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Otago Witness, Issue 3764, 4 May 1926, Page 52

“It is positively alarming,” said Dr Mott, speaking on the race problem at, Knox Church last week, “to see what fires of racial prejudice ere being kindled and "fanned by certain films and plays tolerated in parts of the world which are veritable tinderboxes. It is not on'y alarming but criminal.” He referred to films he had lately seen in the Dutch East Indies—our nearest . aoial problem*—which the natives could not possibly look upon without having their racial passions inflamed. The same kind of thing w T as going on all up and down China. It called for international as well as inter-racial collaboration. He saw no other way except that the Christians must take the initiative. He went on to suggest a continuous '’ntensive. educational oampaign in connection with the primary and secondary schools. Advice received by the postal authorities states that New Zealand mails which were despatched from Wellington by the Makura on March 13 for the United Kingdom, via San Francisco, arrived in London on April 28. The following telegram was despatched on Friday to the head office of the Union Steam Ship Company by Mr Shortt (president of the Chamber of Commerce) : Dunedin shippers strongly protesting against further delay of the Waihemo cargo. Is it not possible to arrange that she come to Dunedin before proceeding to New Plymouth? Mr Aiken (general manager) has replied as under:—l am pleased tr» say that irrangemente were made yesterday, Dun)din being advisedfi for the Waihemo to proceed to Dunedin before New Plymouth. But for the vigilance of the driver of a heavy touring motor car a little boy about five years of age would probably have received serious injury on Friday afternoon. About 3 p.m. the child suddenly dashed across Princes stre.t from the Bank of New Zealand corner in the direction of the Government Life Insurance building. The boy ran in front of the motor car, which was proceeding northwards. Before the driver or tho~ in the street, noticed the fact the little fellow was less than two feet from the front of the oar. The driver applied his brakes with surprising promptitude, an ‘ pulled up the car just as it touched the boy, who, to the astonishment of those looking on, was not even knocked down. The whole thing happened in a flash. Several of those standing at the side of the street raised a shout of alarm, expecting that the boy would be struck heavily by the car. The vigilance of the driver and the promptitude with which he applied hii brakes were favourably commented upon by those who witnessed the occurrence. While a policeman when questioning the boy, an elder brother, about 10 years of a e. arrived and took charg of him. Tt, is hoped that this incident will prove a warning to parents to have a closer watch kept on their children in busy parts of the city. It mav not happen that every motorist is as skilful and vigilant as the one whose skill and watchfulness Raved the little boy yesterday from serious and perhaps fatal injury. The winner of the first prize of three thousand guineas in the Grand National Rafflo, drawn at Oamaru, Alexander Thompson, is a small farmer at Tangaihi, on the banks of the Northern Wairoa Iliver, 30 miles from Dargaville. lie has a small section of 50 acres, where ho milks a few cows. He also does share milking and other work. lie is a returned soldier * with a wife and four children, and is 1 esteemed as a hard-working man, and one | who will make good use of the money. r He had a £1 book of tickets.