LOCAL AND GENERAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23603, 12 March 1940, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Broadcast From Britain Auckland is not the only city nor is New* Zealand the only country in which interest is being taken in the Government's decision to control work on the waterfront. Interest in the decision is also being taken in- Britain, for reference was made to it in the Daventry news bulletins broadcast to the Empire last night.

Concert at Camp Prior 1o men of the second echelon of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force in camp at Papaknra beginning Easter leave this week, an open-air concert will he held at the camp to-night. By holding the concert in the open air, all the men in cam]) will be able to attend. Arranged by the Auckland Metropolitan Patriotic Committee, the concert will be provided by Auckland artists. New Auckland Landmaik

Now nearing completion on the top of One Tree Hill, the Sir John Logan Campbell obelisk memorial to the Maori race already forms such a distinctive landmark that it can be seen by travellers long before they reach the suburbs. It has also been seen from many points in Hauraki Gulf and on recent mornings the clear morning air has made it plainly visible from higher points on Waiheke Island, about 20 miles distant. Dominion Sheep New Zealand sheep-breeders will forward a representative shipment of ewes and rams to South Africa next month to challenge Australian competitors at the Natal Royal Show and other important sheep shows. It will be the largest and most select consignment ever to leave the Dominion, and will include Merinos, C'orriedales, Romnevs. Knglish and Border Leicesters and Southdowns. Displays of the outstanding New Zealand Corriedale and Bomnev wools will also be made.

Hamilton Leaflet Raid A Royal Now Zealand Air Force aeroplane from the Hobsonvillo Air Base will "bomb" Hamilton with leaflets at mid-day 011 Friday. On similar lines to the project recently carried out at. Auckland, the machine will drop circulars drawing attention to the recruiting meeting to be hold at Hamilton 011 Saturday night, when the deputy-Prime Minister, the Hon. P. Fraser, and the Chief of the General Stall', MajorGeneral J. E. Duigan, will. be among the speakers. A Busy Authority

The past year has been a busy one for the No. 1 Transport Licensing Authority, Mr. E. J. Phelan. Since March 31, 1939, he has held 60 meet'ings, at which over 2330 applications for new or adjusted transport licences have been heard. A distance of approximately 8000 miles has been covered by him from Gisborne and Wairoa in the south to the Far North. Apart from regular sittings of the authority, Mr. Phelan has also attended numerous conferences held between transport operators with a view to arriving at a common understanding.

Sydney Harbour Collision Never in 40 years at sea had he seen a ship so badly damaged in a collision as the Union Steam Ship Company's 2800-ton freighter, which collided with a Blue Star liner of 11,000 tons in Sydney Harbour last week, said the captain of an intercolonial passenger steamer which arrived from Australia yesterday. The port side of the freighter had been torn away to approximately the second hatchway and the starboard side had been bent well out of alignment. There was a tremendous crash when the ships collided, the noise being heard by people long distances from the waterfront.

Record Naval Recruiting A record number of applications for admission to the Royal Navy has been received in the Waikato. Vacancies for 22 boys for training as seamen and 20 as stokers, together with 20 short-ser-vice ordinary seamen, were recently announced, and already over 70 youths in the Waikato have applied to the Army OfHee at Hamilton. The triumphant return of the Achilles after the River Plate engagement is considered to be a iactor largely influencing the position, a specific instance occurring recently when a rating from the cruiser reported at the Army Office with three youths who were anxious to enlist.

Appeal to Business Men ,- our collectors have been getting a rough spin from some of the city business men," said Mr. J. L. Hay, yesterday, at a luncheon of the Christchurch Businessmen's Club, says a Press Association telegram. Mr. Hay appealed for support for the £IOO,OOO appeal of the Salvation Army and Young Men's Christian Association. Mr. Hay mentioned that some city men had refused to see the collectors and that others had put them off with a donation of five shillings. That, he said, was a disgrace to the city. If the young men were willing to go overseas and sacrifice their lives for their country surely wealthy business men could spare more to provide a few comforts. Taxi Drivers' Finances

A requirement of the Transport Law Amendment Act under which applicants for taxi-cab licences and for transferred licences must prove to the licensing authority a satisfactory measure of financial stability was referred to by the chairman. Mr. W. H. Naglc, at a meeting of the Metropolitan Licensing Authority yesterday. At the time, the authority was considering a number of applications for the transfer of licences, and these wore referred to a meeting in committee. AMiiie stressing the need for information as to financial status, Mr. Nagle gave an assurance that anything of a private nature would bo treated as strictly confidential. Perverted Humour Two motorists who travelled to Raetilii from the direction of Waqganni wore the victims of some person with a perverted sense of humour. They went many miles out of their way as the result of an Automobile Association signpost being tampered with. About nine miles from Raetihi tho signpost at the Oruakukuru Road had been deliberately lifted round so that the direction-indicator for Raetihi pointed down the Oruakukuru Road. The two motorists took the wrong turning after first examining the sign to assuro themselves, as they thought, that they were 011 the right road. However, when they found the road too narrow to proceed further thc.v turned back, to find two more motorists in doubt at the original turn-off. Eventually an Automobile Association garage car came along and the sign was put back in its original position,