LOCAL AND GENERAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23993, 17 June 1941, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Compensation Court Owing to a settlement having been reached in the case which hnrl been set down, Mr. Justice O'Regan did not hold a sitting of the Compensation Court yesterday, and the first case of the Auckland sessions will be taken this afternoon. Fixtures have been made for 26 cases, the hearing of which will last until July 9. Struck by Car Knocked down by a motor-car which mounted the footpath in Queen Street, Onehunga, yesterday afternoon, Miss Agnes Mac Donald, aged 65, of 103 Arthur Street, Onehunga, , suffered lacerations to the scalp and concussion. She was taken to the Auckland Hospital and her condition last night was reported to be fairly serious. Rotary Club's Effort As a result of the efforts of the Hamilton Rotary Club, the New Zealand Institute for the Blind, Auckland, has benefited to the extent of £253 this year. This is a record for the club, which conducted a stall for the institute at the Wnikato Winter Show. The previous best year's return resulted in 1936, when £221 was raised. Territorials lor Camp Notices were sent out yesterday to 160 Auckland area reservists calling them to enter Avondalc camp tor intensive Territorial Force training on July 1. Like others who are already at the camp, they include men graded not fit for overseas service and also a number who have been made available by the Manpower Committee. Early Lambs Early spring lambs are making their appearance on the farm of Mr. F. Stephens, Clevedon. These are among the first to be reported this year and the date is considered to bo very early for lambing. The real season will not begin until about the middle of July. Although the past few days have been cold and wet, the lambs are very healthy. Flower-beds in Queen Street The four new traffic islands in front of the Town Hall have not been laid down entirely in grass; a flower-bed has been formed in the centre of each and planted with veronicas in several varieties, bearing purple, violet and mauve flowers. These hardy shrubs are very suitable for the purpose, for they show some colour for a considerable part of the year and have the advantage of being native to Now Zealand. Tea Confiscated The good intentions of an Aucldander who thought lie would assist an English friend by sending him a parcel containing tea, now rationed in Britain, have proved to be wasted through over-generositv. A cablegram received from 1 , London yesterday by the sender of the tea stated: "Regret kind present tea confiscated because exceeds two pounds. Vour post office ought to have informed you before accepting despatch." French Armistice Anniversary A year ago to-da,v Marshal Petain, then newly-appointed Premier of France, broadcast to the French people a statement in which he informed them that lie had approached the enemy with a view to ending hostilities. Insistence was placed both by Petain and by the Foreign Minister, M. Baudouin, in a later broadcast, on their determination that France was ready to accept only an honourable peace. It was announced the same evening in London that Britain had unsuccessfully offered to conclude a solemn pact of union with France, a draft declaration to this effect having been handed to the French Government on June 16. On June 19 Hitler and Mussolini met in Munich to consider the terms on which they would approach the French request, and on June 21 Hitler handed his terms to the French plenipotentiaries. Given a lead by General de Gaulle, thousands of Frenchmen renounced the capitulation and flocked to the Free French standards throughout the world.