GENERAL ITEMS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 7 December 1938, Page 6

GENERAL ITEMS

First Aid in School At the beginning of the year, under Divisional Superintendent H. E. Ashton, the pupils of Forms I and II of Tahunanui school received instrufction in the theory and practice of elementary first aid. At a subsequent voluntary examination conducted by Dr. Crawshaw, 92 per cent, of those presented passed. Recently, arising from that examination, certificates were issued from Wellington, and were presented by the superintendent, who remarked that the school had the unique distinction of being the first primary school in the Dominion to gain such certificates. A Housing Anomaly Despite the fact that there are a number of houses vacant, there continues to be a serious difficulty in renting dwellings in Napier (states the "Telegraph”). The reason, of course, is to be found in the desire for many owners to effect sales, and, in consequence of the legislation which prevents them from giving tenants notice without finding them other quarters, they are choosing to leave their houses vacant. "I know of a number of such houses,” said a Napier land agent who was approached in the matter. “The owners would be willing to let them providing that, in the event of their securing buyers they could give their tenants, say, a month’s notice and then take possession. There are plenty of tenants seeking houses, but the owners just cannot afford to let them in.” Court Question Forbidden The question not infrequently asked i of a witness in Court, whether another i person is going to be called as a wit- j ness, was disallowed by Mr Justice | Callan in the Supreme Court at Auck- j land on Monday (reports the “Herald"). The matter, he said, had been discuss- j ed quite recently by a group of judges I in Wellington, and their considered opinion was that the question was not a fair or proper one. The reason was that the final determination whether it was wise or necessary or expedient to call a witness really rested on counsel. Of course, that did not prohibit the asking of questions tending to show that a certain person was available to be called. Disputes at Westfield Reference to the frequency of stoppages at the Westfield works was made in the Otahuhu Magistrate’s Court by an appellant who sought a variation of a Court order. Questioned as to his employment, he said he was now working at Westfield freezing works. “We don’t get full time,” he continued. "Every other day there is a strike or a hold up of work while there is an argument about something or other.” Mr W. R. McKean, who was on the Bench, remarked: “You want Mr Semple to come and see about it ”