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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 210, 3 August 1940, Page 6

Aliens' Shotguns.

Under the Arms Emergency Begulations aliens, as distinct from enemy aliens, in possession of shotguns must register them immediately. Moreover, aliens may not procure shotguns or ammunition of any kind without a permit. White Herons Nesting. The two white herons on Mr V. Weggery’s property, near Waikanae, are reported to he nesting. Mr Weggery has heen a member of the Forest and Bird Protection Society formally years past and will undoubtedly make an effort to give the birds all the protection they need, states the “Manawatu Standard’s” correspondent. A Whole-Time Job. Through having to prepare no fewer than 66 reports' for the Government throughout the year, secretaries of dairy companies were compelled to maintain one clerk, whose time was almost wholly devoted to watching the affairs of each company, stated Mr W. Hall in addressing suppliers at the annual meeting of the Waitara-Taranaki Co-operative Dairy Company. Earthquake in Islands. A sharp earthquake shock was ex-, perieneed at Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, at two o’clock (Now Zealand time) on Thursday morning according to advice in meteorological reports received in New Zealand. There were no other accounts of disturbances from the Pacific area, and the earthquake is believed to have been of a local type. On Punishing Children. There was no particular port of a child’s body defined for punishment, said Mr G. It. Ashbridge, Dominion secretary, in an address to the Manawatu branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute last evening. An English Judge had ruled that, until a chart was drawn up, defining by medical agreement the parts ot the body on which punishment should be inflicted, a teacher could punish a child anywhere.

Obscure Act. A New Zealand Act of Parliament, of vital interest to dairy farmers and sharemilkers, formed the basis of a claim in -the Supreme Court at 'Wanganui yesterday. It is the Sharemilking Agreements Act, 1937, and when the case was called Mr Justice Blair remarked that he had never heard of the Act until then. Its purpose is to safeguard the interests of share-milking agreements and it establishes a standard agreement which shall be applicable to all share-milking agreements. “All so beautifully clear, I don’t think. ‘Delightfully vague, the whole lot of it,'” commented the Judge. Great War Anniversary. -To-morrow marks the 26tli anniversary of Britain’s .entry into the Great War. The assassination at Serajevo of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife on June 2S, 1914, was the first of a series of related events which preceded the British declaration of war on Germany. Austria determined on military punishment of Serbia, whose complicity was suggested in this outrage, and opened hostilities. Russia ' announced that she could not remain indifferent to the fate of Serbia, and Germany declared war on Russia on August 1. On the following day Germany’s troops entered France at four points, and Germany informed Belgium that her troops must violate this territory. Belgium .appealed to Britain for diplomatic intervention to safeguard her, and on the German advance into Belgium Britain declared war at 11 p.m. on August 4, 1914.

War Expenses. Interest-free loans and donations for war purposes now aggregate £2,454,177. Dannevirke’s Low Rainfall. Dannevirke lias experienced the lowest July rainfall since 1932, this year’s fall being 2.28 inches. Mine Fatalities. Including the loss of II lives in the disastor at the Glen Afton'Colliery, 25 men were killed and 32 seriousiy injured as the result of mining and quarry accidents last year. Canning of Apples. The canning of apples is being carried out successfully in Hastings, and, in spite of the lateness of the season, it is expected that 1000 bushels will be absorbed. Something like 10,000 bushels will be utilised in this way next year. Killed by Train. David Hamilton Guthrie, of Ohakune, aged 22, was found dead in the Oliakune railway station yards at 3.30 yesterday morning. He went to Taihapo for medical examination before going iuto camp, and left Taihapc by the Limited express on his return to Ohakune. On arrival at Ohakune it is presumed that he got down on the off side of the platform and was struck by an incoming train. Peace On Conditions. “We want peace, now and forever,” said Dr 11. H. Lehman, Governor of New York State, in a recent speech. “But peace as free men. Peace, to live and to speak and to think as we will, not as we arc whipped into doing. Peace, each man to worship as his conscience dictates. Peace and security from constant fear of violence and oppression and injustice. We are deeply grateful that here, in the •United States, we still have the blessings of religious and civil hoerty. Many of us have become smug and complacent. And smugness and complacency are the greatest enemies of man’s liberties.” Another “Fifth Column.” The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research has recently been engaged in pasture surveys of parts of Banks Peninsula and of Hawke’s Bay. Both projects have had to be pushed through with the utmost speed and departmental officers at a meeting of farmers at Duvauchelle, Banks Peninsula, apologised for not haying called on every individual farmer in the districts covered. “Some of our officers have even beeu thought to be members of the Fifth Column,” said Mr F. R. Callaghan, secretary of the department. “They have caused some misgivngs when they have been seen going round with notebooks and making strange observations.” Maoris’ Patriotism. The Government has expressed its appreciation of the action of the members of the Aupouri Tribe, of Tekao, in offering to assist financially and in other ways during the present crisis. 'l’lie Minister of Finance (Hon. W. Nash) said yesterday that, in addition to an interest-free loan of £IOOO for the duration of the war and 12 months thereafter, the tribe had offered £IOO as a gift to the Government. The tribe had also offered a six-wheeler dualdrive .truck valued at £2OO for military purposes. Its members were also prepared to patrol voluntarily,' night and day, the extreme northern coastline both east and west, and, finally, to do all in their power to increase production on their farms. Clear Statement Needed.

The position regarding the increased supply of meats to Great Britain had been clouded by the conflicting statements made bv the Minister of Marketing (Hon. W. Nash) and the chairman of the Meat Board (Mr T. A. Duncan), said Mr A. J. Murdoch, north ward representative on the Dairy Board, when speaking at Whangarei. Mr Murdoch said that he had received many appeals from farmers for definite information, which could only be given by the Minister of Marketing, who was in direct touch with .the British authorities. For this reason, said Mr Murdoch, there was need for a statement'from the Minister at the earliest possible moment.