Dairy Company’s Donation.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 229, 26 August 1940, Page 6

Dairy Company’s Donation.

A decision to give £SO to the. New Zealand Institute for the Blind was made at the annual meeting of shareholders of the Shannon Co-operative Dairy Coy.,- Ltd., on Saturday.

The Supreme Evil. According to the London Christian World, Dr Maude Royden, the noted woman leader and founder, with Dr “Dick” Sheppard, of the Peace Pledge Union, has renounced the pacifist views she has held since 1914. She says that she has come to realise that there is one thing worse than war, and that is Nazism.

Levy For Fighter Plane. On the recommendation of the. annual meeting of suppliers, the Itangitaiki Plains Dairy Company’s directors will consider the fixing of a levy of -177 d per lb butterfat for the purpose of raising £SOOO with which to purchase a Spitfire fighter for presentation to the Royal Air Force as a token of district farmers’ admiration for magnificent deeds.

Operation After Game. To be able to play a good game of Rugby and be operated on within an hour for appenditicis was the experience of a Hastings boy, Sidney Reid, son of Mr S. J. Reid, the well-known horse trainer, last week. Reid represented the Hastings primary schools in the Ross Shield Rugby tournament at Waipukurau, and following the match he became suddenly ill, and was rushed to hospital where lie was operated on without delay. Church Parade. •

Church parade was held yesterday at the camp on the Wanganui racecourse, whore the officers and noncommissioned officers of three mounted regiments, Queen Alexandra’s Own, Manawatu Mounted Rifles and Wellington East Coast, are undergoing a special course of instruction. Archdeacon J. R. Young was the preacher. Between 200 and 300 visitors were shown through the camp, and there was an exhibition of - boxing. Music—and Technique.

The distinction between true music and mere technique was succinctly drawn by Mr Ernest Jenner, the talented Christchurch pianist, during his recital in the city on Saturday evening. Stating that he did not like playing pianoforte solos and that he would prefer his audience to regard the particular number, Faure’s “Theme and Variations (Op. 73),” as a piece of music that happened to bo arranged for the piano, Mr Jenner remarked: “Music is not technique, which, I suppose, lias to he acquired—but certainly has to he forgotten! We have to ‘arrive’ at music.” The Charm of Beeches.

“The changing tints of the beech woods in Buckinghamshire are a sight one can never forget,” said the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in New Zealand (Sir. Harry Batterbee) at the ceremony of planting English beeches in Wellington, on Saturday. The director of parks (Mr J. G. MacKenzie) said the type of beech tree sent to Wellington from High Wykeham was common to almost the whole of -Europe. It was a highly decorative tree with attractive foliage whose changing tones in the autumn were a lovely feature. Tn favourable places it grew’ to a height of 100 feet.

Bank Holidays. Representations have been made by the Associated Chambers of Commerce'to the Minister of Finance with the object of having the Banking Act amended so as to eliminate saints’ days from the list of bank holidays. At present St. George’s, St. Patrick’s and St. Andrew’s Days are observed. Wreck of the Devon. Sunday was the anniversary of the wreck of the steamer Devon (6059 tons), near l’encarrow Lighthouse. Entering Wellington Heads from Auckland on the night of August 25, 1913, the Devon ran into a rain squall and went aground, tearing a hole in her plates below the engine-room. Tlio crew were rescued next day.. Methodist Appeal. v Contributions to tho New Zealand Centennial Methodist Thanksgiving Appeal now total more than £20,000. r J he Methodist Times states that the official total is £19,252, but with amounts promised the £20,000 mark will he passed, representing an average donation of nearly £7OO a day. In the past fortnight £9OOO has been given in donations. Export of Trout Eggs. A remarkably good season for the collection of trout eggs for export and rearing purposes is reported by the State hatchery at Turangi on the banks of the famous fishing river Tongariro. The Minister of Internal Affairs stated that up to August 20 7,404,000 eggs had been collected. That number was 1,876,000 over the total number secured in the 1939 season.

Hamilton Anniversary. The 76th anniversary of the foundation of Hamilton fell on Saturday. Hamilton was founded by the members of the Fourth Waikato Regiment, who were recruited in Sydney during the Maori War by Captain William Steele as a body of militia, and who landed at Hamilton on August 24, 1864. The locality was then known as Kirikiriroa, and was renamed after Captain J, F. C. Hamilton, of H.M.S. Esk, who was killed at Gate Pa, Tauranga.