New Territorial Unit. A change in the designation of a unit of the territorial force is announced in the current issue of the New Zealand Gazette. The recently-formed 2nd Battalion, Hawke’s Bay Regimejit, will in future be knowij as the Ist Battalion Ruahine Regiment, and its headquarters are to be located at Dannevirke. During the Great War Ruahine companies of the Wellington battalions served with the Expeditionary Force. Timber in New Minesweeper. The fact that about 40,000 ft. of kauri and totara had been built into the ship was mentioned by the Minister of Supply, the lion. D. G. .Sullivan, when speaking at the launching of the new minesweeper Hinau. lie added that it had not been easy to get the timber and one might wish that in earlier days there had been less prodigality in tlie use and misuse of the two trees. Mr. Sullivan also mentioned that the name of the hinau tree symbolised toughness, strength and durability. Such qualities were essential for a ship which had been built for arduous service.
V Sign as Postmark. The V sign has been adopted as a postmark in Western Australia. On a letter received recently from Perth the postmark consisted of a rectangle in the middle of which was a large V. On both sides of the V were inscriptions of the Morse signal for V—three dots and a dash.
Youthful Inquiry Agent. “What is your age?” asked Mr. Justice Fair in the Auckland .Supreme Court on Friday when a youth stepped into the witness-box to give evidence as an assistant to a private inquiry agent. The case was one in which a woman sought divorce. The witness said he was 18, and in answer to further questions said his parents knew and approved of his occupation, though he hud not discussed its desirability with them. “It is proper,’’ said His Honour, ‘‘that some persons should be engaged in employment of that kind, but it is really very undesirable that a young man of immature years should be engaged in that work. You might convey that to your parents and discuss it with them.’*
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 208, 2 September 1941, Page 4
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