AFTER THE WAR

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24970, 12 August 1944, Page 6

AFTER THE WAR

DOMINION PKISONEBS PLANS MADE IN ENGLAND (Special Correspondent) (Reed. 5.35 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 10 An organisation is being established in England to deal with repatriated prisoners of war when they arrive from Germany after the armistice. New Zealand soldiers will be administered by the Second N.Z.E.F. (United Kingdom) Reception Group, under the command of Brigadier J. Hargest, D.5.0.. with Lieutenant-Colonel L. p. Rudd second in command. Airmen will come under the jurisdiction of a department of the H.N.Z.A.I'. Headquarters directed bv Squadron-Leader K. Crichtoii, Sailors, of whom there are very few will return on loan to the Royal Navy and be under the direction of Mr S. R. Skinner, naval affairs officer. So far the organisation is being sketched in the widest terms but the N.Z.E.F. has already acquired a large country house for a headquarters camp, and tliere will probably be another five or six cainps established. Every repatriated prisoner will receive immediate medical and dental attention, if required. There will be officers of the Patriotic Fund Board and the Y.M.C.A, to attend to their welfare, and special attention will be given to clothing, pay and mails. On arrival from Germany the men will go direct to these camps, then they will be given a period of leave. The camps will, it is expected, be staffed partly by men sent from the N.Z.E.F. in Italy. Similar treatment will be accorded to airmen, except that they will go to an Air Ministry reception centre before being given leave. . As there are only about 20 New Zealand sailors in prison camps they will probably be treated individually. The New Zealand Forces Club recently circularised a number of people who have acted as hosts to New Zealanders throughout the war. inquiring whether they would be able to take former prisoners at a short notice for a few weeks. Already over 1000_ invitations have been received, assuring the men of a warm welcome. SERVICE IN PACIFIC UNPOPULAR ZONE MEN WOULD PREFER PRISON (0.C.) WHANGAREI, Friday Men serving in the Pacific would sign anything to get away from the islands, said Mr D. J. Thomson when appearing for E. E. Home, printer, before the Manpower (Industrial) Committee in Whangarei. Mr Thomson added that men returned from the Pacific had stated that they would rather serve 12 mouths in prison than another year in the islands. Home, who had been in business on his own account in Whangarei prior to joining the army, sought permission to return to this business instead of being directed to the Portland cement works. It was pointed out by the manpower officer, Mr H. Keeble, that the question before the committee was not whether Home could return to his own business, but whether he should be directed to the cement works or another essential i industry, as Home had returned to New 1 Zealand for essential work in preference . to remaining in the army. Speaking to Home, the chairman of ■ the committee, Mr J. J. Linnetl, reminded him that he had signed a form accepting essential work in New Zea- : land and that he knew the conditions of his release prior to returning. Mr i Thomson had stated that men would r rather serve 12 months in prison than ' another year in the islands. This might be so, said Mr Linnell, but generally the returned men were working satisfactorily in essential jobs to which they • had been directed. The appeal was dismissed.

LOCAL AND GENEBAL University Vacation The second term of Auckland University College ends today, and students will be on vacation until classes resunie on August 28. The final term, which begins then, will continue until October 14. Criminal Sessions End The quarterly criminal sessions, which began at the Supreme Court almost a fortnight ago, have now been completed except for some Six of the accused elected to plead guilty without standing trial, and of those who went to trial eight have been acquitted by juries and 13 were found guilty. Prices of Milk / The Price Tribunal has authorised the sale of milk and cream in the Auckland Metropolitan Milk Council's area during the period from September 1 to February 28. 1945, at the prices which came into force on September 1 of last year. Those were 6d a quart for loose milk and 6Jd for bottled, which represents a drop of one penny on the current prices. Boys Break School Windows A band of small boys armed with catapults have caused considerable inconvenience to the staff and pupils of the Kowhai Intermediate School, Kingsland, by smashing no fewer than JO planes of glass in the windows of the school buildings. Owing to the extreni# shortage of labour and material at the present time, the school authorities are faced with a serious problem in getting the broken panes replaced. Gas Tribunal Inquiry The industrial magistrate. Mr J. A. Gilmour, who has been presiding ojer the tribunal set up to inquire into tue recent unrest at the Auckland JjM" works, met the parties again yesterna. before he returned to Wellington, in® employees have still to submit a written reply to statements made by ttt manager, Mr R. Worley, and Mr mour will then make his rep°rt Minister of Labour, Mr Webb. Art Gallery Addition An oil painting entitled "Late Afternoon, Laingholm," by James Turkmg* ton, is to be purchased by the Auckland City Council for addition to New Zealand collection at the art ga • lery. The painting was selected .or New Zealand -exhibition of art wh ' c ,j but for the war, Hvould have been ne in the United States and Canada una the auspices of the Carnegie Corpor * tion of New York. The purchase P"<* is £26 ss. Temporary Bottle Store The Invercargill Licensing Trust> oM given notice that it intends to estaoiw a temporary bottle store for the sa |,. liquor for consumption el sew^ re, + ,„ s f follows a decision made bv the w early in July to abandon tie P*" 1C P. of having bottle stores such m tn«e the Kelvin and the Clyde, and to o other premises in the city for J® 8 Li pose: At the meeting at which decision was made, the +}* pressed that it was undesirable tnai public should be able to purchase b° of ale at the bottle stores and , walk into the bars or the , >. consume them. It was also felt the stores were badly placed, in ■ they caused congestion at the ent to the buildings. Maori Gifts to President . The autographed reply of f r^ sl frU it Roosevelt to the presentation o bowl and carved inkstand ™ behalf of King Koroki, J™ jjj ofs 0 f s Puea Herangi. C.B.K and the m and people of the Waikato Minister of Finance, the Hon. • while in Washington has been sen Mr Nash to King Koroki- Th were made in recognition ot , ship between the Maori P e °P n ,, presipeople of the United States. , j,? dent said the gifts were him and Mrs jeep pleasure and he expressed rP Qtiest appreciation. At the President s Mr Nash has sent l»"th the M g . ftJ princess a photograph taken o y eß t's at White House with tlu rr daughter, Mrs Anna Hoosewß tiger.