GENERAL ITEMS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 26 August 1941, Page 4

GENERAL ITEMS

i Anglican Bishops. . j There will be an influx of bishops and ' : other dignitaries of the Anglican " J Church to Wellington this week to at- »; tend a series of meetings which will .; last several days. The Standing Committee of General Synod is the most I important of these meetings, represent,r; ing the governing body of the Church. . < The General Synod itself meets only j i once in three years. Other boards or . i committees to meet will be the Board !of Theological Studies, the Church J Army, the Military Affairs Committee. J 1 and the Anglican Board of Missions . Under the auspices of the Board of 1 Missions, the annual thanksgiving service on behalf of the whole Province 1 of New Zealand will be held in St. - Paul’s Cathedral Church on Wednesday. The archbishop will be celebrant, and f all the other bishops will be present, ; Hamilton’s Anniversary. C ’ The 77th anniversary of the foundaj tion of Hamilton fell on Sunday. Hamil- * ' ton dates its origin from the landing : of the 4th Waikato Militia on the easti 'em bank of the Waikato River, at a I point where the Soldiers’ Memorial ’, Park is now situated, on 24th August. 1 1864. Hamilton was constituted a bor- ‘! ough in 1877. In 1901 the population 5! was 1253. It is now in the vicinity of . 20,000. ■; Government and Milkmen. } ’ Another example of the detail to J which present-day Government regula- ' | tion descends is to be found in a notice 1 in the last Gazette approving a milk 1 ; delivery scheme for Whangarei. Ten 2 i persons are authorised to deliver milk lin the borough. Six are allotted one ’ zone apiece and the other four are ' i authorised to continue serving certain - customers whom they served in September, 1940. In two of the cases only 1 1 six customers are involved. - Demand for Horse Collars i “More horse collars are being required to-day than during the past few j years owing to the petrol restrictions,” 1 1 said Mr H. Edwards, chairman of the ! Auckland Footwear Manufacturers’ r j Association, during a case before the No. 1 Armed Forces Appeal Board ‘ Farmers are now using their horses r I more than their trucks,” he added. 1 Whitebait at Takaka ! Although in very small quantities, i in Takaka rivers and streams during 1 ! the past week. Fishermen were busy r j during the week-end, but as far as is J known the catches in most cases did ! not exceed a pint. The weather is * I somewhat cold at present, but showing i signs of becoming warmer, so that with q j improved conditions, a better “run" of L> j the little tish may be expected within the next fortnight. 1 1 The Modern Schoolboy. ' test against the constantly perpetrated ' I howler about the diminishing value of f the modern schoolboy. ' said Mr F. i* I W. Gamble, headmaster of Mount Albert _j Grammar School, at a reunion gatherI ing of old boys on Saturday night (reS; ports the “New Zealand Herald"). “No ! , are not true. Boys appear to come j from primary schools with less ability to tackle problems. They are not so 3 • willing to be drummed. They are more t j individual. The fact that ffieir standard j 1 in examinations may seem low is not j important. The test is what they become and do when they leave school. ■ The youth of New Zealand to-day merei ' ly wants its opportunity."

Destruction of Ragwort I Government assistance to County’ Councils in the last financial year for the destruction of ragwort was ,L 47.416. Practically all the money was spent I in the dau-y districts of the North Is-j land. .Nut Understood “i can understand the feelings of the ; I man who shrinks from war and does ; i not want to go to war, but 1 cannot . Ii nocrstand the man who would stand Iby and watch the murder of women ' land children, said the Rev. J. Hubbard, 1 i ut the gathering in honour of soldiers i and sailors on leave, held in the Palmerston North Opera House (reports ! the "Standard"). “I fail to understand: I the man who would remain aside and! 1 sec civilisation overwhelmed." Dancing Shoes Short “Owing to the present difficulty of | obtaining pointe shoes one cannot cxi poet the standard of pointe work not Jto suffer,” said Miss Constance Mac- ! Wellington competitions on Saturday : (reports “The Post "). There was an j obvious lack of preparation for the work | ol the section, which was for entrants I of 9 to 12 years, said Miss Macdonald, who considered that at least three years of ballet training should have i been done before pupils entered for j such a section. Wild Boar's Attack j Prompt action by a returned soldier, ' Private Reuben Williams, probably j saved the life of Mr lun Blake, of j Tangowahine, when he was knocked j down by a large wild boar, states a ' Dargaville correspondent. Private Wil- ! liams returned last month from the j fighting in Crete. The two men set out to hunt a wild boar which was I known to be killing lambs on the farm of the late Mr S. J. Blake, at the back of Tangowahine. They were travel- | ling along a narrow track in scrub and j tea-tree when the boar charged, knocking Mr Blake down. The boar was on ! top of him when Private Williams fired | from his hip, putting a bullet through i the board’s neck. Two more shots in i the head killed the animal. The first | bullet, after striking the boar, wounded Mr Blake in the upper part of his left j leg. lie was able to walk, and was 1 taken to the Northern Wairoa Hospital. Private Williams, who is aged I about 26, was hampered by having his ' left arm in splints, the result of wounds i in Crete. Troublous Days “We are passing through anxious ; and troublous days which call for forbearance and tolerance from us all; and we need the will to carry on until vic- ; tory is achieved and peace and good ; will among men is once again with us,” | states the annual report of the Rotary Club in Wellington. Let us go forward ; with confidence, strong in the belief ; that our cause is a just one and worthy of our best effort." Seabirds’ Fights j Fighting occasionally occurs between the larger seabirds which follow the fishing-boats at Stewart Island. The ! grey-headed mollymawk in particular. \ states the “Southland News,” has an j antipathy for the nelly, or giant I petrel, and fighting between these two iis fairly evenly contested, although i the. mollymawk more often wins. The tight is to the death, and the method is unusual. The beaks are crossed in a firm grip, and each bird tries to 1 force the other’s head under the water. One encounter witnessed at the South Cape by some fishermen continued for ' over half an hour, when the mollymawk succeeded in drowning the nelly. In its turn, the mollymawk is overi powered by the royal albatross, but is not killed, as it escapes by giving up the fish it has secured, which is all ! that the royal albatross is striving for. The albatross does not cross beaks, but ; grips the mollymawk by the neck and shakes it as a terrier shakes a rat. Return To Active Service. The distinction of being the first New Zealand soldier of the present war to .be invalided hpme through sickness, ; and to have again been passed as fit ! for overseas service, has fallen to a j Morrinsville volunteer, Bombardier P. ! B. L. Cubitt, of Lome street, Morrinsville. After 11 months spent with the ; New Zealand Forces in the Egyptian desert. Bombardier Cubitt was invalided home in January last. Following a period of leave, his recovery was rapid, with the result that he again donned khaki. He has since been medically ex- ! amined and posted to an artillery unit for service overseas. Rotorua Lake Level The high level of Lake Rotorua is 1 evidence of the continued wet weather during July and the heavy rain last i week, states a Rotorua correspondent. The lake is now 11 inches higher than at this time last year, which, according to the records kept for the Rotorua Borough Council for nearly ten (years, was close to the average level | for the middle of August. The rise in the level of the water is believed to have increased the thermal activity ! close to the shore, particularly near | Ohinemutu and the southern end of the lake between Sulphur and Hinemoa Points. The slightly higher level of some of the natural spring baths in the Ward bath building during the last fortnight is also thought to be due to I the same can -e.