WAR CASUALTIES

New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24346, 7 August 1942, Page 4

WAR CASUALTIES

AIE OFFICERS KILLED AUCKLAND ATHLETE MISSING Reported killed on air operations, Pilot-Officer H. C. Stapleton Cotton, D.F.M., was the only son of Mrs. N. Cotton, of 81 Lucerne Road, Remuera.* Pilot-Officer Cotton, who was aged 22, gained the Distinguished Flying Medal last September after several operational flights as a sergeant-gunner over Germany and occupied Europe. He was educated at Meadowbank and Auckland Grammar Schools and was in an Army coastal defence unit from the outbreak of war until accepted by the Royal New Zealand Air Force. He left New Zealand in July, 1940. Pilot-Officer Eric Yates, who has been killed on air operations, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Yates, of Aitken Terrace, Kingsland. Hp was educated at the Kowhai Junior High and Mount Albert Grammar Schools, played football for Grafton Rugby Club and was a keen swimmer. PilotOfficer Yates trained at Harewood and left for Canada in January, 1941. He passed through his final course with honours in navigation, gunnery and bombing. After gaining his commission he navigated a bomber across the Atlantic and later was acting as captain of a Stirling bomber over Germany. Rugby Referee Missing A volunteer with the North Auckland Mounted Rifles before the war and a prominent member of the Whangarei Referees' Association, Captain J. Beesley, who is aged 34, is reported missing. Educated at Auckland Grammar School, he was an enthusiastic Boy Scout and accompanied a New Zealand party to an Australian jamboree. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Beesley, reside in Auckland and his wife lives in Whangarei, Lieutenant H. D. Slyfield, reported missing, was educated at the Auckland Grammar School, where he played in the first fifteen. He was later a member of the Grammar Old Boys' senior team and played for the Auckland B representatives. In the summer months he was an enthusiastic yachtsman, being a member of the crew of the Ariki. For three years before he joined the army, Lieutenant Slyfield was representative for the New Zealand Insurance Company at Kaikohe and was very popular in the northern district. Lieutenant lan G. Scott, reported missing, is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley S. Scott, of Paratai Drive, Orakei. He was wounded in Libya last year. He is an old boy of King's College. Scholar and Athlete A brilliant scholar and athlete, LanceCorporal P. W. Day, of Auckland, has been reported missing. Educated at the Pukekohe High School and Auckland University College, he took his M.A. degree with double honours and received nomination for a Rhodes Scholarship. He represented Auckland University at athletics from 1937 to 1941, being" 220 yards and 440 yards hurdles champion. He also won these events at New Zealand university tournaments, being awarded his New Zealand Blue. Lance-Corporal Day played Rugby for University juniors in 1937 and for the senior team the following two years. In 1940 he was a member of the Training College first fifteen and was an Auckland B representative. He was a speedy winger, and, apart from his strong running, his ability to fend off would-be tacklers with his hips" used to rouse the spectators to enthusiasm. RETAIL MEAT PRICES NEW ORDER ISSUED REMOVAL OF ANOMALIES (P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday Announcing the issue of a new retail meat price list, the Minister of Supply, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, said one or two anomalies had developed as a result of operative experience of the price order issued in July last year. Accordingly, a new price order had been issued to remove such anomalies, incorporating at the same time a few other adjustments recognised as reasonable in tlie interests of all concerned. The existing price order provides for dates and amounts of seasonal increases during the late winter and spring months separately for the North and South Islands. The whole of the existing provisions relating thereto have been recapitulated in the new order, the only amendment being that, in the case of "the South Island, the August 20 beef increase of Id per lb. will be substituted by a halfpenny per lb. increase. The new price list is as follows: — Ox and Heifer Beef.—Rump steak, Is 2d; fillet steak, Is 4d; beef steak, topside, thick flank, 9d; stewing steak, chuck, 7d; stewing steak, blade, Sd; sirloin, lOd; sirloin, rolled and boneless, Is Id; prime ribs, TVid; prime ribs, rolled and boneless, loy 2 d; chuck ribe, sd; back ribs, rolled and boneless, Sd; wing ribs, lOd; topside, in pieces of 41b. and over, 9d; bolars, 7d; gravy beef and shin-beef, Gd; mince, 6d; corned silverside, lOd; brisket, 3d; fiat rib, -Id; legs and skins, whole, 2%d; legs and shins, halves, thick end, 3d; legs and shins, halves, knuckle end, Q.y a d; thin flank, 2d; suet, 4d; dripping, Od; tripe, North Island (id, elsewhere 7d; sausage meat, sd. Wether and Maiden Ewe Mutton.—Legs, whole, lOd; legs, shank end, up to 6lb, lid; legs, fillet end, lOd; forequarter, whole, sd; forequarter. shank end, 5V 2 d; shoulders. 7d; neck and oreast, 3d; neck, best end, 6%d; neck, scrag end, sd; loin, 9d; chops, middle loin, Is; chops, rib, }>d; chops, leg. lid; chops, stewinsr, 7d; flaps. 2d; cutlets, trimmed. Is 2d; hogget mutton, id per lb addition to all above cuts. Pork.—Leg, Is; loin, Is; chops. Is 2d; foreloin, 10d; corned hand, sy 2 d; corned belly, 10/ ad. Lamb. —Forequarter, lOd; hindquart«r. Is; legs, Is 2d; loin, Is Id; chops, Is 2d. Veal.—Fillet, lid; chops. lOd; steak, lid; rump steak, is 2d; cutlets, Is; rolled. Is. CONDITIONS IN CAMPS SMALL AMOUNT OF WASTE (0.C.) CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday That he had found only two cases of waste since he took over his duties was stated by the Minister of War Expenditure, the Hon. S. G. Holland. "I have made it my business to investigate possibilities of waste, and, taken by and large, the waste in military camps is very small," he -said. "I have made it my duty to look into every garbage tin and to keep my eyes open in every camp I Lave visited and I have found only two cases of waste. They were both examples of sheer, utter waste, and action will be taken. "The officers at the camps I visited in Canterbury to-day had the same meals as the men," he commented. "Apparently, the officers are living on the same rations as the men." The discipline in every camp was excellent, the Minister said, and the standard of health in the camps was very high. He had seen a great many men, and the more lie saw of the unit commanders the more he believed that their main concern was for the wellbeing of their men. "I met to-day the finest group of officers, many of them young, that any person could ever wish to meet," said Mr. Holland. "They live for their men." JUDGMENT ENTERED Judgment for the Union Steam Ship Company, Limited (Mr. Hamer), as defendant, was entered by Mr. Justice Callan yesterday against Arthur George Smith, winchman (Mr. Sullivan), who claimed £750 general and £267 special damages for injuries received at work. A jury found in the company's favour after a retrial a fortnight ago. Costs on both trials were allowed the company.