Enlistments For Overseas.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 168, 15 June 1940, Page 6

Enlistments For Overseas.

Up to the end of last week there were 43,100 enlistments in New Zealand for overseas service of whom 29,918' of the number medically examined were classed fit. There were 22,203 posted to camp' and 3313 awaiting posting.

Scheme In Abeyance. The announcement by the Mimstei of Supply of the more comprehensive proposal for the elimination of waste and the conservation of material after waste has occurred has resulted in the scheme initiated hv the National Patriotic Fund Board for the collection of non-ferrous scrap metals through the schools being held in abeyance. Enthusiastic Response.

Throughout Wellington yesterday 110 commercial travellers and helpers carried out an exteiisive and vigorous drive to raise money for the Bed Cross and Order of St. John Sick, Wounded, and Distress Fund. The proceeds, exclusive of the sales of art union tickets, amounted to apporximatelv £IOOO. Attenuated Law.

“The present law relating to road transport is scattered through no fewer than 21 of Acts of Parliament, and 38 sets of regulations,”' said a legal authority at a Hastings Borough Council meeting, commenting on ’the publication of a complete annotation of road transport and traffic, laws in New Zealand. South Island’s Centennial.

It is 100 years to-day since the declaration of British Sovereignty over the South Island was'made at Port Underwood by Major Thomas Bunbury and Captain Joseph Nias, commander of H.M.S. • Herald. Bunbury had declared. British sovereignty over Stewart Island on June .5, and he had added the i signatures of important Ngaitahu chiefs to the Treaty of Waitangi. Now at Port Underwood he was treating with their traditional enemies,, the Ngaitoa and their allies.

Strong Criticism. “Acclimatisation societies are the curse of New Zealand,” said Mr L. W. MeCliskill, of the Christchurch Teachers’ Training College, in an address to the Canterbury School Committees’ Association. “The acclimatisation societies are only sectionally interested in the-v’ild life of the country,”, he said. “They are not concerned with fundamental issues at all. If you want to have a vote on one of their councils you have to be a shooter or a man with a license to fish. That is all that interests them.” Greetings To France.

A cablegram to the Prime Minister of France (M, Paul' Iteynaud) was sent last night by the Prime Minister of New Zealand (Hon. P. Fraser) as follows: “The Government and people of New Zealand have watched with tense anxiety and boundless admiration the heroic efforts of the French army and people in their struggle against ruthless invasion.. At this moment we desire to assure you, Mr Prime Minister, that the cause of France is more than ever in our hearts and to reaffirm in the most solemn form our determination to/pursue the conflict into which France and the British Commonwealth, with their Allies, have been forced in defence of justice and freedom until the victory is attained. Our cause -is the cause of humanity and in that cause we send our fraternal greetings and encouragement to-- Republican and* Democratic France in her hour of trial.” . ,

Teachers’ War Service. Twenty-one teachers in the Wellington Education Board’s district have been granted leave of absence on military service and others have notified their intention ~ of enlisting. Four teachers are overseas with the First Echelon and six with the Second Echelon. For Soldiers’ Families. A practical scheme to give assistance to the families of men on active service by helping them in tasks in which they are handicapped through the .absence of husbands or sons has been introduced in Auckland. It will be controlled by an Assistance to Families of Men Serving Overseas sub-committee of the Metropolitan Patriotic Committee. Saving of Calves. A calf-saving campaign has been launched by Mr It. A. Candy, of Ngarua, chairman of the Auckland Herd Testing Association. Mr Candy urges that instead of selling all the progeny of their herds to the bobby calf trade, farmers should save all their heifer calves and rear them in order to increase the production of butter and cheese. Outdoor Work Hampered.

As a result of the prolonged spell of wet weather throughout the Auckland province farming work is now being hampered by water and mud. One farmer in the northern Waikato said that low-lying properties were carrying as much mud ,as he had seen for years and there were some sections of swamp land which were now of little value for grazing purposes. Control of Troops.

An assurance that the Government retained control of New Zealand troops abroad, no matter where they/went, was given by the Prime Minister (Hon. P. Fraser) in the House of Representatives. “In an agreement with the United Kingdom Government and the Governments of the other Dominions, the Government retains control over our troops wherever they are,” Mr Fraser said. “In the last analysis the Commander-in-Chiof of the Expeditionary Force is responsible to the Government of this country, and to no one else.”