Missing Bank Notes.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 143, 19 May 1941, Page 6

Missing Bank Notes.

It is understood that none of the bank-notes, totalling £IOOO, which disappeared when in transit in the mail between Wellington and Bulls recently, have yet been recovered. Missing Explosives Magazine. Nothing ha 6 been seen yet of the missing explosives magazine (which looks like a small dog kennel at first glance) which was washed from the bank of the Manawatu Gorge in the recent flood. The magazine contained about 5500 detonators. Not Bilingual.

Among the booty taken from the Italians by the Greeks in their drive across Albania were thousands of mules, used for transport by the enemy. Stubborn beasts at the l>est of times, the mules proved completely worthless and had to be shot, eventually finding their way uno me Italian prisoners’ dixies. The mules had boon trained to take commands in Italian, and would not budge an inch for Greek. Fall Over Cliff.

.Reported missing from her home early yesterday afternoon, Mrs A. Gillespie. aged GB, the wife of Mr David Gillespie, of New Plymouth, was found by relatives later in the day lying dead at the foot of Woolcombo Terrace. Although inquiries are still being made, there is little evidence to indicate how Mrs Gillespie came to fall down a cliff unless it was by accident. She was recovering from the effects of a severe attack of influenza. — Press Association.

Concern for Maori Soldiers. The anxiety of the Arawa tribes and the .Maori people generally caused by hick ol definite news concerning casualties in the Greek enterprise was expressed in a telegram by the chairman of the Arawa Trust Board, Mr Tai Mitchell, lo the Minister of Defence (Hon. F. Jones). In reply the Minister assured Mr Mitchell that the actingPrime Minister had cabled the General Officer Commanding the Expeditionary Force requesting that dispatch of news he expedited if possible to allay the concern of the Maori people. Rifles Impressed. The majority of the 1500 or more .JOT rifles which wore the subject of impressment orders in the Palmerston North police district have now been handed in. Apart from these are a number which are the subject of appeals to the Minister of National Service. for under the regulation governing the impressment a rifle may he retained if it is required for the destruction of deer or of vermin, such as wild pigs. The returns from the country police stations have not yet been received, but 37.5 rifles have been handed in at Palmerston North. Footwear Plan.

The statement made by the Leader of the Opposition (Mr S. G. Holland) in reference to the voting on the footwear plan under the terms of the Industrial Efficiency Act has been replied to by the Minister of Industries and Commerce (Hon. D. G. Sullivan). He said that following; his conference with the executive of trie New Zealand Footwear Manufacturers’ Federation, lie had submitted the whole matter to the Crown Law Office for legal advice. The Solicitor-General had advised him that the plan had been carried in accordance with the Act. The Minister added that the figure of 503 per cent, quoted by Mr Holland was the correct otic, the figure of 53 per cent, having been quoted in error, hut this did not affect the issue, as it was indisputable that there was a majority on the employee basis, even though, as he mentioned a few days ago, it was small.

Further State Houses. Advice has been received by Mr J. Hodgens, M.P., that tenders are to be calle<l shortly for a further 12 units in Palmerston Noi’th in the furtherance of the State housing programme. Eels as Pets In a small creek at Oreva, near Auckland, a local resident has a number of eels as pets. They allow themselves to be lilted out of the water and shown to visitors. IVlien called, the eels swim to tile bank and lift their heads above water. Fall From Motor-Cycle. Mr M. 'White, of Palmerston North, was admitted to the Hospital yesterday; having suffered cuts and abrasions to the head as the result of a) tall from a motor-cycle. He has undergone an operation and his condition to-day was reported to be very satisfactory. Road Covered With Silt. About five miles of the roadway I westwards from the Half-Crown llend j at Rangiotu, on the Pox Jon Line, is i covered with wet, sticky silt which : was deposited bv the recent flood > waters. Motorists who have come on i to the silt without warning and who have, been travelling at a last speed have found their cars capsizing into the drains at the sides of the road. One local firm was called out on four - occasions during the week-end to pull cars back to the roadway. A Dead Letter. The opinion that the arrangement] between himself and the Prime Minis-] ter to reduce party political propa-j ganda to a minimum had already bo-j come a dead letter is expressed by: the Leader of the Opposition (Mr S. G. Holland) in a letter he has sent to the Acting-Prime Minister (Hon. W. Nash). Mr Holland’s letter was in reply to a telegram received by him; from Mr Nash in response to repres-j entations made by Mr Holland over; statements by the Minister of Health, and the Minister of Industries and. Commerce. “Your attitude suggests j that there is little to be gained by, further discussion, and your unwilling-] ness to ensure that in luture such; obvious propaganda will lie restricted forces me to the reluctant conclusion that the arrangement between Mr Fraser and myself has already become a dead letter.” states the Leader of the Opposition.