NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24791, 16 December 1941, Page 2

NEWS IN BRIEF

" I have heard it said," said Mr G. M. Keys, when addressing the Technical College Board of Governors in Christchurch, " that the use of statistics is the same as the use of a telegraph pole to a drunken man—for support and not for information." It was reported to the Palmerston North High Schools-Board of Governors last week that the pupils of the three city secondary schools were anxious to join the army of ergot gatherers, and that one High School girl had already collected and sold a considerable quantity. "Drink and be merry" this Christmas from a hamper procured at Crossan's Waterloo Hotel, Caversham... " This is . something original," remarked Mr H, W. Insull, secretary of/ the Taranaki Education Board, at a recent meeting, when reading a letter, from an Air Force trainee asking the board to make representations to have Morse code lessons broadcast from station 2YB, New suggested that the lessons would be most helpful to Air Force trainees and to Home Guardsmen. The board left the matter in the hands of the chairman for inquiries. Wise housewives secure all their Xmas baking requirements at "The Big Store," Milton. Quantity prices operate in buyer's favour... "We hear quite a number of these cases wherein a reservist waits to see what happens ito his appeal before undertaking some alternative service. These men should join at once, for they may be half-trained by the time the appeal is heard," said Mr H. B, Lusk (chairman of the No. 4a Armed Forces Appeal Board) in Palmerston North last week, when it was stated that a reservist had not joined the Home Guard because he, was waiting to learn the result of his appeal. See the new seasons Marines, frocks. Coats, Hats, and Knitwear. All the new styles and colours and at unbeatable prices. Call early; many cannot be replaced. Your inspection invited. Mosgiel Drapers. A F Chevne and Co.. A pamphlet published in Germany in 1938 by the National Socialist Party expresses the attitude of Nazi Germany to all coloured peoples in the empire it hopes to build. Tt says that coloured peoples will not be permitted to leave German colonies for Europe on any pretext; no coloured will be able to become a German citizen; and the German racial law will be extended to the colonies. The schools will-not be allowed to teach any European matter. In principle higher schools and universities will be closed to coloured people, and special places of amusement and recreation will be created for them.