LOCAL AND GENERAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24106, 27 October 1941, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Young Stock at Zoo A number of young stock have recently made their appearance at the Auckland Zoo. Of especial interest among the new arrivals are three attractive emu chicks and a tiny spider monkey. All are making good progress. Leave For Constables The 12 Auckland constables who took part in the man-hunt on the West Coast have been granted three days' special leave on their return to the city. Long hours and considerable hardship were experienced by the men and the few days' rest will be a- welcome respite after their unusual and trying duties. Shooting Season The Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon. W. E. Parry, informed the North Island Acclimatisation Societies' Council in Wellington that the shooting season for imported and native game in 1912 would be the same as in 1941. He said he believed the shorter season had been an improvement and had been reflected in the breeding of birds. Blackout in Churches Although in most churches an endeavour lias been made to comply with the lighting restrictions, efforts have not always been successful, and in one or two instances churches are among the most bright-lighted suburban buildings on Sunday evenings. So brilliant was the illumination of one church last night, that passengers in a tramcar passing several hundred yards away could see clearly the design of some attractive stained-glass windows. Opossum Revenue "1 believe that the whole of the opossum revenue should go toward acclimatisation work," said the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon. W. E. Parry, in an address to the North Island Acclimatisation Societies' Council in Wellington. In view of this remark, a remit "that the Minister of Internal Affairs be asked to give urgent and favourable consideration to the question •of granting the acclimatisation societies a larger share of the opossum revenue," was held over. Tramway Workers Needed Since the beginning of this month the Christchiireh Tramway Board has engaged 10 men for training as conductors. The board's general manager. Mr. H. F. Jarman, said that because of the demands of war service the board was laced with shortages in all its departments. An advertisement for conductors brought one inquiry. Linesmen had been advertised for, and only three applications had been received for two vacancies. Mr. Jarman emphasised that tramway work was specialised, and that the sources of trained men were few. Stale German Radio News Support for the widely-held belief that lists of British prisoners read from time to time over the (Jerman .shortwave wireless for the benefit of British listeners are mere "bait" to encourage people to listen to the propaganda that is so generously mixed with the news, has been givi'ii by a. elieek taken on recent broadcasts. A list ol names of Xew Zealand" prisoners broadcast from Germany on Friday night, was part ol an official list published in the Hkkat.l) as long ago as July •'?, and another list, transmitted from Germany a little earlier this month, also appeared in the 11 Kit a T.i) on July •'!, except one name, which was published on July 9. Surrealistic Freaks Surrealism in art is not favoured by (lit 1 Governor-General, Sir Cyril Newall. In his remarks at the opening of the annual exhibition of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts in Wellington he said that on visiting a surrealist showin London he had seen a curious example of the art. It was a representation of a silver entree dish, which contained two white satin women's shoes, heels uppermost, and round each one was a fringe such as seen round a hambone. It was called "My Nannie." "1 should think," said His Excellency, "that the artist concerned might be able to do a good job of work in the way of camouflage."