In the News

Southland Times, Issue 25737, 30 July 1945, Page 4

In the News

For Consideration A suggestion that a rehabilitation committee for the Wallacetown district should be established has been referred to the appropriate authority for consideration. The suggestion was made by Mr W. Brown (Lorneville), at a meeting of the district Council of the Invercargill R.S.A. Storage of Wool The question of storing wool in the grandstand at the Winton Racecourse, came up for discussion at the annual meeting of the Winton Jockey Club. All present were of the opinion that it should be placed at the disposal of the woolbrokers for storing wool for Britain. Railway Bookings No special trains will be run to Dunedin next Saturday when the OtagoSouthland Rugby match will be played, and bookings for the normal service are expected to be heavy. Seats have already been taken by intending travellers, and accommodation is expected to fill up rapidly. Fifty Arrests Fifty men were arrested when police parties on Friday afternoon simultaneously raided eight premises in Auckland which were being used for the sale and marking of pakapoo tickets. Eight Chinese occupiers of the premises were later charged before Mr S. M. Goodall, S.M., with using them as common gaming houses. The other 42 men arrested, two of whom were Chinese, were charged with being found on the premises. A fine of £2OO was imposed on each of the eight occupiers, the other 41 accused who were convicted being fined £2 each. “Maori,” Not “Native” Among the Parliamentary Select Committees appointed each session is a Native Affairs Committee, and in setting it up in the House of Representa!tives last week, the Minister of NativeAffairs (Mr Mason) altered the word [“Native” to “Maori,” stating that although this seemed a trifling formality, it was more in accord with the position of the Maori people in New Zealand, and their pride of race. It was preferable to the indefinite word which it would replace. The change was strongly commended by Mr E. T. Tirikatene, representative of the Maori race on the Executive Council. He felt, he said, that the Minister was doing something which his people would regard as notable, and it would meet with their high approval.