In the News

Southland Times, Issue 24002, 18 December 1939, Page 8

In the News

No Enlistments There were no enlistments for the special military force at the Invercargill Defence Headquarters at the weekend. Success of Invercargill Artist Advice that one of two paintings I which he had sent forward had been accepted for exhibition in the content- | porary section of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition of Art has been received by Mr T. H. Jenkin, art master of the Southland Technical College. Mr Jenkin has not yet been advised which picture has been selected but it will be displayed in Invercargill when at the conclusion of the Exhibition, the collection is sent to outside centres. This will probably be about November 1940. Specimens of their work were sent forward by other Southland artists, but because of the small space available for the Exhibition, they were not accepted. Mr Jenkin also secured another success as his design for one side of the commemorative medal to be struck and distributed in the near future was accepted by the authorities. Conscription Issue Suggestions that the Government had a conscription scheme prepared to come into force early next year were denied by Mr W. E. Barnard, M.P., a member of. the New Zealand Defence Council. Mr Barnard said that such a scheme had never been considered by the Government’s parliamentary caucus, and he was satisfied that no such step would be taken without it being discussed there first. Fast Shearing A total of 1289 sheep was shorn in eight hours by six shearers, including one learner, at the Fairplace station recently. The highest tallies were registered by D. Marshall 241, H. Moffett 237 and a shearer 70 years of age, who had the splendid tally of 167. The sheep were crossbred sheep and, according to the shearers, they were fairly tough because of the hard winter they had been through. Radio Call For Doctor. In response to a call from the radio station on Sunday Island, in the Kermadecs, a steamer which was preparing to leave Auckland for the Pacific Islands several weeks ago embarked a doctor and two nurses who were prepared to undertake an abdominal operation on a man. On the ship’s arrival at the island it was found that the man was not seriously ill and he was brought back to Auckland for observation.—Press Association. . Fire in Dwelling A call was received by the Invercargill Fire Brigade at 10.6 o’clock on Saturday night to 456 Elies road, Kew, where an outbreak of fire had occurred in a wooden house occupied by Mrs D. Shaw. The fire was outside the brigade’s district and its services were not used. The damage was not very serious. The fire was confined mainly to one room which, with the contents, was fairly badly damaged. Warning Against Materialism Advice to teachers entering upon their work not to be mislead by the materialism they saw in the world was given by the acting Minister of Education (the Hon. H. G. R. Mason), when speaking at the official closing ceremony of the Wellington Teachers’ Training College. Students of the college going forth to teach would find happiness in doing their work perfectly, Mr Mason said. In the outer world there would be many competing philosophies which would tend perhaps to make them lose sight of the importance of the work of the teacher. It was well, therefore, to have some understanding of the importance of that work. It was important because it dealt with human nature, and the human being was the most important thing in the world. “I look upon the whole nature of the next age as depending upon the teacher,” Mr Mason said. “It will be a happy age if the teacher induces happy reactions from his pupils. Do not, therefore, be mislead. by any of the materialism you see in the world and by those stresses on economic relationship and the machine, and any of the other things that exclude human personality.”