WHAT EUROPE HAS SAID

Southland Times, Issue 22473, 8 November 1934, Page 6

WHAT EUROPE HAS SAID

M. Doumerguc’s Home Policy. The, only source of serious trouble in the near future in France is the somewhat precarious position of our parliamentary system in the eyes of the public, of the Right as well as of the Left. That, too, is the only cause which can group together in a collective urge to action passions which have for inspiration contrary mysticisms or opposing interests. Bymaking the public feel that he will succeed in reforming the State, that is to say first and foremost, our parliamentary system, M. Doumergue is

really coming out as a champion of Parliament. What is doubtful is whether the actual majority in Parliament will not prefer to sacrifice its duty to secure the system to the political delights of a last orgy of opposition.—Lucien Romier in the Figaro.

A Change at Geneva. There is now barely a trace of the Genevan ideology of 1920-1931, still less of that of the period 1926-1931. There are no speeches; the heads of government have remained silent. Disarmament has been passed over in silence; the Third Commission of the Assembly which deals with that subject did not meet this session. A few professors are still discussing the organization of peace by the reform of the Covenant which legalizes a recourse to war in five or six cases. Economic co-operation is reduced now to some theoretical studies .. .All the fine topics, the pride and joy of the orators in the League’s great epoch, are now discussed, and to no profit, only by committees and commissions; they are the province now of second-rate experts who have acquired the habit of finishing their holidays in Geneva, which they find to their taste and whose pleasures they like.—“Pertinax,” in the Echo de Paris.

Last evening the Dominion Meteorologist issued the following information.—An intense anti-cyclone still covers New Zealand, while an area of deep depression is centred near Adelaide and extends on to south-eastern Australia. Forecast:—Winds: Light and variable, but soon tending northerly and later freshening. Seas: New Zealand waters smooth to moderate. Eastern Tasman Sea:—North-east to north winds, freshening and becoming strong in the southern portion; seas smooth to moderate, but later rising. Weather fine generally, and becoming gradually warmer; haze and cloud increasing to-morrow, however, in western districts from Taranaki southwards, with some showers developing in Westland and the far south.

Albert Ernest Keeble, of Lower Hutt, was fined £25 by Mr H. P. Lawry, S.M., on a charge of keeping a common gaming house, states a Wellington Press Association message.

At the monthly sitting of the Winton Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday morning, when Mr and Mrs J. P. McWilliam, Justices of the Peace, presided, one civil case was adjourned until the December sitting.—Winton correspondent.

A cocker spaniel doing penance for the sin of raiding a poultry yard was a mournful figure in Timaru recently. For the greater part of the day he- had to endure the enforced presence of a victim of his caprice, a fairly plump Black Orpington hen, the dead bird being secured to his collar by a short length of rope. When his first efforts to rid himself of the bird failed, he became resigned, and his disgust was apparent. Fanciers regard the practice as an almost infallible cure for poultry raiders.

On Tuesday the Southland Electric Power Board will hold a meeting in the Council Chambers, Gore, when it is expected the Mayor and councillors will be present. After the transaction of ordinary business the Mayor, councillors' and members of the board will be entertained at luncheon, after which a visit of inspection will be paid to the board’s new premises and sub-station. The board members will meet the Mayor of Mataura and borough councillors at Mataura at 3 o’clock, and after a short meeting, the board’s property at Mataura will be inspected.

“I note that your conference is very close to ‘National Week,’ ” said the Rev. J. K. Archer, when welcoming delegates to the annual conference of the Associated Chambers of Commerce in Christchurch last week. Delegates stared aghast at such ignorance of the racing calendar, and the slip was not allowed to go unnoticed. “That was last August,” said a delegate. Quite unperturbed by his mistake, Mr Archer explained that he knew nothing whatever of racing, but that even he could not help knowing that some sort, of racing fixture was scheduled in Christchurch.

An ex-Auckland journalist, Mr P. L. Soljak, who is travelling in Europe with another Aucklander, Mr Redmond, writes home stating that in Austria they were suspected of being Nazi agents in disguise, and had some difficulty in proving their bona fides. The people they met looked cheerful, though half-starved, and said they had had but little proper food since 1914. Vienna —no longer gay—with its shabbilydressed (though still genial) population, grass in its public squares, and guards with fixed bayonets and barbed-wire entanglements before many of its public buildings, was full of armed troops boarding trucks to dash off to Florisdorf, where a riot was raging. Apart from these and a few score tourists, the city seemed deserted and neglected.

On their way to attend the special Eucharistic Congress to be held in Melbourne as part of the Centenary celebrations, a party of Roman Catholic churchmen passed through Auckland by the Mariposa last Friday. The party comprised Bishop Nicholas, of Suva, the' Very Rev. Pere Couet, of Rome, Superior-General of the Fathers of the Blessed Sacrament, and the Rev. A. Pelletier, American and Australian Provincial of the same Order. New Zealand delegates who left by the Mariposa were Monsignor Macmanus, of Palmerston North; Father Guinane, of Dannevirke; and Father Cashman, of Pahiatua. Bishop Liston, Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland, and the Rev. Dr. L. T. Buxton will also attend the congress, but will not leave Auckland until November 22.

The old spirit of the free lance, belonging to the spacious days before organized sports control, peeped out in an application for transfer from one club to another which came before the Auckland Cricket Association last week. In the space provided for “reasons”. the applicant wrote that he “was anxious to play among friends.” The possible, but quite obviously unintended implications that in his present club he found the atmosphere unfriendly, evoked a chuckle from the members. Maybe, also (says the Auckland Star) the frank and boyish spirit of the reason given evoked from some of the older members a sigh for the days when sport was free and open, and each match a gay adventure. That was the old British spirit, which every little while finds expression in a comment from the fathers over the water that we take our sport too seriously by subordinating the individual to the team, the team to the club, the club to the game, the game to the country, and so on. Aren’t we all anxious to play among friends?.

A notice in the New Zealand Gazette, dated November 1, 1934, states that the close season for seals, under section 5 of the Fisheries Act, 1908, has been extended for three years from November 30, 1934.

Large attendances both afternoon and evening resulted in St. Aidan’s Fair, which was held in the Parish Hall, South Invercargill, being an unqualified success. The fair was officially opened by his Worship the Mayor (Mr John Miller) and was enlivened in the evening by a bright entertainment.

Discharges in bankruptcy were granted by Mr Justice Kennedy in the Supreme Court yesterday to William Wills, of Invercargill, stock agent (Mr G. J. Reed), William Francis Lewis, of Invercargill, commission agent (Mr J. C. Prain) and John Patrick Hogan, of Wairio, contractor (Mr G. J. Reed).

At the monthly meeting of the New River Hundred Rabbit Board at Waianiwa reports were received to the effect that the five fumigators operating in the district were doing highly satisfactory work. It was decided to procure a sixth fumigator immediately as well as further supplies of pollard poison for the use of the farmers. Members expressed appreciation of the help farmers were giving the men engaged in fumigating.

An Ohinemutu carver is at present engaged in preparing a large carved “kumete” or casket which the Arawa confederation of tribes proposes to present to the Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe, before his departure from New Zealand. The casket is intended as a container for the film of the Waitangi celebrations, and the measurements have been designed accordingly. Inside will be fitted a spool to carry the film, while it is also intended to paint representations of the kowhai and manuka blossoms on the inside of the casket. It is hoped than an opportunity will present itself to make the presentation to his Excellency personally.

When the executive of the Carnarvon National Eisteddfod met at the beginning of October the general secretary read a letter from Mr J. Morgan Davies on behalf of the New Zealand Welsh community, who had decided to present the bardic chair to the eisteddfod (writes the Evening Post’s London correspondent). He also sent photographs of the chair, which has been designed and carved by a Maori. It was desired to have the views of the executive as to certain suggestions made in regard to the chair before it was completed and dispatched. It was also stated that it was probable that the High Commissioner for New Zealand would attend the eisteddfod on the chairing day.

Decisions in favour of the appellants from judgments of the No. 10 Licensing Authority have been given by the Transport Co-ordination Board (Sir Stephen Allen, chairman, and Messrs H. B. S. Johnstone and L. Aiderton) in the following appeals: G. A. Shaw, of Gore, carrier( Mr R. Stout), J. W. Paton and J. E. Cocklin (Mr J. C. Prain) and W. Cook (Mr B. W. Hewat). R. Colquhoun, of Ohai, carrier, for whom Mr Hewat appeared, appealed against the Authority’s refusal to grant him a route license to operate between Ohai and Invercargill. The appeal was granted and the objector was ordered to pay £8 3/- costs. F. E. Gilligan, of Mossbum (Mr R. Stout) also appealed against the Authority’s refusal to renew the appellant’s route license between Mossbum and Invercargill. The appeal was allowed.

Travelling down the Danube to Belgrade, a New Zealand journalist, Mr P. L. Soljak, was surprised to hear Hungarian students on board the river boat—dressed just like those in the “Student Prince”—singing a song with the air of “Waiata Maori.” Writing to an Auckland friend, he says that on inquiring the source of the tune he was told it was one of an international collection made for them by one of their professors. In Yugoslavia he heard not only English spoken (by those who had returned from U.S.A, and the British Dominions), but even Maori (locally Maoriski,) a linguistic addition to the polyglot speech of the late King Alexander’s subjects brought by Yugoslavians who had sojourned in New Zealand. These incidents show how a New Zealander can be made to feel at home in a distant land. The people of Yugoslavia—especially those of Dalmatia—are keenly interested in both local and foreign politics. They are much better informed than the people of other European countries on world affairs, and are ready to discuss Hitlerism or Italian Fascism. They regard Signor Mussolini as a danger to their safety, and all Italians —their traditional enemies—as grafters.

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Two distinct aids to beauty—Pivers Talcum Powder in neat glass containers, three perfumes, Pompeia, Azunea and Reve-d’or. Usually 2/11, now 1/9. Also 4711 Lavender Face Powder in large boxes, usually 2/3, now 1/9 at Thomson and Beattie’s Toilet counter. —Advt.

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Southern Musquash Coats are still a good selling article with us, because we only stock the best quality, and have a few coats left at the old prices, namely £22 10/-, and £25. These coats are made for backs only, plain body and big pouched collars in split skin effects, these coats .are all new seasons goods; full 46 and 48 lengths. Now is your opportunity to secure a good article at a cheap price. THE MUTUAL FUR CO., Tay street.—Advt.

Special offer of 50 dozen sample shirts worth 7/11 to 11/6 now all one price 5/11, collars 6d. Also newest arrivals in grey, brown and navy worsted mens’ suits to be sold at Make Room Sale prices at Carter’s, Tay street. See advertisement front page.—Advt.

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