NEWS OF THE DAY

Taranaki Daily News, 6 September 1935, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Death After Meal.

Partially choked by a piece of meat, which brought on a heart attack, Mrs, James Magee, Kapuni, died suddenly on Wednesday night, following a collapse at the tea table. A verdict to this effect was returned at the inquest yesterday. She leaves a husband, two sons and two daughters. Air Crashes Cost £2OOO.

A warning to air pilots was given by Dr. W. F. Buist at the annual meeting of the Hawera Aero Club last night. When the federation was new, he said, and the pilots were inexperienced there were few crashes, As they grew bolder they tended to become more careless and more crashes occurred. Mishaps cost the federation £2OOO last year.

Soccer in Hawkes Bay. Soccer football was played in 22 primary schools in the Hawkes Bay district, said Dr, D. E. Brown at a gathering attended by visiting representative teams at New Plymouth last night. He added that the Napier district boasted six senior clubs with teams playing in the second and third grades.

Practical Sympathy. Mr, George Robertson, Rahotu, who met with a severe accident recently when operating a mechanical saw, returned to his home on Monday. The accident necessitated tiie amputation of his right arm, but he has made a good recovery, His friends and neighbours decided to show practical sympathy with him in his misfortune, and it is understood a substantial sum has been raised for presentation to him.

Mortality in Dairy Herds. A fair amount of mortality among dairy herds in Taranaki this spring is being experienced, but in other districts appears to have been considerably more severe. A director of a Waikato dairy company, writing to a friend in Taranaki, mentioned that in his district many carcases of cattle which had died on the farms had been brought to fertiliser works. He calculated that for two or three weeks not less than 100 of such carcases were brought each week to the works, and that probably just as many were disposed of on the farms.

“Too Much Talk of Vitamins.” That New Zealanders heard too much of vitamins, considering there was no lack of them in their food, was an opinion expressed by Dr. Stanley Foster, who gave an address on “The Duty of Keeping Fit” to visiting country girls at Canterbury University College. When that was realised, he said, there might be less faddiness about food. He advised them, especially as they were from the country, to forget what they had heard about vitamins, although they were certainly needed. The best food obtainable was milk, and if more of it were used the tooprevalent' dental troubles in New Zealand would greatly decrease.

Crime Wave in New Zealand. “Under the heading “Crime Wave hl New Zealand”—safe blowers and murderers go free,” the Sydney Sun says: “Beaten, apparently, by a number of unsolved murders, the New Zealand police have also been harassed in recent months by daring safe-blowers, who have got away with many thousands of pounds. Now the public is demanding a bigger and better-equipped police force. Since the beginning of the year safes have been blown open at post offices, rahway stations, picture theatres and business premises from one end of the country to the other,”

Safeguarding Apprentices. The attention of teachers was being drawn to the fact that radical changes in the apprenticeship system have recently been proposed, and will probably be considered by Parliament shortly, said Mr. G. F Griffiths, Invercargill, President of the New Zealand Educational Institute, to a News representative at New Plymouth yesterday. “Neither the employers nor the trade unions would pretend that their primary concern is the welfare of the apprentice,” he said, “and unless teach* ers as a body take a lively interest in the subject it is difficult to see how the interests of the apprentices themselves can be adequately represented. I understand that the New Zealand Council for Educational Research is interesting itself in the matter and intends to investigate the whole problem of apprenticeship from the educational angle.

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Members of the New Plymouth corps of the St. John Ambulance Association posted for duty at Pukekura Park tomorrow are Privates M. Jemison, A. Kinsella, E. Hill, R. Kopu and Probationer E. Harrison.

A 10-acre farmlet is advertised for sale at a low price by W. H. and A. McGarry, Eltham.

Champion Optimist. “He is a most worthy secretary and the champion optimist of the world; he is the man who will not let your directors pay as much as they would like,” said Mr. P. A. Openshaw, chairman of the Lepperton Dairy Company, last night at a social gathering of the company’s shareholders. Cowshed Destroyed. A cowshed, together with a loft, on the property of Mr. F. Nicholson, Manutahi Road, Lepperton, was destroyed by fire about 11 o’clock on Wednesday morning. The fire had such a hold when it was noticed that it was impossible to save anything. Mr. Nicholson is a heavy loser, as a practically new milking machine was destroyed. Paeroa’s Lucky Year. The death of Mr, Balfour Nixon at Paeroa recalls a curious coincidence in connection with a popular Tasmanian sweepstake. Many years ago, when the first prize was £5OOO and the second prize £lBOO, there was a dead-heat, and £3400 was paid to each ticket-holder. One ticket was held by Mr. Nixon and the other by a group of four men, who also resided in Station Road, Paeroa. Five Captains on One Vessel. When the inter-colonial liner Maunganui arrived at Wellington this week from Sydney she had on board as passengers no fewer than three captains who had commanded her at various times. These were Captains W. Martin, G. B. Morgan and L. Worrall. In addition, Captain J. Bruce, late of the Kiwitea, and at present on holiday, was also on the ship. Captain A. T. Toten was in command of th© Maunganui. Mr. Zane Grey Returning. Advice that Mr. Zane Grey, the noted author and fisherman, will visit New Zealand again during the coming summer has been received at Auckland. He is expected to arrive about January and, after a period of deep-sea fishing, he will go to the Tongariro River for trout fishing. From New Zealand Mr. Grey will proceed to Australia to inspect the deepsea fishing off the East Australian coast. Health Stamp Proceeds. The revenue from the health stamp campaign to raise funds for boys and girls’ health camps during the coming summer would not be pooled but would be expended in the district in which it was collected, the chief postmaster at New Plymouth (Mr. R. G. May) advised the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce last night. Mr. E. V. Tingey was appointed the chamber’s representative on any committee that might be formed to watch the administration of funds so raised. Unexpected Support. The Taranaki team, playing its final match in the North Island primary schools’ soccer tournament at New Plymouth yesterday, had an unexpectedly vociferous band of supporters. Those not in the know might have wondered why the Wellington schoolboys abandoned their all black colours for long streamers of Taranaki’s black and gold and why they were so enthusiastic when the home team started anything that looked like a scoring movement. The answer was to be found in the state of the points table. If Taranaki had won, Wellington would have headed the tournament list. Otherwise—as happened—'it had to be content with sharing the honours with Hawkes Bay. Few Men Teachers. “I am disappointed that there is such a small proportion of men students at the Auckland Training College,” said Mr, W. I. Bowyer at a meeting of the Auckland Education Board, when it was reported that of the 220 students at the college 149 were women and 71 men. Mr. Bowyer added that permission had been given for equal representation of both sexes. “We could not get any more men,” said the secretary, Mr. D. W. Dunlop, It was reported that the number of teachers in the service of the board on July 1 was 2043, comprising 1117 women and 926 men, The total included e:;-students on the relieving list. Children’s Library Popular. “I am happy to report that this department is proving a great success, and is widely used by the children, who are taking an active interest in this branch of work,” stated Mrs. E. L. Christian, the city librarian, in a report on the new children’s room; presented at a meeting of the Palmerston North City Council. “A children's committee has been formed and these children report one each day for duty to help conduct the work of the department. They have also arranged for a hobbies exhibition from September 21. They are interested and proud of their room, and are anxious to help keep jt in good order." Union’s Aid to Schools. “There are pot many bodies which do more for the game in the schools than this union,” Mr. T. A. Fletcher declared at a meeting of the management committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union, when he made a defence of tire unions policy against what he described as ‘“attacks about niggardliness.” Mr. Fletcher said the union made an annual grant of £750 for the encouragement of school football. Mr. S. S. Dean supported the remarks. He instanced the five unions in the Seddon Shield districts of the South Island, These unions were £65 better off than last year, as each union received from broadcasting fees the sum of £B. He considered the school authorities did not know the position. If they did they would not write to the parent body for further assistance, but approach the affiliated unions.