In Town And Out

Southland Times, Issue 23541, 22 June 1938, Page 6

In Town And Out

Cost of Health Camps

The actual cost of children’s health camps in Southland is 11/10 a week for each child, according to the annual report of the Health Camp Association.

Alleged Nazi Organizations An investigation into the alleged activities of Nazi agents in New Zealand is urged by the Wellington branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, which carried the following motion at a recent meeting:— That this meeting of members of the Wellington branch of the A.S.R.S. urges upon the Minister in Charge of Police the necessity of instituting a full police investigation into the activities of Nazi agents and organizations in New Zealand.”

Missing Yacht Windward The theory that the crew of the yacht Windward, which disappeared after leaving the Chatham Islands in January 1931 might be still alive on the Antipodes Islands is upset by a letter from the commander of the Royal Research ship Discovery II which has just been received in Christchurch. This letter, written in response to an inquiry from Mr C. Seymour, formerly of the Chatham Islands, states that no sign of life was seen on the Antipodes Islands when the Discovery II called there recently. Early in January 1931 the Windward left the Chatham Islands to return to Wellington, whence she had come a week before. ' When she was not reported after three weeks —the outward journey took only eight days—it was presumed that she had foundered with the loss of all hands. The crew comprised Mr T. P. Rollings, Mr C. A. Steele, Mr A. H. Orwin and Dr A. Graham.—Press Association.

Returned Soldiers’ Children The number of returned soldiers’ children who attended the 1938 Southland health camps was 63. This is shown in the annual report of the Southland Children’s Health Camp Association.

Official Insignia of Scouts Advice has been received that an assistant-scoutmaster, Mr lan Dickison, of the Ist Dunedin (Roslyn) Troop of Boy Scouts, has gained the honour of having his design chosen as the official insignia for using on all posters and publicity matter for the International Jamboree at Wellington in 1939-40. It will also be incorporated in the design of the main gate of the camp at Heretaunga and will be worn as a badge by scouts from all parts of the world attending the jamboree.—Press Association. Immaterial!

“You had a sleep before you got to Marton?” asked counsel of a passenger witness in the Ratana railway accident inquiry at Wellington. “Yes.” “You got off at Marton?” “Yes, I got off at every stop, about.” “What did you have at Marton?” “I had a cup of tea.” “Where did you get that?” “Where they always get it.” “How did you do that when the place was locked up?” “Oh, we11,.1 have made a mistake, but what difference does a cup of tea make, anyway ?”

Big Trees Blown Down Power, telegraph, and telephone lines between Timaru and Waimate were completely severed at 2 o’clock on Monday morning when nine trees in a plantation of macrocarpa at Bell’s corner, about four miles north of Waimate, on the main highway, fell before a fierce north-westerly gale. Three of the trees, which were some of the tallest in the Dominion, being more than 150 feet high, fell across the roadway, their tops crossing a gorse hedge on the opposite side of the road. Extending into a paddock in their fall, they broke every telephone, power, and telegraph line, cutting Waimate off from the north. Collection of Manuscripts

Among the interesting manuscripts brought back to New Zealand by Professor James Rutherford, who returned recently after sabbatical leave, is a large collection of letters and papers of Sir E. W. Stafford, a former Premier of New Zealand. The tremendous scope covered by these papers can be gauged from the fact that they include from 4000 to 5000 items dealing with both State and private affairs.