ARMY EDUCATION

New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24369, 3 September 1942, Page 2

ARMY EDUCATION

DIBECTOB APPOINTED : SERVICE IN LAST WAR (0.C.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday ! An announcement that arrangements were being made for a scheme of educational training in the Army and that the War Cabinet had approved the appointment of Mr. Douglas George Ball, M \ . LL.M., of Wellington, senior inspector of schools, to the position or Director of Army Welfare and Education was made to-night by the Master | of Defence, the Hon. F. Jones. Mr. Ball | will be given the honorary rank or i lieatenant-colonel.

Mr. Ball served overseas with the Ist New Zealand Expeditionary Force from j January 8, 1916, to April 24. 1919, and ; was appointed to a commission on May \ 30, 1916. He was mentioned in Sir: Douglas Haig's despatches in May, j 1917. At present he is commanding j officer of the ilakara Battalion of tne Home Guard. ORAKEI MAORIS VIEWS OF THE MAYOR CITY COUNCIL'S INTEREST A brief reference was made yesterday by the Mayor, Mr. J. A. C. Allum, to the judgment of the Native Appellate Court on certain disputed questions affecting the Orakei Maori village and j | lands in or near it which are still occu-1 pied bv 31aoris. | "The City Council has been very > I much interested in the matter ever j | since the p'an of the Orakei suburb was 1 adopted by the Government," said Mr. i Allum. "It is anxious to do everything ■ it can to help in bringing about a settle- | ment of the difficulty with the Maoris : who are still living oa the flat in Okahu i Bar, so that they may be accommoI dated elsewhere and the flat converted into a recreation ground in conformity j with the original plan, t "It is in the interests or the Maoris \ themselves, of the residents in the ! Orakei suburb and of the whole com'munity that the present very unsatisfactory conditions should be ended _as , j soon as possible. Since the recreation I ground will presumably be placed under . the City Council's control when it- is I formed, I should like to say that the I council will show every consideration i for the Maoris' feelings in dealing with I that part of the flat which they regard jas tapu, particularly the burial | ground."

WIDOW FATALLY HURT ] . ! FALL FROM A TRAMCAR Injuries from which she later died] were suffered by Mrs. Louise Priestly, a widow, aged 78, of 19 Koraha Road, Remuera. when she fell from a tramcar near the Kelvin Street stop in Remuera Road shortly before 2.30 yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Priestly died in an ambulance which was taking her to hospital. An inquest will be opened this morning. SAFEBREAKERS ACTIVE TWO PREMISES ENTERED Safebreakers forced their way into the shop of R. and W. Hellaby, Limited, in Surrey Crescent, and into the I Pakuranga Post Office on Tuesday | night. The back door of Hellaby's shop was forced and gelignite was used to blow off the door of the safe. A small sum of money was stolen. It is believed that the intruders who forced a door and entered the post office were disturbed and hurriedly departed. Nothing was stolen, but the safe, which rested on a table, had been moved out of position. ELECTRICITY SCHEMES HIGHBANK AND TEKAPO (0.C.) CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday The powerhouse for the Highbank hydro-electric scheme _ was now in the last stage of completion, said the district public works engineer, Mr. T. G. Beck. A start had been made with the installation of mechanical equipment. Progress naturally depended on the rate of arrival of equipment, but the objective was to have water available for power next winter. That could only be achieved if pressure of defence construction was greatly reduced and 200 men could be transferred to the job. ! That would have to be done before Dei cember if the water was to be let ! through by June. On the Tekapo project, in South Canterbury, work was at a standstill, added Mr. Beck. The tunnel had been concreted, and would be quite safe to leave until war conditions permitted work i to be resumed on the scheme. TWO WORKERS KILLED SEPARATE ACCIDENTS (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday Two fatal accidents occurred this morning at the Hutt railway workshops. Mr. Frederick Albert Jones, single, aged 28, of 13-5 Richmond Street, Petone, was crushed against a building by a rake of trucks. He was driving an electric scooter at the time. Mr. William Noel Cowdry, single, aged 23, of Awa Road, Miramar, a blacksmith's striker, climbed to open a skylight and fell through, dropping about 25ft. to the ground. He fell head first on to a pile of iron. Both fatalities occurred about 8.30 a.m. £50,000 FOR WAR LOAN The trustees of the Auckland Savings Bank resolved yesterday to make an advance subscription of £50.000 to the new Government war loan. This is additional to a similar sum subscribed to the same loan last month. COUPONS FOR UNIFORMS (0.C.) CHRISTCHURCH. Wednesday Information that a ruling had been given by the Rationing Controller, Mr. J. E. Thomas, that where provision for the supply of uniforms was not made under awards workers would have to use their clothing ration coupons to obtain uniforms was given to the Lyttelton Harbour Board. The board was discussing the acceptance of a tender for uniforms when the secretary gave the ruling he had obtained from the controller. "I do not think it is fair that employees should be asked to sacrifice their personal coupons for the board's uniform," commented a member. "We will have a few employees without uniforms this year." A suggestion that the question should be taken np with the , Government was not adopted.