subsequently, he received a presentation at a non-political meeting in his constituency, and other festivities included a complimentary dinner given by Opposition Liberal M.P.’s on April 24.

Women Public Servants. A rumour that Government departments had been circularised asking how many of their employees could conveniently be replaced by women was denied yesterday by the Public Service Commissioner (Mr T. Mark). He said be knew nothing whatever about it. v, t Port Temporarily Closed. The port of Auckland was closed at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon and all shipping was at a standstill till shortly before 9 o’clock. The Auckland naval control authorities stated that the reason for closing was to enable exercises to be carried out. On the completion of the exercises the traffic of- shipping was resumed. Positive Results. “The most striking feature of the past year’s results has been the number of children for whom vocational occupations have been found,” stated Mr W. G. Black (president), at the annual meeting, last night, of the Manawatu branch of the New Zealand Crippled Children Society. The cost of individual treatment had ranged from £25 to £l5O, but he felt that to have brought brightness to any life at such a small outlay involved a very little amount of money indeed. Romney Breeders’ Loan. It was announced by Mr E. R. Black, of Gisborne, president of the ltomne.y Marsh Sheep Breeders’ Association, at the Winter Show, yesterday, that the council of the association had decided to lend, free of interest, £IOOO to' the Government for the duration of the war- and six months afterward. Further, it had been decided to set aside £IOO for patriotic purposes, to be applied as convenient in the coming year.