In the News

Southland Times, Issue 25643, 10 April 1945, Page 4

In the News

Fine Weather

A rising barometer during the weekend was followed ■by a frost of two degrees yesterday morning and a mud sunny day. The climax of the barometer’s rise was a reading of 30.60 in., the highest for several months. Attack on Norway The fifth anniversary of the German attack on Norway fell yesterday. Units of the Norwegian merchant fleet, the Army, Navy and Air Force are still participating in the struggle on the side of the Allies.

Still at Large The two Borstal inmates who escaped on Sunday afternoon had not been recaptured late last night. A small motorcar, which disappeared from Wood street a few hours after their escape, was found at Te Anau shortly after midday yesterday. Not Exclusive Gifts “I hope we shall get rid of the false idea that the colour of a man’s skin decides his character or ability. The white man has no monopoly of the gifts of God. The Chinese have them at least in equal proportions,” said the Very Rev; G. H. McNeur in his address last night on China given under the auspices of the Invercargill W.E.A. Trust Building Newburgh’s building, purchased last year by the Invercargill Licensing Trust, will in future be known as the Trust building. A start was made yesterday with the work of changing the name on the west side of the building. Situated on the corner of Dee and Esk streets, the building contains the new offices of the trust and the trust-owned Browl Owl, as well as numerous other offices and a billiard room.

Home Tonight Southland members of a draft of service personnel who recently, returned to New Zealand and whose names were published yesterday will arrive in Invercargill tonight. They will be met by the Major (Mr A. Wachner), representatives of the Army Department, the R.S.A., the Red Cross and patriotic organizations. Transport for wounded personnel will be provided by the Red Cross and for the others by the Army Department. Next of kin requiring transport from the railway station to_ their homes should communicate by telephone with the Area Staff Officer. W.D.F.U. Home

“Te Kiteroa,” formerly a private residence overlooking Waimate and the surrounding countryside, has been acquired by tiie Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union as a rest home. It was officially opened on Saturday by Mrs W. Orr, of Balfour, Dominion, president of the Division.' In declaring the home open Mrs Orr said they had reached another milestone in the history of the Women’s Division. Not only had members of the division made a supreme war effort, but they had found time to buy, equip and open two rest homes in the South Island. The object of the homes was to provide a place where those badly needing a change of environment could receive a rest in mind and body. Today, she added, no one was independent. Every process of living meant someone’s effort ‘ and money, and today, as never before, they must extend the personal hand of compassion and friendship to lonely sufferers. She hoped the homes would fill a useful need in the life of the Dominion. Treatment of Japan

“I hope we will be guided by the example of the Chinese people and not be vindictive in our treatment of the Japanese people after the war. I cannot see a very peaceful Pacific if we show a vindictive spirit towards Japan in the settlement of postwar problems,” said the Very Rev. G. H. McNeur in an address last night on “China and New Zealand in the Postwar World,” which he gave under the auspices of the Invercargill W.E.A. “Japan has got to suffer the consequences of her evil doing and she will suffer. Her military caste has got to be deposed, and we must see to it that there is no repetition of what has occurred. But we would do well to follow the example of the Chinese in our attitude towards the Japanese. I have never yet met a Chinese who was really vindictive towards the Japanese people. They blame the Japanese militarists, not the people of Japan as a whole, and I think the Chinese should know more about it than we do.”