NEWS OF THE DAY

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 111, 13 May 1939, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Remanded on Charge of Theft Joe Tainui, aged 38, of Hawaii, and John Gibb Hastings, both labourers, with no fixed abode, who appeared before Mr. H. P. Lawry, S.M., at the Palmerston North Magistrate's Court yesterday, charged that on May 1, 1939, at Mangatainoka, they stole a cheque valued at £1 2s 6d and 18 blank cheque forms valued at 3s, the property of Emma Mexted, were remanded until Monday, May 15. Tuakau Goes Ahead Tuakau can probably claim the distinction of boing more advanced i-an most .towns in New Zealand with the construction of its centenary memorial, which is to take the form of a park and playground at the public swimming pool. The ground has been cleared, ploughed and worked down ready for grassing, and the Department of Agriculture is being consulted as to the best varieties of grass to sow and the best method of establishing a good sward. Car Runs Off Road When the two daughters of the lit. Hon. J. G. Coates were motoring in the vicinity of the Ruawai saleyards the car left the road and ran into a drain. Miss Pat Coates received a fracture of the wrist and elbow'. Miss Iri Coates escaped injury. After the injured girl had received attention from the St. John Ambulance officer at Ruawai, Mr. W. Aiken took her to tho Paparoa Hospital. She* was later admitted to the Northern Wairoa Hospital at Te Kopuru. Tho car was extensively daihaged. Travellers’ Clearance Papers After being in practice for nearly a fortnight the requirement under tho social security contribution regulations that passengers sailing for abroad must have clearance certificates from the Commissioner of Taxeg is now being handled smoothly, states the New Zealand Herald. The Monterey, leaving for San Francisco from Auckland on May 1, was delayed by unfamiliarity with requirements among passengers and by faults in the system passengers companies reported that the initial difficulties now. appear to have been overcome and that both passengers and the Taxation Department are fully conversant with the regulations. Keas in Berlin According to a letter received ir. Dunedin from the director of the zoological gardens in Berlin, a shipment of eight keas which, w'ero sent to Germany from the Dominion about two years ago have become quite acclimatised and spend both summer and winter in the open air. ‘ ‘ Visitors to tho gardens and wo ourselves rejoice over the lovely nature of these birds and tlieir loud calls, ” states the letter. “They represent one of the most interesting varieties in our collection, and now that they have become accustomed to tho food we give them we hope to keep them for a long time.” Caretakers’ Salaries Referring to what it describes as the “intricate and difficult question of caretakers’ salaries,” the annual report of the Canterbury School Committees’ Association states that no association of school committees in New Zealand had endeavoured, to the extent that the Canterbury association had, to evolve a scheme for a rational and national basis of equitable treatment of the only exisiting body of workers in this country not regimented by the Government. 1 ‘ Is it the desire of school committees to retain control and appointment of their individual caretakers, the one most positive power left to themf” asks the report. J Auckland Girls’ Ride Two Auckland girls who had planned an extended riding tour of the Auckland province found their adventure suddenly cut short by the break in the autumn w r eather last week. They had left the city, one on a thorough-bred hack and the other on a half-bred trotting horse, and travelled through Bombay, where they took a hilly backblocks road to Thames, camping out at quiet places on the route and pasturing their horses in roadside paddocks. Following the Coromandel coast, they reached a point over one hundred miles from Auckland. One made tho round trip, re-‘ turning to the city through Miranda and Clevedon, and the other journeyed acioss the peninsula to Mercury Bay.

Dip in Arctic Ocean Recent interesting experiences oi Mr H. E. Poole, of london, and formerly of Australia, who arrived in Auckland by the Awatea from Sydney, included trips through Finland and Lapland to the Arctic Ocean and to the borders of Northern Russia. “I indulged in a dip in tho Arctic Ocean,” said Mr Poole, “and the experience was more interesting than pleasant. The climate in that far northern region is warm in the summer time, but, of course, the water is perpetually cold. It was also interest ing to me to note the British enterprise in this territory, for I came across a nickel mine within comparatively few miles of the Arctic Ocean, and hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle.’’ Two Pew Interests “Few people have any interests outside the things that affect their own comforts, and even hero there is unpardonable confusion,” said Mr T. Kane, M.A., in his presidential ad dress at the opening of the annual conference of the New Zealand Educational Institute in Wellington on Monday. “Teachers, also, who have too few interests apart from their own profession, get out of touch with reality,” he added. “They are unable to rise above the day-to-day. regimentation of the ‘traditional’ school. Their vision, too, is restricted. It is remarkable how few people see any distance ahead of themselves. As they have never made any provision for tre future, they are quite unprepared to meet adversity when it comes. Perhaps the general aimlessness, inaction, and ineptitude are a reflection on the schools and teachers of yesterday. ’ ’ Retain your personality with glasses designed to suit you—a necessary adjunct to accurate examination. Modern mountings are attractive. N. C. Holland, F.8.0.A. (Honours), F. 1.0. (Eng.), Consulting Optician, Commercial Buildings (upstairs), Square.*