Local and General News

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21215, 9 December 1938, Page 8

Local and General News

Archbishop Julius Memorial Fund The sum of £5022 has been received by the organiser, the Rev. W. E. D. Davies, towards the fund to establish a memorial in Christchurch to the late Archbishop Julius. It is proposed to commemorate the work of Archbishop Julius by extending the Christchurch Cathedral. A Big Black Shag A party visiting the lakes at Heaton Park. Marton, recently, secured a large number of shags, including one of extraordinary size. The wing spread was 55 Inches, and from bill to tail it measured 35 inches. The stomach was found to contain a whole carp lOlin long and weighing 151 b. Cancer Campaign Arrangements for the tenth Australian and New Zealand Cancer Conference to be held at Wellington from February 15 to 18, 1939, were carried further at a meeting of the Central Committee of the New Zealand branch of the British Empire Cancer Campaign yesterday. A letter from the Australian Department of Health stated that by November 24, 19 persons had indicated their intention of attending the Conference from Australia. The Conference is to be opened by a Minister of the Crown, and Sir James Elliott will preside. Magistrate's Warning Frequently cyclists carry a second person on the cross-bar of their machine, which is an offence under the borough by-laws. The first prosecution brought for a long time was heard in the Timaru Magistrate’s Court yesterday, when Mr H. Morgan, S.M., ordered Richard Walton to pay costs 10/- for carrying a person over the age of three years on the cross-bar of his bicycle. The Magistrate remarked that at one time the offence was prevalent, but he had not noticed much of it recently. He would treat the case as a warning, but In future such offences would be treated more seriously. Offending Cyclists Borough traffic inspectors recently made a raid on cyclists who were riding at night without lights, and several cases were brought before Mr H. Morgan, S.M., in the Timaru Magistrate’s Court yesterday. After dealing with the cases, the Magistrate issued a warning that in future the fines would be increased. The defendants yesterday were Roland Charles Bracefield, Raymond Bennett, John Cooke, Margaret Gardener, Alexander John Hurdley, Sidney Lang, Joseph Haberfield, James Paiki, Alfred James Waters and Lesley Warsaw. They were each fined 7/6 and costs. CO-operation of the Press “The necessity for having the full co-operation of all the newspapers of the Dominion in marking New Zealand’s Centennial will be obvious to you all, and I am pleased to be able to announce that such co-operation Is assured,” said the Hon. W. E. Parry when addressing the National Centennial Council. “The heavy volume of newspaper clippings relating to the Exhibition and Centennial observances generally which pass through my hands daily are ample confirmation of the desire of the newspaper interests to make observance of New Zealand’s one-hundredth anniversary an outstanding success. The Newspaper Proprietors’ Association, in addition to setting up a National Press Committee, has under-taken the task of producing a full-length Centennial history of the press in New Zealand." Musicians Up In Arms A stir 'has been caused among professional musicials by the desire of a theatrical management to bring an Australian orchestra of 28 players to tcur New Zealand with a visiting theatrical company iii the near future. The New Zealand Arbitration Act fixes the Union membership fee at 5/- on the basis of compulsory unionism, while New Zealand musicians desiring to perform in Australia have to be approved for Union membership and then pay the high admission fee of £2l. Efforts made by the organisations in both countries to arrange a reciprocal agreement have failed. The Auckland Union has forwarded to its National Executive in Wellington a protest against the proposal to permit an Australian orchestra to tour the Dominion, contending that the company should bring only players such as cannot be supplied in the Dominion. More Apprentices Steps to increase the number of apprentices are to be taken next year by the Hon. H. T. Armstrong. He said in an interview j'esterday that ho hoped to introduce a Bill in the next session of Parliament consolidating legislation relating to apprentices and providing for a number of amendments that were considered necessary. He wanted to have his proposals considered by Labour people and probably employers, too, because he was anxious to have something that was satisfactory to all parties. During the last year or so, said Mr Armstrong, the shortage of skilled tradesmen was very noticeable, particularly in the building industry. Of 1500 adult apprentices since 1936 registered under amendment to the Apprentices Act that year, 450 were building trade apprentices. Besides these apprentices, a large percentage of ordinary apprentices were in the building trade. There was a lot of leeway to make up. When the present Government came into office there were about 3300 registered apprentices, but now there were somewhere about 9000. By the end of the present school term he hoped there would be more than 10,000. This was about the maximum number of apprentices there had ever been in New Zealand at any one time. It was considered that to meet the normal requirements of the Dominion there should be about 10,000 apprentices, but there was a lot of leeway to make up.