Tree Planting in Schools.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 97, 24 March 1941, Page 6

Tree Planting in Schools.

About COOO native and 21.000 exotic plants wore roared in Canterbury schools under the centennial planting scheme.

Desert Road to Taupo. The new formation of the Desert Road to Taupo to make it an all-wea-tlier. route has been completed and the surface metalled except for a short stretch at the Turangi end. The Napier Seat.

An announcement of liis intention to contest the Napier seat at the next general election has been made by Mr H. lan Simson. He will 6tand as an Independent Liberal candidate. A Generous Gift.

The secretary of the National Patriotic Fund Board has been advised that the staffs of Woolworths (N.Z.), Ltd., throughout the Dominion, are presenting two mobile canteens for use with the New Zealand forces. Soldiers For Traffic Duty. The second Provost Company, which has been in camp at the Danncvirke Showgrounds, left for Wellington en Saturday. They will undertake traffic duty in Wellington for one week in order to complete their training. Child Blown Into River.

When a gust of wind caught the umbrella she was carrying, a small child was blown into the Okuti River, near Little River, Canterbury, and might have been drowned but for the' prompt action of the schoolmaster, Mr L. Perry.

War Library Service. Since the War Library Service was established to provide for the reading requirements of the New Zealand forces on behalf of the National Patriotic Fund Board, it has distributed 81,913 books and 56,069 magazines and periodicals. Treacherous River.

A warning to bathers in the Rangltikei River at Kakaraki was given by the Coroner (Mr A. J. B. Sicely) at an inquest heid in Marton into the death of Ivan Edward Mercer, who was accidentally drowned in the river on March IG\ '"The Rangitikei, especially during a flood, is a very treacherous river," said Mr fcJicely. Liquor on Trains. The Dominion Convention of the W.C.T.U.. meeting at Nelson, passed a resolution that the attention of the Minister of Railways be again called to the discomfort and annoyance caused to the travelling public by the excessive drinking of liquor on trains, and urging stricter supervision. The convention endorsed several Education Boards' protests against the broadcasting of crime serials.—Press Association. Military ETcquette.

At the conclusion of an address to members of the Home Guard'at Hamilton, Major-General R. Young, Dominion Commander of the Home Guard, was loudly applauded by his audience of 700 guardsmen. When the applause had stopped, the General told his audience that it was not military etiquette for troops to applaud an officer, but in order to clear any feeling of a rebuke he added: "You know why, of course? Well, you are not allowed to count an officer out, either." Prized Souvenirs.

A battle-torn ensign and a blackened house flag are especially prized souvenirs of the present war in the possession of the Girls' Mercantile Auxiliary Club in Auckland, which is run by business girls for the benefit of officers of the mercantile marine. From the Federal Company's steamer Cornwall the club has received a red ensign in tatters. It was flown when the Cornwall was attacked by Italian aeroplanes in the Mediterranean 400 miles from Malta. The ship caught fire, but the outbreak was later extinguished by the crew. Honourable dirt from a smoke screen covers the house flag from an overseas motor-vessel; It was hoisted when the vessel was pursued by an enemy ship.

Bulldog Ant. Specimens of the bulldog ant, an Australian pest capable of inflicting painful bites and stings, have been found alive at Milforu, Auckland. Record Air Trip.

The fastest crossing of the Tasman was made yesterday by the flying-boat Aotearoa. Travelling at an average speed of 193 miles an hour she made the trip to Auckland in 6 hours 57 minutes, the previous fastest time being 7 hours 25 minutes. A following wind of about 40 miles an hour made the record possible. Soldier's Sudden Death.

The death occurred suddenly at the Foxton military camp on Saturday of Farrier-Sergeant Hector Daniel Bray, married, aged 55, of Taihape. An inquest was held and evidence given that a post mortem examination had shown the cause of death to be heart failure. The Coroner's finding was in accordance with this evidence. Delays On Main Trunk.

The Main Trunk trains arc still running behind schedule as the result of the washout which occurred a short distance south of Te Kuiti early on Saturday morning. The Limited express from Auckland which is due to arrive in Palmerston North at 6.55 a.m. on.its way to Wellington did not arrive until an hour later to-day. Remarkable Egg Production.

What is believed to be a record for New Zealand has been established by six pullets and four hens owned by Mr A. It. Mackie, of Aokautere. Yesterday these 10 birds, each of which has been yielding an egg a day, produced no fewer than 12 eggs of an average weight of 2Joz. Mr Mackie would be interested to leani whether this figure has been bettered.