NEWS OF THE DAY

Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 265, 7 November 1941, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Citizens’ Lunch Club “Slang” is the quaint subject of Mr. G. A. Ball’s address to-day. £3OO Wanted In order that Palmerston North might obtain its quota of National Savings for this week another £3OO is required before noon on Saturday. The committee hopes, said the district organiser (Mr. A. C. P. Charles), that citizens will not let last week’s effort be a ‘ ‘flash in the pan.” The war still has to be won. Shipment Takes Two Years A consignment of 250 hand saws from a Swedish firm, which was ordered by an Auckland importer in July, 1939, has just arrived at Sydney. The shipment was sent from Sweden to Finland and then across Siberia, eventually reaching New York. The Auckland firm has long given up the saws as lost and it came as a distinct surprise to learn that they had reached Sydney. It is hoped the shipment will be landed shortly. Veteran’s Birthday

Continuing to enjoy fairly good health, the veteran Auckland sportsman Mr. Arthur Seliby celebrated his 96th birthday yesterday. Although he is not quite as robust or active as on his last birthday, Mr. Selby keeps in personal touch with, all his former sporting activities. For 3G years Mr. Sel'by was clerk of the course at Ellerslie and for 20 years he was huntsman for the Hunt.

Special Health Stamps An arrangement of interest to philatelists and, first-day cover collectors has been made in connection with the official opening of the Roxburgh children’s health camp this week. A special post office will be provided at the camp and to commemorate the occasion a special issue of souvenir envelopes and health stamps has been made. They will bear special markings and special cancellation stamps will also be used.

Two Minutes’ Silence on Armistice Day Citizens and traffic control authorities throughout New Zealand are requested in a notice appearing in the Gazette to observe the practice adopted throughout the Dominion on former similar occasions of two minutes’ silence from II a.in. and the suspension of all vehicular traffic during that period on November 11, Armistice Day (.Tuesday next), it is suggested that where a service is held it should be at the local cenotaph or War memorial as the case may be.

Petrol Position More Grave “The situation in the Dominion with rqgard to petrol is now more difficult than it has oeen at any time since the outbreak of war, ’ ’ said the Minister of {Supply, Hon. D. G. {Sullivan, speaking at a “Weapons from Waste” exhibition at Dunedin. “I want to say to everyone that to whatever extent they can help in the conservation of petrol they will be doing a truly national service and one of great importance at the present time.” Mr. {Sullivan said every motorist for his own sake should thin* about the problem and do everything he could to save fuel.

Porters in Short Supply A big shortage in the “porter” staff of the j/almerston North railway station was disclosed during the hearing ot evidence by No. 4A Armed f orces Appeal Boaru in Dalmerston North yesterday. Since the outbreak of war 22 trained porters have been lost to the service and there are still 16 vacancies. Of (59 porters at the station, only 26 are classified as trained. The rest are juniors and casuals. In ordinary circumstances tfiere would be only half a dozen juniors, all the remainder being trained. Golf Material Wanted

“I have been asked by keen golfers here whether the board would approach the New Zealand Golf Council for a supply of second-hand clubs aud balls, states Lieutenant-Colonel F. Waite, overseas commissioner for the National Patriotic Fund Board, in a recent report to the board from the Middle East.

• 4 There is an acute shortage of such material in Egypt and auhough the local clubs are most generous in lending their equipment, our men would like some equipment of their own. It is iiupossiole to buy it here.” Woman Killed by Tree

Fatal injuries were suffered by a Clevedon larmer’s wife on Tuesday when a tree she was felling on her husband’s property unexpectedly crashed down on her. The victim was Mrs. May luslev, aged 40, wife of Mr. Percy Alfred lnsley, Ness Valley, Clevedon, a well-known pedigree Ayrshire breeder. With Mrs. lnsley, her daughter Elsie, aged 16, had almost finished cutting down a manuka tree. A rope had been attached to the higher.reaches of the tree and as Miss lnsley pulled to bring it down, an adjoining willow tree was released. It fell on her mother, pinning her to the ground. Efforts were made by the daughter to lift the tree, but it was too heavy. Despite Miss lnsley’s cries for help no one heard her and it was not until after she had been able to get the assistance of neighbours that the tree was lifted off her mother. Mrs. lnsley was unconscious, and died before Dr. H. H, Cheesman, of Clevgdon, arrived.