In Town And Out

Southland Times, Issue 23678, 29 November 1938, Page 8

In Town And Out

Future of Stewart Island “I have just returned from a visit to Stewart Island and I believe that there is a very great future in that island, said the Minister of Internal Affairs (the Hon. W. E. Parry) in an address to representatives of public and sporting bodies last night. “I wonder if sometimes the consideration it deserves has been given to it. No doubt, there have been a lot of difficulties in the way, but the island has a great future as a tourist resort and as Minister in charge of physical welfare and recreation I am looking forward to making great use of it provided it can be developed along the lines on which I hope to see it develoned.” The Minister said he would like to see parties of children sent to Stewart Island to see the beauties of the resort and to study the magnificent native flora. Such trips could be arranged when holiday traffic was not at its height. Instruction for Police Constables Members of the Police Force at Invercargill yesterday were given lectures on various branches of their work. The lectures were given by Senior Sergeant Dinnie, officer in charge of the finger-print department, Wellington, and Senior Sergeant Kelly, officer in charge of the arms department, Wellington. The men carried out revolver practice in the morning and attended lectures in the afternoon and' evening. A similar day of instruction was held a year ago. It is a recent innovation, and one that is reported to be popular with the men as well as productive of good results. The lecturers from headquarters are to leave by the express this morning for Dunedin. They will hold a similar day of instruction there and at other centres in the South Island.

Heavy Seas In Strait After travelling from South Africa to Adelaide and then from Melbourne to Bluff, Mr J. Ormandy, of Johannnesburg, Transvaal, was surprised to find that the roughest seas were met in Foveaux Strait. The journey to Australia was comparatively smooth, he said, but the seas were rather rough in the Tasman. The heaviest seas during the entire voyage, however, were met when the Maunganui entered Foveaux Strait after leaving Milford Sound. Navigation Competition The navigation competition conducted by the Southland Aero Club for the Sports Trust trophy, was completed during the week-end and the trophy will be presented to the winner this week by the president of the club, Mr A. E. McDonald. The results of the competition were:—R. Buchanan 1, F. W. Hall-Jones 2, W. A. Cameron 3. Refresher Course

The members of the staff of the Defence Department at Invercargill leave by the express this morning to attend the annual refresher course to be held at Burnham from November 30 to December 14. The defence office will be closed during their absence.

Matai Due at Bluff Advice has been, received at Bluff that the Government lighthouse steamer Matai is expected to arrive at the port this week from Dunedin. She will make her periodical inspection of lights and beacons in Foveaux Strait before leaving for the north.

Longer Daylight in South “I see no reason in the world why the people in the south should get so much more daylight compared with other people,” said the Minister of Internal Affairs (the Hon. W. E. Parry) with a smile, in his address to representatives of public and sporting bodies last night He said he found it most extraordinary to go to a meeting at 8 o’clock at night with the sun still shining. At Stewart Island it b-d still been light enough for play at 9.00 p.m. The extra amount of daylight in the south offered great possibilities for recreation. Earthquakes Not Rare

Earth tremors are not a. rare occurrence in the Transvaal—in fact, they occur almost every day, according to Mr J. Ormandy, of Johannesburg, who arrived at Bluff by the Maunganui to spend a holiday in New Zealand. The earthquakes caused no alarm, he said, and could be attributed to the vast number of tunnels and the fact that the earth was honey-combed with mines and old workings.

Early Potatoes A fine root of early potatoes has been sent to The Southland Times office by Mrs Anderson, 57 Kew road. The potatoes were apparently grown in sandy soil. They are of a very good size.

“Released”; Not Unemployed “Let us not say that a man is unemployed because he has been displaced from work by the introduction of machinery,” said the Minister of Internal Affairs (the Hon. W. E. Parry) in an address to representatives of public and sporting bodies last night. “Let us rather say that he has been released from the production of goods because of the development of machinery.”