GENERAL ITEMS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 13 June 1936, Page 6

GENERAL ITEMS

June 13 marks the 79th anniversary of the Constitution of the Church of England in New Zealand. One of the panels of the Christchurch Cathedral depicts the close of the conference in St. Stephen’s Chapel, Parnell, Auckland. Bishop Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand, in the doorway saying: “Well then, we understand the Constitution is settled!” With him are Bishop Abraham, Archdeacon (later Bishop) Hadfield, Chief Justice Sir William Martin, Attorney-General Swainson, and an unidentified layman.

“Generally speaking, the treatment of history still awaits a wider conception,” remarks the annual report of the inspectors of the Wellington schools. “The time-worn procession of kings and battles is but tardily yielding to the more vital and more interesting pageant of man’s social and educational progress down the centuries. In classes where the teaching is limited to the text book—and these appear to be all too numerous—it is not surprising to find that the subject has been robbed of its natural appeal to children. Where, on the other hand, vital oral teaching, supplemented by such visual aids as time charts, pictures, etc., has awakened a purposeful interest and a desire to read, the subject takes its right place in the foreffont of liberal human ■studies.”

A young man, Mr Jack Murch, had a finger of his right hand crushed yesterday morning, necessitating its amputation. TJje accident occurred iust before noon at the Nelson Car Wreckers’, Trafalgar street, when a truck was being unloaded, a piece of machinery falling on Mr Murch’s hand. He was admitted to the Public Hosoital and operated on.

When a request from five ratepayers of Brightwater was received by the Waimea County Council yesterday for the erection of a light in a dark lane, the chairman, Councillor J. Corder, after the matter had been turned down, remarked that as far as the motorist was concerned he would sooner be without such lights, though as far as the pedestrian was concerned that was a horse of another colour.

The Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage) stated yesterday, in connection with the forthcoming visit to Western Samoa of the Hon. F. Langstone and Mr J. O’Brien, M.P., that the Samoans had been assured that there would be absolutely no restrictions upon their movements during the visit ol the Government representatives, who earnestly .invited all ictions of the people, both Mau and jVlalo, to meet them. Mr Nelson will return to Samoa by the July voyage of the m.v. Maui Pomare, and will arrive in Apia on 21st July, and will accordingly be in the territory before Mr Langstone and Mr O’Brien leave Samoa on their return to New Zealand.

A ratepayer waited on the Waimea County Council yesterday protesting against the closing of a road by another ratepayer up the right bank of the Tadmor river near the Sherry. He was now compelled to go down into the river. He wished the road defined for about eight chains. ■ The matter was left to the Engineer.

“The management of the institution is being most ably conducted by Mr F. W; Dawson and the high officials under 1 him,” said the chairman of the Bank of New Zealand at the annual meeting yesterday. “Mr Dawson is proving a worthy successor to the late General Manager, Sir Henry Buckleion. The managers and officers at the various branches, as well as those at head office, are carrying out their duties in a highly / satisfactory manner. They are thoroughly loyal and are enthusiastic in promoting the welfare of the institution.”

“As far as can be ascertained, the needs of the public as regards the denominations of Reserve Bank notes are adequately met by the existing notes,” states the report of the Board nf Directors to the Minister of Finance, Hon. W. Nash. “Therefore it is not proposed to incur the expense oi adding to the number of denominations of the original issue unless and until there is evidence of a reasonably widespread demand for notes of any other denominations. The question of a chahge of design for notes of a more permanent nature has engaged the attention of the board, but it is not proposed to take any definite action in that respect for the present.” Tobacco growers are reminded by the Tobacco Board that no raw tobacco can be sold except in accordance with a warrant in force under the Act. Immediate application should be made for a w.arrant to sell. Form? may be obtained from the secretary of the Board, Box 1679, Wellington, from the district officers of the Department of Industries and Commerce in the main centres, from the secretaries of tobacco growers’ associations, and from the Tobacco Instructors of the Department of Agriculture. An announcement by the Board appears elsewhere in this issue.

Mr F. H. Sharland advises electors that a city roll is available for inspection at his shop where application forms for enrolment may be obtained. The rojl closes at 5 p.m. on Monday. The attention of readers is drawn to the advertisement relating to the competition for the selection of a name for the newly-formed organisation for the advancement of Nelson. The provisional committee hopes that this competition will, in addition to providing ihe organisation with a name, do much to arouse the interest of the public in the aims and objects, of the organisation. It must be realised that the interests of the city are the interests of every citizen, and what is to the benefit of the city will, directly or indirectly,. benefit every resident and visitor.

St. Barnabas’ Church, Stoke, will be celebrating its Church .Festival next Sunday, ,14th June. The preacher in the morning will be the Dean of Nelson.

Arrangements in connection with the Motueka A. and P. Association’s annual ball, to be held in the Institute Hall, on the 23rd June (King’s Birthday), are in the hands of an energetic committee, and every effort will be put forward to make the function an outstanding success. The various cups awarded at the last A. and P. Show will be presented to the winners at the ball.

The Postal authorities advise that the Wanganella, leaving Sydney today. will carry English air mails despatched from London on 20th, 24th. 27th, and.3lst May..

! The question as to what the term “noxious weeds” means was raised by Councillor J. Murcott at the Waimea County Council meeting yesterday. A ratepayer he knew had cut out all the blackberries on his frontage and left fern and other rubbish, contending that : it did not come under the heading of j noxious weeds. The section of the Act j was read in which it was stated that ' an owner of property was required j “to cut down and remove all obstructions to traffic arising from the growth of plants.”

Writing from Gimmerburn to the “Otago Daily Times,” Mr J. A. Miller says: “Whilst out shooting on Sunday I had the unusual experience of seeing and shooting a pure white hare. This animal was of the usual size, was in good, healthy condition, and had not a hair of another colour on it. The eyes, also, which, with the ordinary hare, are brown, were of a pink-white colour. The hare was not shot in snow country or at a high altitude but on a paddock very much below the usual snow level. It made a very pretty and outstanding sight when first seen running over the paddock.”

The appearance earlier this week of a report concerning a mistake in greeting the French sloop Savorgnan de Brazza at Wellington with the wrong flag and salute of guns, has prompted a reader of “The Dominion” to relate the following incident: “In the ’eighties of last century, when- the first Japanese warship to visit New Zealand, the Tsukuba, arrived at Auckland, it was discovered that military headquarters did not possess a flag of Japan. Nobody was quite sure what constituted an official flag. Books were consulted and finally a piece of bunting of regulation size was procured and a painter placed a splotch of red paint in the centre. The Tsukuba saluted the port with 21 guns. The A Battery (now No. 1 Battery) paraded in Albert Park, hoisted the improvised flag and proceeded to return the salue gun by gun. Unfortunately a friction tube failed to function, and so only 20 rounds were fired. The battery commander said, ‘Oh, they will never notice the omission.’ But notice it the Japanese did. Presently a dapper little officer in full uniform, with sword and cocked hat, stepped ashore, proceeded to Government House and requested an explanation of the omission. The lame excuse was made that there was a shortage of cartridges—so many warships having visited the port lately. The battery paraded again, however, and fired the full number of rounds.”