AIR FORCE WEEK

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 25001, 18 September 1944, Page 6

AIR FORCE WEEK

FLIGHT OVER CM MANY DISPLAYS ARRANGED The latest fighter to join the Royal New Zealand Air Force, the Vought Sikorsky Corsair, will be among the machines participating in a flight oyer the city on Friday in connection with the Salute the Airmen week in Auckland, which begins today. One of these aircraft will also be on show outside the Chief Post Office during the week, and will be one of the special features of the displays in connection with the Victory Loan. Another feature will be the parade of the Air Force Band on Wednesday. Starting in Upper Queen Street at 12.15 p.m. it will march to the Chief Post Office, where the members will be welcomed by the Mayor, Mr J. A. C. Alium. Other speakers will also give addresses in support of the Victory Loan. The band recently made a successful tour of defence stations in the Pacific Islands. ! Window displays of different types of Air Force equipment, including the Raysoude balloon and radio transmitter used in very high altitude weather research, will be made at different city stores. The flight on Friday will include approximately 80 aircraft of different types and the week's exhibitions will close on Saturday with the opening of the R.N.Z.A.F. stations at Ardmore, Whemiapai and Hobsonville. Operational aircraft will also visit towns in the province. EFFORT BY MAORIS ABOUT £20,000 SUBSCRIBED Special drives conducted by the Maori War Effort Organisation for the Victory Loan had resulted in Maori organisations in the North Island subscribing about £20.000 up to Friday of last week. These investments are split up between the tribal committees in the Maori war effort zones. In Auckland a series of three Polynesian concerts, organised by Lieutenant W. P. Clarke under the auspices of the War Effort Organisation, have been held in the Town Hall concert chamber during the last three weeks. They realised a profit of £3OO, of which £IOO will be invested in the Victory Loan. The remainder has been handed for Maori welfare purposes to the four groups taking part. Walter Smith's Aloha Orchestra, the Rotorua Maori Concert Party, the Orakei and Raratonga Serenaders' Troup and Sid. David's Maori Swing Orchestra. In addition to the investment from the profits of the concerts, the efforts of the parties taking part has resulted in £l5O being subscribed by Maori groups in Auckland.

ROTORUA SUBSCRIPTIONS £714 IN STREET SALES (0.C.) ROTORUA. Sunday The bond waggon assisted in the Victory Loan drive in Rotorua yesterday, when, in sxiite of showery weather, £714 was subscribed in street sales in less than two hours. A concert in the evening raised another £IOO for the Returned Services' Association's Crowther House project and this will also be invested in the loan. Subscriptions in the Rotorua area now amount to approximately £45,000, or 31J per cent of the quota. EGG PRODUCTION HAMILTON'S POSITION (0.C.) HAMILTON, Saturday A large number of poultrykeepers attended a meeting held at Hamilton last night for the purpose of hearing an explanation of the Internal Marketing Division's plans for a long-term policy of supply and consumption of eggs throughout the Dominion, with particular application to the Hamilton district. The principal speaker was Mr J. W. McConnan, of the Marketing Division. Mr McConnan said that there was a probability, now that service requirements had lessened appreciably, of such a glut that prices would drop to an uneconomic level. It was hoped that some arrangements could be made whereby the surplus supplies could be exported from time to time. This would ensure reasonable quantities of eggs being available to the public right through the year. Hamilton, said the speaker, was considered to be an important district, both now and as a potential supply area, as it had been supplying a considerable quantity of the eggs needed for the City Markets and at the same time had met local requirements. BRYANT HOUSE (0.C.) HAMILTON, Sunday Bryant House, at Raglan, which has offered free hospitality to convalescent women since June 1 of this year, will be closed for nearly a month from October 7. Since June it has been filled to its capacity of 20 guests. From the beginning of November until June of next year it will reopen for convalescent children, 40 of whom can be accommodated. RAILWAY PROMOTIONS Several promotions affecting railway officers in the Auckland Province have been announced. Mr W. W. Chitty has been appointed staff clerk of the Auckland district in succession to Mr A. W. Wilson, who has retired for health reasons. Other promotions are:—Mr C. "Weenik, stationmaster at Papakura, to be stationmaster at Hastings; Mr T. J. Casey, Te Aroha, to be stationmaster at Papakura; Mr J. Cowan, Hawke's Bay, to be stationmaster at Te Aroha; Mr F. Thorburn, clerk at Papakura, to be stationmaster at Patea. JUNIOR RED CROSS The church parade of the Junior Red Cross was held vesterday morning at St. Matthew's Church and St. Patrick's Cathedral. There were over 700 members on parade, representing 60 Junior Bod Cross circles. The parade assembled at Commerce Street and marched through the citv, accompanied bv two bands. After tlie service the members returned to Commerce Street, where they were addressed by the president of the Auckland centre, Mr A. P. Postlewftite. and the chairman, Mr K, C. Aekins. Refreshments were later provided in the Red Cross rooms for those children who had come long distances. TAX PAYMENT DATES The date for the payment of land tax this year has been fixed by Gazette notice as Friday, September 29, and penalties will accrue if the tax is not paid by October 20. Demands are to be issued about September 22, and those who do not receive an expected demand are directed to notify the Commissioner of Taxes. Income tax payments fall due on February 14, 1945. ,