PERSONAL ITEMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24868, 14 April 1944, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. W. Goodfellow left for Welling. ton yesterday. Mr.*M. R. O'Shea arrived from Wellington by air yesterday. The Rev. R. L. Fursdon was a pa®, senger by air from Wellington yester, day. _____ OBITUARY MR. K. R. TAYLOR The death has occurred of Mr. Kenneth Robert Taylor, of Birkenhead:. Since his return from the last war, Mr" Taylor had carried on the business of the city firm of John Henderson Limited, in partnership with his brother, Mr. Norman Taylor, who died IB months ago. Mr. Taylor was a life member of the Birkenhead branch of the Returned Services Association and he took an active part in iocal affairs. He and his brother were for many years joint owners of a number of launches and other boats on the Auckland Harbour. He is survived by his wife and two children. FARMERS' UNION WHANGARE! BRANCH AFFAIRS (0.C.) WHANGAREI, Thursday A protest at the action of the Government in refusing permits for travel on railways to schoolchildren returning home for the May holidays was voiced in a resolution passed by theannual meeting of the Wbangarei 6ubprovincial executive of the Farmers 1 Union to-day. The resolution mentioned the interference with family life that such an action caused. The views ex- ' pressed were supported _ by delegates ' from the Women's Division who were present at the meeting. > The meeting decided that in view of ; j the urgent need for gumboots, espeei- ■ ] ally the smaller sizes for women work- ■ I ing on farms, it be urged that gum- : i boots held by E.P.S. organisations bs . | released immediately. The Government ■ lis to be urged to alter the method of i I distribution of gumboots so that all I further supplies would be handled , | solely by dairy companies. . j It was decided to donate £5 5s to- | ward the prizes in the six main classes . at the Wbangarei school calf club championships and the Auckland executive is to be asked to subsidise this amount pound for pound. It was considered | that this would be a method for encouraging the rearing of heifer calves. The following officers were elected:—President, Mr. A. Briscoe Moore; vice-presidents, Messrs. H. E. Hewlitt and H. Walker; treasurer, Mr. W. B. Gilling-ham; executive, Messrs. H. M. May, Scott Davidson and A. Wiblin; delegates to Auckland Porracial . ■ Conference, Messrs. H. E. Hewlitt. Scott Davidson, F. Simmonds, A. Wiblin. J. Stevens and H. Walker. NATIONAL ANTHEMS QUESTION OF PROCEDURE 1 With the presence of servicemen of 1 Allied Nations in New Zealand, tha ! procedure to be observed in the playing of the National Anthem and tha anthems of other countries has become • a subject of debate. The matter was I referred to the authority in charge of ; the official collection of war music. He > said the position was quite plain, • although the correct procedure was ' seldom observed in New Zealand. ; At the opening of a function or enter--1 tainment the National Anthem must be i played first. The anthem of any other 5 nation, if the occasion warranted it, should follow. On no account should i it be played first or be played if the I National Anthem is omitted. At the - conclusion of the proceedings the order , must be reversed. The National Anthem ; must always come last. ! In reply to another question, the ; official said that New Zealand bands seldom played the National Anthem in | the way it should be played, as laid I down in the Kiug's Regulations. He ' | referred particularly to tempo and ; | reverence. He said Royalty played _an • ! important part in the way in which i the National Anthem should be played. ■ ! The late King Edward, on the advice ino doubt of the then Master ot the i King's Musick. had a slightly different ;! presentation from the present one pro- - mulgated through the King's Regulaj tions. PEARL HARBOUR CHAPLAIN S EXPERIENCES Addressing the Catholic Men's Luncheon Club yesterday, the Rev. Father Connelly, an American chap-lain.-said that if it had not been for the shock of Pearl Harbour America might still be undecided whether or not to enter the war. Out of it had come the welding together of the Allied nations in what was possibly the greatest force for good and ultimate victory the world had ever seen. Father Connelly said he was saying Mass when the Japanese launched the ' attack and a bomb which fell near the chapel overturned everything on ' the altar. "Looking up from the steps of the chapel I saw about 300 Japanese planes circling and diving," he cou- ' tinned. By the time he reached the general hospital the morgue was piled high with 500 dead and the corridors as well as the wards were full' of wounded men. Four thousand men j were killed on that day and they would never be replaced, hut some must die that others might live and wake up to the situation. That lesson had not been forgotten. The speaker asked his listeners to remember the dead of Pearl Harbour in their prayers, since it was through them that the United States and tS® Allied nations had been brought together. COMMISSION WON Advice has been received by Mr. and | Mrs. F. J. Wilson, of Pukekohe, that their son, Sergeant Arthur Wilson, a member of the Divisional Signals serving in Italy, has gained his commission in the field. Second-Lieutenant Wilson was formerly a Territorial officer and relinquished his commission on going overseas. TRIBUTE TO CHAIRMAN A resolution of thanks and appreciation of the work of the chairman, Mr. I. J. Goldstine, during three years ia office, was passed at a meeting of th» Suburban Local Bodies' Association last night. Speakers paid tributes to his services. FLYING-BOAT ARRIVES A Tasman Empire Airways flyingboat arrived from Sydney _ yesterday afternoon bringing the following passengers: —Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Thorlev and child, Messrs. G. Rosenhain, L. RCobb, E. T. Gillett, M, Ismail, G. Ranchod, R. Ranchod and V. Vallabh, Mesdames B. L. Irwin, M. D. C. Bruce, M. A. Ramsay, B. K. Walker, B. Lowe, and R. N. Hinchcliffe and infant, Misses M. Henningham and J. I. Somerville.