NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 28, 30 January 1929, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

MOTES FROM ALL PAH THE DOMINION! DAY BY DH HERB, THERE, AND EVERFWIH PREMIERS' PHOTOGRAPHS In the gallery of Premiers' pi graphs, in the main lobby oiH Parliamentary Buildings, the' insl tion under the portrait of the latH Massey is incomplete, as the terM his regime is not 1 given. Sir PrM Bell and Sir Robert Stout are! scribed as "Honourable," while ■ correct title is "Right Honour&M There is no sign as yet of the fl trait of the late Prime Minister, H Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates. ■ PEURHOS COLLEGE. A number of former students Peurhos College, Colwyn Bay, Gi Britain, met in Auckland to wefcc Miss Hovey, the Provost] of theC lege and her sister who are on t< in New Zealand. It was decided the meeting to form a branch of 1 Old Students' Union in New Z' land with Mrs Kirkby Wilson chairman and Mrs A. C. Jacob, Ben lands, Lichfield Road, Parnell, Auc land as honorary secretary, hearty vote of thanks was 1 parsed Dr. and Mrs Lamb for kindly' len ing their drawing room for the o casion. COMMOTION IN COURT. A resounding crash, followed by general titter disturbed the magiste 1 ial atmosphere at the Napier Poli< Court the other day, during the hea ing of a somewhat lengthy case.

well-known legal luminary, who wai appearing in this particular case has a habit of, when making a point pressing heavily with one of hi! feet on the spindles of the neares chair. On this occasion the. pressur< was either more pronounced, or the spindles weaker than usual. At any rate, they collapsed, and it.vpas the legal foot hitting' the floor witirgreat force that considerably ailded the commotion.

VOCATIONS FOR GIRLS.

The type of employment which W being favoured by the modern girl is strikingly exemplified as the result of the experiences of a Dunedin business man and his wife. About a week before Christinas she who looked after, the home advertised for a girl to assist in the housework. Not a single reply was received. Just recently the husband advertised for a pirl to do odd small .lobs''about his office, and has been overwhelmed to the extent of eighty-five applications It is only natural therefore, that "the heads of this Household are forming newly developed ideas on the education system The business man considers that education should fit girls for the em-. ploynient that is offering. , USE 01* THE FIRWS MOTOR, nearly every ¥ |.^ m otor cars, trucks and qflff g*g and attention has been drawn to *e toct that many of them are ben* US ed outside the service **» S£ ticular body. One authority (says he Dominion), has called upon cer--11 of its servants to explain to 0- replied that he had been but bought two gallons of benzine for the machine. An other replied that he ran from rsonvnie to Petone to -£ -me potatoes and vegetables as them things are very scarce ville; . One member said .*** heine done every day. Last week rauthority decided to prevent the ZZ its motor vehicles in this way, the penalty to be dismissal. COOK ISLANDS. in the course~"o7~an interview at T Wellington ■ said Commissioner at Cook i that trade conditions in the well maintained during were fairly wen past year in «*> »« *• price raUaa for copra aad »a that fruit jncea m N« ' « «re aisappoatu* g*J* tm the .ear «,*£ Dec* 1925, «re «"»- w i , belng £11 7.659. Special M °^* s ot gW cn to tae Pa^-d/r^^ SLT-TSi t con.poUUooof AMtra«arlcrrrare being made, to P™ Wea ary rT— cWUes ; a S gmgei, wine carried ♦*. Experiments are ueing ,' «n the preservation of orange r anfit is hoped that very shortUl tis Vm of considerate P-ducers, in that it wU Irovide a means of disposing of sur^ i orange crops. Experiments r alsoTeL carried out in tobac'co growing. • •-**