PERSONAL

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 359, 16 September 1933, Page 4

PERSONAL

Cardinal. Bernardini, the apostalic delegate, will sail for Australia on September 24, says a Rome cable.

Miss Clarice M. Ashworth, or South Australia, has accepted the position ol principal of Columba College.

Mr R. R. Dawber, Tamaruhui, has been appointed resident Public Works engineer at Greymouth, in succession to Mr G. W. Sampson v/ho has been transferred to Wanganui.

Mr J. C. McDowall, a master at the Strattford Technical High School has been ill for some time, and at the monthly meeting of the Board of Governors notice was received to the effect that Mr E. Bone M.A. had been appointed as relieving master'.

Mr S. Pitt was nominated by the Stratford County Council today to i< present the loon] bodies on the electing committee of the Stratford Technical High School board, for the purpose of electing a member to; the vacancy caused by the retirement by rotation of Mr F. Gawith (Eltham)

The Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes, Prime Minister, the Hon. R. Masters, Minister of industries and Commerce and other member;; of the New Zealand delegation to the World Conference will arrive at Wellington from San Francisco tomorrow afternoon. The Press Association reports that the Makura, originally expected in r Jie harbour by 10 a.m., has encountered heavy weather as a result of which she is not due until 4 p.m. The Rt. Hon. J. G. Coatcs and other members of Cabinet'will board the steamer in the stream to greet - their colleagues A civic receptio "' 1 be tendered Messrs. Forbes and Masters in the Wellington Town Hall on Tuesday evening.

! Women Dismayed ! When the new telephone directories I arrived in Christ church homes this i week many women .surveyed them with ! dismay. Men were not unduly coni cerned when they noticed that the f Department had changed the familiar I red cover to one of light cream, hut | to the women it meant that the means ' of making a beautiful pink dye had been lost—an effect probably not anticipated by the Department. It ! appears that the Department, with the | thoroughness for which it is noted, j used a particularly good dye when ! making the old covers. When boiling ! water was poured on these and the j resulting pulp well spueezed a dye was ! produced which could be used and I very often successfully.

Hv'-iemc Japanese

j The Japanese people are well train- | ed in the benefit or hygiene, as is i evidenced at the public baths, dec'ares ! a Taumarunui resident. Mr L. C. God- ; frey. who has. returned from a visit jto the East. Smoking under 21 years j of age in illegal and no children under ! 12 years of age are allowed in cinemas' j without their parents. Even when j they were accompanied by adults, I such children have to leave the cinema 1 by 9 p.m. The "spring cleaning" of j homos and shops is compulsory twice f a year, in other than the Westernised ! parts of the cities, where large comI mercial buildings are erected. All | rubbish is dumped into the streets j and burned, or carried away by the ! anthorities. Mr Godfrey said he j witnessed one such spring cleaning. | Revaluation of Land | Revaluation of lands were discussed I by 'the 'Patea County Council las-ti Tuesday, and a resolution was passed j asking the Government, in legislating general revaluations, to bring down tho values by at least 30 per cent, on the 1928 valuation. The chairman said that although several local bodies were moving in a similar direction, he could see several difficulties arising | 1 out of a general lowering of values on; ! one basis. A copy of the resolution' ; which was moved by Cr Scown, is to be sent to the Minister of Lands, and, Mr H. G. Dickie, M.P. for the district, j

The Scots Were First You hear such a lot about the men from the First Four Ships; how they all came over the hills and all carried with thorn ten times as much as a modern dreadnought could, said Mr C. S. Thomas at a welcome to the West Coast Rugby football team in Christchurch recently. People talk of English men who founded Canterbury and the English origins of Christ church, but they forgot that when the men from, the First Four Ships came over the hills the first thing they saw was a piper playing by the banks of the Avon. The Scots had arrived ten years before them and the credit foi the city is due to these Scottish settlers, not to the "Sassenachs."

Free, Fishing Licenses ! \ The question of free fishing licenses j was discussed* by the Wellington] ! Acclimatisation Society. In the past!

< his Excellency the Governcr-Goneral J I has always received a courtesy license, boys have been granted 5s lie-, eases for capturing large eels, and 1 oral'" v:ing"rs, constables, and others who rendered special services] to the society have been granted free I licenses, the total reaching a score J at most. The application which gave rise to the discussion was that of an j ! honorary ranger. It was decided that j i in future no fre<> licenses be issued,; 1 with the except ion of that to the j I Governor-General, without having the ! matter discussed by the council of 1 the societv, the reason being that its j finances- did not permit of general, 1 courtesies. j Lock for Petrol Drums An invention of particular interest t to users of petrol, and more especially , ! those who purchase their supplies in j I drums, is comprised in the device of ' Mr R. 11. Rates, of Tokanui, South- ' land, for (he locking of large contain-! ers of this kind. The implement serves i | the dual purpose of locking the two I bangs of Hie drum and unscrewing the | ! caps. The device has, been demon- J '; strated in several centres, and farmers; ' and local body users of bulk petrol, ! who find it necessary to have supplies] loft in the open air or by the road-j ; side, have already made use of the . I protection it affords. j i ■