ROLL OF HONOUR

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 25054, 18 November 1944, Page 8

ROLL OF HONOUR

NAVAL CASUALTIES ' NEW ZEALAND OFFICERS (RA.j WELLINGTON, Friday lhe following naval casualties announced tonight, all being membe ' of the Royal New Zealand Naval Volun! teer Reserve:— MISSINC, PRESUMED KILLED | Bell, P. G. (Temp.-Acting Sub-Lieuti u ■ G. G Bell, Matamata (father) Gllniour 3. J. (Temp.-Actinef Sub'.Ll<rat» Palniergton North. «WU|,)«» REPORTED SAFE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISMKfI Moor iUA T ' (Temp **-**** J; ROTORUA AMENITIES TOWN-PLANNING SCHEME DISCUSSION WITH MINISTER (0.C.) ROTORtTA, Pridj, | Some questions related to the town planning scheme, now in preparation i n " Rotorua, were placed before the M,in. ister of Internal Affairs, Mr Parry, bv the Mayor, Mr P. A. Kusahs, and members of the Borough Council- today. Th# matters referred to included a subsidy toward the cost of converting half „f the Kuirau Reserve into a sports ground; an alternative water supply for the borough; extensive amenities on the lake foreshore; the need for new hotel accommodation; the transfer certain areas held by the Crown and the possibility of reticulating thermal water for household and industrial use Tentative plans of the lake front pro! ject were shown to the Minister, who said he would like to view the sclioine on the spot, and then to cuiifHr the I'rin 10 Minister, Mr Praser. Jit Parry said that on a previous occasion he had promised a £1 for £1 subsidy up to £SOO for a recreation park and that promise was-still valid. He advised th« council to leave the question of thermal power alone for the time being. He *aj going to have a geologist stationed io Kotorua and they would not be lons •waiting for the necessary information. He wished to defer decision on a sue! gested transfer of a plot of Crown land to enable a light industrial area to b« set up close to the town. Concerning the lack of accommodation, Mr Parry remarked, "I know it is very bad; it took me all my time to get a bed hero." The Mayor said it was not suggested that the council should run an hotel after the Invercargill pjt» tern, but they needed new buildings, Mr Parry advised the council to have its proposals prepared to place before the commission that would be sitting shortly. OVERCROWDED SCHOOL CLAIMS OF PUKEKOHE (0.C.) PUKEKOHE, Friday The needs of the l'ukekohe Primary School were placed before the Minister of Education, Mr Mason, when he met the school committee today. The chairman, Mr J. Patterson, »aid that 540 children attended the school, of whom more than 100 were Maoris. The present classrooms were not only hopelessly overcrowded, but were inadequate for the accommodation of the children. A near-by church hall and a shelter shed had to be used as classrooms. , ;

The Minister assured the committee that the matter would not be allowed to rest where it stood at present. Hementioned the shortage of materials and labour for educational building requirements. Accommodation estimated to cost £4,000,000 was needed today to overcome acute problems. However, lie would see what could be done. FIJIAN WORKERS DUTIES WITH AIR FORCE (R.N.Z.A.F. Official News Service) LAUTHALA BAY, Nov, 10 A useful adjunct to Koyal New Zealand Air Force stations in Fiji is the cheerful and apparently heat-resistant Fijian "boy"—always ''boy" irrespective of age. These Fijians and a lesser number of Indians are hired by the Air Force to perform fatigues and much of the unskilled work on stations. Once they understand what is expected of them the Fijians work quite efficiently, and in some trades, notably boatbuilding, show great skill. They are also most useful in constructing native "bure" type huts of all sizes, which are easily the coolest if not the roost durable type of architecture for the climate. They work in a variety of "uniforms," varying from spotless white shirts and skirts to nothing worth mentioning at all, down on the seafronti where they splash around Catalw» flying-boats at the slipway, fixing tow* iiig lines and leading gear and working in dinghies and launches under Luro* pean supervision. . ... The reason for employing native labour is not so much to save airmen a great deal of hard manual although that is a highly desirable ractor, the climate being what it js~-du*. to effect economy, native labour being relatively cheap. Wherever a task be done'by a native is one is emplojea and thus an airman less is needed, tM job is done more cheaply ana, tan R the long view, the manpower position in New Zealand is relieved. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL VISIT TO SOUTH ISLAND (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Fr!d»y Their Excellencies the ®.9 re f no i! General and Lady Nevrall will leaf* Wellington tomorrow for the island and will hold public investiture' iu Dunedin and Christchurch. Excellencies will return to WeUingto on November 30.

LATE MR T. HINTON (0.C.) HAMILTON, Friday The Central Waikato Electric-Powtf Board, in expressing its deep * el ! s ® ° loss in the death of its Mr Thomas Hinton, decided to pW on record its appreciation of his servi to the board, first as chairman of . provisional committee set "P to io the board, and then as chairman 01 board from its inception in Jn'y, to March, 1944, when he resigned on account of ill-health. , Sincere sympathy was tendered . Mr Hinton's wife and the members oi his family.

SYDNEY FLYING-BOAT The passengers on a Tasman Empirt Airways flying-boat which an* from Sydney yesterday included .t' „ lowing:—Messrs J. G. Guthnc,. • Graham, H. Mackav, N. J* ,\r »' C. Pateman, R. B. Forsyth, • Budge, Mesdames J. C. N. Crosbie, • ■ E. Perry, A. M. McSaveney. »• £ Joyce. E. C. Heagney. M. 1- Rami