General News

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 30 September 1942, Page 4

General News

11 i Schoolboy Treasure I £ j A Nelson schoolboy was walking U i along the street yesterday gazing in- 1 1 tently at something he held in his ; t j hand. Obviously it was precious though jonly a thin piece of sheet aluminium : e about the size of a florin. He invited a t passer-by to look at what he had got: a bit of metal from the Lockheed plane . which crashed on Mt. Richmond. It ' ! had come from another boy whose | father possessed a piece of the wing bin i not as a gift—the new owner had been i forced to trade a miniature battery to | obtain it. 1 ‘‘Committee" Defined ! Saying that he was “not. in favour j ! of a lot of committees.” Mr M. E. i j Lyons, at a meeting of Christchurch j ! market gardeners and growers, said ! I that he had recently come across a | definition of a committee which bethought was quite good, reports the “Star-Sun.” A committee was a collection of individuals who individually could do nothing, but collectively, as a committee, could decide to do nothing. Nursing Trainees Wanted A recent assertion that a provincial i hospital was refusing would-be trainees j ! on the ground that it had a long wait jing list most certainly did not represent conditions at the Auckland Hospital .stated the chairman oi the Auckland j Hospital Board. Mr A. J. Moody. ! "We want 40 new trainees every ten j weeks,” said Mr Moody, “and we are ; not getting that number. Since the Hotel Cargen was taken over we have I had much increased accommodation for j j trainees, and we want all we can get.” ('lass in Court A senior form of boys from the Auck- ; • land Grammar School provided an in- j I terested “gallery” in the Supreme Court. The Court was holding its j ; monthly bankruptcy sitting, and several j ; company matters also came up l’or consideration in chambers. When the! i Court adjourned, the boys quickly j j formed, themselves into a class and. un- j j der the guidance of a master, went over j the proceedings they had just witnessed, i Home Guardsman Gets Pension A member of the Invercargill bat (talion of the Home Guard who took ill after taking part in manoeuvres of the ; battalion several months ago. and as a i result was not able to attend to his business, has been granted a pension by the* War Pensions Appeal Board. The guardsman applied to the War Pensions Board for a pension, but the application, jsavs the “Southland Times,” was ref us- ! ec!. An appeal was then lodged and 'this was presented to the Appeal Board . during its recent sittings in Dunedin ; by Mr W. F. H. Stone, secretary of the Invercargill R.S.A. The board decided ’ i that the guardsman should have a full pension until 31st ’October, by which ; i ■ date he expects to be able to resume ibis occupation, and a pension of £1 a j t i week lor three months thereafter. The [ 5 ! full pension is to be made retrospective * ■, to the dale on which the guardsman i ■ look ill. Mr Stone presented 16 other .-Southland appeals to the board and ’ ; three-quarters of them were granted. 1 Ten of the appeals were on behalf of i men who have returned from the pre- -. sent war. >j Family of Eight Sons i Evidence that of eight sons, whose , ages ranged from 18 to 38. none was in the armed forces was given before 1 r the No. 2 Armed Forces Appeal Board. ' 5 when appeals on behalf of five on the j , grounds of public interest and conscienk tious objection were heard. It was ‘ stated that one member of the family Mwas in a defaulters’ camp. The family 2 . was engaged in farming, beekeeping. ,; storekeeping and contracting at Orini. '•The appeals of Raymond Ernest Han- - 5! sen. Edgar Hansen and Allen Hansen s j were adjourned sine die. It was pointed

out that there was no appeal against Territorial service for R. E. Hansen, who said he had seven children. The appeals of Owen Hansen and Clarence Hansen were dismissed and their appeals on conscientious grounds were also dismissed, non-combatant service being recommended. Glasshouse Tomatoes Setting Outside tomato plants have made their appearance in one Nelson tomato garden and in a number of gardens the sticks have been put in the ground ready for the planting. In the glasshouses tomatoes are flowering, and on a few plants the fruit has already set. National Savings Quota Lijst week 109 towns, including seven of the main provincial centres, attained their objectives in the National Savings weekly quota contest. This show, a slight falling off in comparison with the preceding week, when 113 towns were successful. A notable feature about the latest returns, however. is the attainment of 50 consecutive weekly successes at nine places, namely. New Plymouth. Ashburton, Hawera. Kaikourn. Hunterville. Hawarden. Cheviot. Urenui and Weber. ! which have the proud distinction of having gained their objectives every i week since the inception of the scheme in October, 1941.

laOOd save u.v BUHiiut A quick cull and a prompt turn out by the Blenheim Fire Brigade saved | the valuable storage building of Trans- : port i Nelson) Ltd. from going up ill smoke recently. "The Express’" reports that a lead was run into the building, and, with good pressure played on the embryo blaze from the inside and then lire outside. Some sheets of iron were ; removed tram the roof and the fire effectively “doused." The tire, though not spectacular, was a very valuable save since Blenheim storage capacity, with the wool season near*, is scarce. Too Much Talk About I'anir "There is too much talk about panic." I said Mr C. W. Hamann, Deputy Chiet i Engineer of the Ministry of Home j Security in Britain, in a broadcast ad- j dress from Wellington this week, when | he referred to the attitude of people | who asked themselves whether they ■ would be fearful and frightened if a ■ raid came. "One would imagine." he j continued, “that we are the decadent J people the Axis have been saying we are. I saw nothing of panic in Britain, and X saw some of the worst raids there. A tittle hysteria, perhaps, but not panic. ft is disturbing to find people in New Zealand talking themselves into a state in which panic could occur. The saying 'Britain can take it’ is valuable in that it epitomises the ' will of Britain to win through and not •be overawed, but too much reliance on the saying could talk people into a | I state of complacency.” A bomb drop- j i ped in New Zealand would cause the j same damage as a bomb dropped in ( Britain, he said, and therefore the I quality of E.P.S. services in New ZeuIland cities and towns must be of the same standard as those of London. Birmingham, or Manchester. Some thought it only necessary to plan and Ito put the plan into action when danget- came, but that was wrong, for the i excellence of the service would come only through efficient organisation.