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Otago Witness, Issue 4066, 16 February 1932, Page 23

“ A very serious problem in Hawaii is the growth of the Japanese population there,” said Mr E. A. Hitchcock, manager of the municipal electricity department, in a travel talk at the Christchurch Citizens’ Association meeting. “The Japanese population is increasing faster than the whites, and it is feared that Hawaii may become a Japanese settlement. The problem is serious, especially as the Japanese are all American citizens. One thing I noticed there was the almost feverish care which was taken to teach children to salute the flag.”

Among the bird-dwellers in the Wellington Botanical Gardens are a pair of magpies, who appear to have made their home on the bush-covered ridge facing Anderson Park. Always together, the birds may be _ seen ■ almost _ every day (says the Dominion), sometimes in remarkably swift flight over the tree-tops, and sometimes searching for tit-bits on the open grass areas. They are timid and seldom allow a close inspection, but their throaty, not unmusical calls betray their presence. Jet-black body feathers and snow-white backs and upper sides of the wings distinguish these pert yet wary birds.