DAY OF PRAYER

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

DAY OF PRAYER

AUCKLAND ABBAXGEMEXTS I LATE SHOPPING START The great majority of shops and cfSces in Auckland, together with a number of wholesale businesses, will not oj>en until 10.30 a.m. to-day, in order to enable employees to take part in the national day of intercession on the third anniversary of the outbreak of war. It is probable that many workrooms attached to shops will open at the hour mentioned, bat factory work regarded as essential will not be interrupted. It was stated last night that hotels would fall into line ifcth other businesses by opening their bars at 10.30 a.m. instead of 10 a.m. A combined intercessory service arranged by the non-episcopal churches will be he-Id in the Town Hall at 9 a.m. The Mayor. Mr. J. C. Allum, i| will preside, and an addresss will be given by the Moderator of the Auckland Presbytery, the Rex. J. D. Smith. Holy Communion will be celebrated early in St. Mary's Cathedral and other Anglican churches, and there will also be services after breakfast, at noon, 1 and in the evening. Archbishop Arerill is to preach at a mid-day intercessory service in St. Matthew's Church. In St. Patrick's Cathedral Holy-Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. and * Eucharistic hour of exposition is to be held at mid-day. There will be a special service in the Synagogue at 9.45 a.m. In the evening a united Presbyterian i service is to be held in St. David's ™ Church and the congregations of th« Pitt Street Methodist Church. St. James' Presbyterian Church, Baptist ; Tabernacle and Beresford Street Congregational Church will hold a combined I service in the Beresford Street Church. At Onehunga a lunch-hour intercessory service has been arranged in the Strand * Theatre. NEW FLATS OCCUPIED BLOCK IN GREY LYNN New tenants are at present moving 1 into the block of flats completed by the State Housing Department in Great North Road. Grey Lynn, near St. Joseph's Church. Designed for social security beneficiaries the flats are of the bed-sitting room type, with a bathroom and kitchenette attached. Twenty-five flats are contained in seven separate blocks in the Great North Road settlement, which is similar I to those already erected in Vermont Street. Surrey Crescent. Point Chevalier and Great South Road. The rents are 20s 6d a week, with a rebate of '■ | 2s 6d for prompt payment. Further coni struction of the blocks is not under | 1 way at present. i ■

LOCAL ANDGENEBAL First Spring Lambs The first spring lambs of the newseason were offered for sale at the West- ? field saleyards yesterday. Only six aoi- I mals were brought forward, and they sold readily at prices ranging from £1 14s 6d to £1 16s 3d. Auckland Snowfa.ll Auckland city came under the spell of exceptionally cold weather that swept New Zealand at the beginning of Sep- I tember, 1894. Three falls of snow were | recorded on September 2, the pine trees on Ponsonby Road being mantled and the temperature was 37 degrees at sea level. During the same period, snowfalls were reported from Wellington and the chief places of the South Island. Employers' Liability "It doc-s not seem to be generally known that employers are liable under the War Emergency Regulations if they employ a man between 3-5 and 51 years of age not registered for the Home Guard,." said the Wanganui Home Guard group director, LieutenantColonel Hardie, D.S.O. "A full check- ' i up is being made immediately, as it appears that there are a number of liable men still unregistered." Dogs Versus Pigs In referring to the amazing intelli- |j gence shown by dogs in hunting pigs, | in an address to the Palmerston North I Rotary Club, Mr. G. A. Da wick said it was considered the ideal type for this | purpose included the strains of the bull- | dog, Airedale and cattle heeler. He added that in Taranaki pip were in- ■ creasing rapidly and were doing a tre- | mendous amount of damage to pastures and flocks. A boar had been known to kill as many as 15 sheep in one night. Demand for Land Girls § While Canterbury farmers were at a first chary about employing land girls, the demand for the girls now exceeds i the supply, according to an official of ihe National Service Department. Well over 50 girls had been placed on farms, he said, and all were proving satisfac- ;i tory. Girls who had come forward were i not confined to those brought up in the country, but now engaged on farm work were former shop assistants, stenographers and factory workers, all of whom had made good. Publishing Difficulties Typical of the spirit of the people of }| Canterbury, England, after the German repeal raid on June 1 was the | Kentish Observer's production of _ * -| souvenir number about the raid which | emphasised the determination of the J people not to yield. The issue comprise* three printed sheets, printed on a flat- | bed press instead of on the usual rotary. Photographs of the raid damage ana comment are included, the blocks for || the pictures being lent for the occasi<\a | by London papers, including the Times and the Daily Telegraph. The paper was | sent to an Aucklander by a rriend. Cargo Pillaging if "I have suffered to the extent of | £172 8s sd, if you want to know, ana | most of the goods stolen have been : children's and babies' clothes." said • | Napier importer referring to recent reports of cargo pillaging in New Zea- | land. "It is nothiug but a racket," be | said. "I am sure that it is not the men who pillage the cargo that are | getting away with the goods—they are > working for somebody at the head of | an organisation which is operating ijj '•« this Dominion. I would not be at an i surprised if we importers are buying j goods pillaged from our own cargoes. I Demeanour of Soldiers Action is to be taken against sol- . ■ diers for offences relating to their de- f ineanour in public, according to the Assistant-Provost Marshal for Southern Military District," Major «• H. Anderson. Several instances had, > been brought under the notice of the authorities of privates wearing collars | and ties, and in consequence, being -I mistaken for officers, he said. This xrss i regarded as a serious offence, fl ,' . ® where detected, would be severely M dealt with. Soldiers found with hands 1 in their pockets, with battlodress ~ « arranged, and with caps missing J| be charged fcefo®® « pulitaiy court*