NEWS OF THE DAY

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 278, 24 November 1939, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

Citizens' Lunch Club “Fiji” is the subject of Mr. G. TV. Mills’ address to-day at the Palmerston North Lunch Club. Mr. TV. T. Penny is in the chair. Cheap Travelling A shilling will buy tram travel all day on London routes, said Mr. H. Macintosh, who has returned to Christchurch from a trip abroad. One of these tickets enabled a passenger to ride as much as he wanted, and take trips of 20 miles or more. Trams liad been moved out of the Heart of London and replaced by buses, he continued, relieving traffic congestion and giving a more flexible and rapid service. Alien Control Regulations An amendment to the Alien Control Regulations exempting three classes of persons who would otherwise be affected by these regulations is published with last night’s Gazette. The classes exempted in future will be those who became naturalised British subjects before August 4, 1911, those born in British Dominions whose parents became naturalised British subjects before August 4, 1914, and also persons born in New Zealand presumably of alien parents who have lived in New Zealand all their lives. Coffee Plants Grown Growing in the garden of Mr. Edward F. Bradley, at Takahue, are three coffee plants, believed to be the first ever grown in North Auckland. After more than a score of failures, in which seed from Fiji, San Salvador, Mexico, Cut*i, Jamaica and Venezuela was tried, Mr. Bradley at length obtained samples of seed from the coffee ranch of ticnor Frederico Yui Slian, located in the Valley of the Angels, Honduras. From this seed the plants were grown. They are now about a foot high and it will bo interesting to sec if they arrive at maturity and whether the northern climate is sufficiently warm for the trees to bear. Safety of Sea Travel Commenting on the comparatively small numbers of passengers travelling to New Zealand at present, Mr. John V. Moran, of Sydney, said in an interview that he put it down to a quite unnecessary fear of the risk involved in sea travel under war conditions. ‘ ‘ Too much stress cannot be laid on the absurdity of fear in this part of the world,” Mr. Moran said. “Apart from the fact that there are very few enemy raiders abroad, it has oeen clearly shown they are keeping well elear oi the main trade routos. My wife was slightly nervous of the voyage before we left Sydney, but once at sea I do not think she gave it another thought. The crossing from Australia to New Zealand is as safe as houses, and it seems a pity that travellers should be put off by unnecessary nervousness. ’ ’