GIRL'S EXPERIENCES

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24972, 15 August 1944, Page 4

GIRL'S EXPERIENCES

iYOUNC.J AUCKLANDER REPATRIATED FROM FRANCE Reportvd yesterday to have been repatriated to Britain from an internment camp in France, .Miss Margaret Reid is the only daughter of Mrs M. M. Reid, of Pupuke Road, Takapuna. Leaving Auckland in July, 19139, and arriving in Paris in September of that year, M ss Reid celebrated her lGt.li birthday there. Going to France with the intention ol studying French and later other Kuropean languages, Miss Reid stayed with friends at Sarthe, where the Americans are reported to be engaged in bea\,\ lighting at present. She lived thcic lor I'J months before beii.g interned b\ the Germans, late in 11)10, when British'women were interned as a reprisal for the internment I in Britain ol German women. She spent I lour months in a camp where the con- | ditions were described by her as being j terrible and she was then moved to j Yittel. in France, where she remained j until being repatriated. Tlie conditions there were excellent | i in some ways, but Miss Reid has stated j j in letters that had it not been for the] | Red Gross parcels distributed those in j ! the camp would have starved. These ; parcels were very much appreciated audi | their contents were practically all the | recipients had to live on. They received j ! good medical and dental attention in j | the camp and Miss Reid continued to! study, learning shorthand am! typing j i and studying French and Spanish. Mrsj Reid has expressed surprise at some of j I the statements which have been passed! i by the German censor in her daughter's letters home, which, while not of a ' military nature, at times have been j critical of the Germans themselves Miss Reid, who will be 21 next month, was educated at St. Mary's College and the Seddon Memorial Technical College. She has three brothers, two of whom are serving overseas in the forces. ATTEMPTED BRIBERY OFFENDER SENTENCED (P.A.) WELLINGTON. Morulaj A merchant, .lames Young, aged 50, who was convicted on Friday on a charge of attempting by means of a bribe to dissuade Frederick Charles Dauby from giving evidence in a criminal ca.sc, was sentenced by Mr Justice Smith today to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. His Honor said that Young was the master in his relations with Dan by. HOSPITAL MERGER PLAN "NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE" (0.C.) W HANGAR El, Monday "It appears that nothing has been done," .said the chairman, Mr J. A. S. MacKay, at, a meeting of the W'hangarei Hospital Board today, regarding the proposals of the Minister of Health for amalgamation of Northland hospitals. The .Minister promised that the proposals would be before the board before the elections in May, but they have not vet been received. Mr MacKay said thai when in Wellington recently he interviewed the Minister as well as the Director-Gen-eral of Health, but without .satisfactory results. As the largest contributing local authority, the Whangarei County Council had written to the board seeking information, and the board decided to give any information to the council as soon as it was available. CARS FOR WEDDINGS j HIGHER CHARGE SOUGHT An increase in the rates of hiring his private taxicab for weddings and funerals was sought by F. Laver (Mr Price) before the Metropolitan Licensing Authority yesterday. Mr Price said that although this was an individual application it would obviously affect all pri-vate-hire licence holders. The rates asked for weddings where a dressed car was provided were £1 5s for the first hour or part thereof and Is Gd for each additional five minutes, and for funerals, £1 and Is fid respectively. In the case of dressed cars a quarter of the first hour was to be allowed for the dressing. The chairman, Mr \V. 11. Nagle, said the present rates were 15s an hour with 2s 6d oxtra if there were over four passengers, Dd for every five minutes up to .'SO minutes and Gd for every additional five minutes. The public taxicab rates were the same, except that an extra 5s was allowed for dressed cars and Is 3d was paid for every five minutes over the first hour. The authority referred the application to its licensing committee. WAIHI SHOP HOURS (0.C.) WAIHI, Monday A poll was recently conducted among the ratepayers of Waihi by the Waihi Chamber of Commerce on the subject of Saturday morning closing for shops. More than two-tllirds of those voting were in favour of closing on Saturday morning and opening on Friday night.