PERSONAL ITEMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24275, 16 May 1942, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. Justice Fair left for Welti ' H last night. ■ Mr. Justice Callan, who has ; J disposed this week, will J§f the Supreme Court on Monday, a ' H Mr. W. 1. Gunn was yesterfj. , fi mitted by Mr. Justice Fair as a \ 1 rister and solicitor of the 5,,„ ar * fi Court. I Mr. D. Holderness, superintend I and engineer of the Auckland Bark?' I Board, returned from Wellington H terday. Mr. L. D. McTvor, of Dunedin W IB been elected president of the New'?. « land Technical School Teachers' ■ ciation. THE GOVERNOR-GENEKatH (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Prid^fl Their Excellencies the Governor.(V ! H eral. Sir Cyril Newall, and SB Newall, attended by Captain i Helmore, returned to Wellington Hp 1 the north this morning and have i? 1 sumed residence at Government Hon? 1 Subsequently His Excellency rec®w 1 the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon a I Eraser- ' * I WARTIME WORK I ST, JOHN AND RED CRO3| " WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES j Substantial increases in the actiri. 1 ties of branches throughout the &r« I were reviewed at the annual meetin? H last night of the Auckland proving 1 committee of the joint council of tha a Order of St. John and the Red Crosj 8 Society. In his annual report, the chairman j Sir Ernest Davis, said the numbers of 1 j military hospital patients and prisoner! 1 of war, who formed the two principal j cares of the joint council, had in- 1 creased heavily. "Our responsibilities 8 for those in enemy prison camps hare 1 grown to a new high level, which viD I strain not only the energies of oar 1 working committee, but also the 1 financial resources at our disposal" fl said the chairman. Since the openiiw I of the Prisoners of War Bureau in I October last, parcels censored totalled 2807, and the number oi individual fiiae I kept was now 2149. In a review of the work of the 1 Prisoners of War Committee, Mr. W, 1 M. White mentioned _ the contamious and strenuous activities of voluntary workers. With the increasing scarcity of male assistance, more and hearier work was falling on the women in the handling of parcels for prisoners. The Eotorua, Waikato, Whaagarei, Northland and Gisborne committees reported that close attention was being paid to the needs of convalescent service men and the prisoners of war service. The chairman said the provincewide organisation was beginning to function excellently. The treasurer reported that during the year £1522 had been expended. Repairs to the Evelyn Firth Home ! had made a heavy drain on the funds, and the Dominion treasurer had made a further advance of £SOO. As a means of speeding-up the despat-eh of its business, hugely increased by war conditions, the council decided to set up a standing committee to meet monthly between the quarterly meetings of provincial council delegates. To clarify the administrative position in North Auckland, it was decided that the Northland joint > sub- | committee should include the Hokiangi, Whangaroa, Maunganui and Bay of Islands districts, with headquarters at Kaikohe. ARMY EDUCATION SCHEME SUGGESTED A scheme for Army education has been placed before the Minister of Education by Mr. E. J. Hogwood, president of the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute. The aims of the scheme are to allerij ate boredom of camp life, provide j means of furthering studies, and lay ! the foundation for a scheme to deal | with vocational guidance and technical ! education to meet the problems of rehabilitation. The different types of activities to be | dealt with under the scheme are:— j Practical, cultural, recreational, and, most important, those which arise from 1 the ranks themselves through the : medium of committees and clubs. ! Among the suggestions is one that iibns | should be utilised for the purpose or j visual education. It is suggested that | for the purpose of occupational guidance after the war, a threefold test should be taken of the men in camps. This would measure the intelligence, the manual dexterity and the social capacity of each man, and would be some guide to the way in which he could be best employed. WORK OF REHABILITATION TRAINING OF EN-SOLDIETfS (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Friday The rehabilitation of soldiers and „ Army education were discussed at the annual conference of the New Zealand Technical Schoolteachers' Association, and it was decided that, as considerable educational and vocational readjustment of men and women would be required, the Government should w strongly urged to include an officer or j the Education Department on the Kej habilitation Council and Board. It was also considered that the wrr- ! eminent should arrange for the Mucation Department to advise immediate y on the establishment and maintenanc jof a system of education for men an women on active service at home o abroad which would integrate closeiy ! with Army training. FAITH STILL STRONG PEOPLE OF BELGIUM LONDON, I "My countrymen's faith in Great Britain has never been greater, Belgian Foreign Secretary, .M. bpaak, : declared at a gathering in Londoa- ! He was speaking oil the second j versary of the German invasion j Belgium (May 10). . , f "We are awaiting victorv and freedom with unfailing con^enc . e) _ DS ; n n ! Spaak said. "The German evasion brought our people appalling distress Thev lived through a terrible vunte ■ Thev were hungry and their schools naa to close because of lack oi coal. "The poorer classes, whose rations are quite inadequate lor " r ,nrGlltraof their health, are dying. tion camps and prisons are overflogjj Germany is dointf all she can to breas up and annihilate national spi " "But all Germany s efforts are out avail. The greater the misery greater is the people s more brutal and cruel the - . come. the more the Belgians show hostility and contempt. "AWAKE NEW^EALANff' ( Fn)l accord with Vl Zealand" campaign was expHßSeu a well-attended meeting in tne ngarei Town Hall last evening, __ the movement was publicly rated. In a few minutes over i- , subscribed as an addition to had been donated by a number I , dents earlier in the month.