NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 78, 28 June 1928, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

NOTES FROM ALL PARTS.

THE DOMINION DAY By DAY, HERE, THERE, EVERYWHERE, Painting Presented to Government. A characteristic painting in oils by the late J. M. Nairn, whose work is well known to lovers of art in New Zealand, has been presented to" the Government by Mr A. N. Baird, a nephew of the artist. It is a portrait of Mr Archibald Nairn, painted in Glasgow in 1886, shortly before the artist came to the Dominion. The painting is now on view in the Wellington Art Gallery. * # Mind Suggestion. That there is a good deal in the theory of; mind suggestion over bodily ills was fully demonstrated in Eketahuna to a local resident (states the Express). Suffering from raging toothache he was given a couple of aspros and some water to take with them. In about ten minutes all trace of the toothache had disappeared, but he found later that he had swallowed the water and had left the white tablets on th e table. * * Soldiers? Graves. "The war graves in New Zealand, and more particularly in Christy church, are neglected," said Mr G. W. Lloyd, president of the Christchurch Returned Soldiers' Association, at a general meeting of members. Mi* Lloyd was reporting on ibe recent annual conference of New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Associations, and said that the War Graves Division had promised to improve the condition of the war graves at the Bromley cemetery, although the division would not put up any kerbing until a beginning was made on the new area. "If one went to the Bromley cemetery to look for space for a pauper's grave, one would find it in that portion of* the cemetery reserved for war graves, which are in a disgraceful condition of neglect," he said. •> "Since 1923 nothing has been done to the graves of those of our less fortunate comrades. This condition is not conned to Christchurch, but it is worse here than elsewhere. However, we have interviewed the Department and something will be done immediately to rectify the present condition.

Rum for Unemployed.

An oportunity extended recently to the unemployed in Christchurch to purchase a quart-size bottle of rum for a shilling drew a number of men to one of th e hotels in that city (says an exchange). The door was timed to be open at 9 a.m., but nearly two hours before that time five persons were oh the scene. As timfe went on the crowd swelled in numbers until abou,t 40 had formed a queue. The time was passed in discussion on their own fate, the All Blacks, and the prospective purchase of liquor. Promptly at 9 o'clock the door was opened, and, after being given a ticket, the men were allowed in, a few at a time. Very soon men appeared from a back exit with pronounced bulges in their pockets and satisfied looks on their faces. The unemployed continued to drift along in small numbers throughout the morning, although there was no wild rush. The suply of rum numbered 200 bottles, and from the lack of briskness in business in the morning ther e did not appear to be much chance of clearing out the stock for some time. The shilling charged for the liquor will go to charity.

Biiugcs Conflict,,

Exception was taken at the last meeting of the. executive of the Auckland Returned Soldiers' Association to the type of badge elected by

another organisation in the city owing to its similarity to the emblem that since the war has distinguished

the "Digger" from the ordinary civilian (states th e Auckland Star). The badge complained of was exhibited at the meeting and it was considered by the executive that it

was a distinct infringement of the associations' registered design. The secretary (Mr E. H. Sharp) was instructed to take the matter up with the organisation concerned, and have the discrepancy remedied. It was reported that, a publication was being hawked round the country and the public were being led to believe that it was sanctioned by the Returned Soldiers Association.

In view of this fact the executive endorsed a resolution passed at the annual conference in Wellington which agreed to, take all steps possible to prevent the use of the as-

sociations name by salesmen in disposing of their wares. The association also re-affirmed the principle of refusing its imprimatur to any commercial or semi-commercial , v tft >* ■&. ■■■■ ....„^.