Local and General News

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21784, 14 October 1940, Page 6

Local and General News

Yesterday’s Excursions Excursionists from the north yesterday totalled 395. The train from Tirharu to Christchurch carried 173 passengers on leaving here. Greater Use of Flag A request is to be made to the Government that the Union Jack should be flown every Monday on all public buildings and schools. The decision was made at a meeting of the Birkenhead Borough Council, Auckland, at which it was stated that greater use of the Empire flag would make the people of New Zealand more patriotic and war-minded. Badly Injured Hand Suffering from a badly injured hand, Peter McGillen, of Temuka, aged about 15, was admitted to the Timaru Hospital yesterday afternoon. An operation was found to be necessary, the middle finger of the left hand being amputated. It is understood that the injury was due to an accident with a gun. Abuse of Petrol Licences A motor salesman, William Archibald Krogh, was convicted at Napier on 10 charges concerning the abuse of special petrol licences by Mr J. Miller, S.M. The Magistrate Imposed fines totalling £B2 on six of the charges. On each of the remaining four charges he sentenced Krogh to one month’s imprisonment, the terms to be served concurrently. The charges concerned purchases “not in accordance with the terms of his licences,” false statements, the use of spirit for purposes other than that for which a licence was issued, and the use of a motor vehicle without a current licence. “ Antiques ” A northern delegate who attended the annual meeting of the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board referred to it as "a board of antiques,” said Mr E. K. Sim at the annual meeting of the Southland provincial executive of the Farmers' Union on Friday. Mr Sim attended the annual meeting of the board as a member of the Electoral Committee. “The delegates in making their selection apparently thought there was some value in antiques,” said Mr Sim. Later in the meeting, the executive’s Meat and Wool Committee reported its decision to take no action on a protest by the Toi Tois branch against the present method of election of Meat Board members and a request that a more direct and democratic method be instituted. Petition for Release Seeking release from prison of Douglas Murdoch Martin, who in July last was sentenced to a year’s imprisonment for two offences under the Public Safety Regulations, a petition signed by Nada Lilly Martin and 1119 others was presented in the House of Representatives by the Minister of Public Works (the Hon. R. Semple). The petitioners claim that Martin, who was minister of Knox Presbyterian Church, Miramar, until he resigned in 1938, exercised his right of free speech in making speeches which led to the charges. His imprisonment for such activities nullified the traditional right of every British subject, and the sentence Imposed was excessive. In Event of Invasion “Stay put. It's easy to say. When the time comes it may be hard to do. But you have got to do it, and in doing it you will be fighting Britain’s battle as bravely as any soldier.” In this manner a leaflet issued in England recently exhorts the people to stay where they are should any attempt at invasion be made by German troops. A copy of the leaflet has been forwarded by the parents of a Napier resident. The main object of the leaflet is to prevent refugees blocking the roads and thus interfering with troop movements. Various reasons are given for the claim that the air raid shelters are the safest place for citizens during engagements by armed forces, as the enemy was not likely to turn aside and attack isolated houses. Visiting Music Examiner Mr Clive Carey, Hon. A.R.C.M., visiting examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, London, held the Grove Scholarship for Composition at the Royal College of Music, where he studied under Sir Charles Stanford (composition), Dr. Charles Wood (counterpoint), and Dr. Alcock (organ). He graduated (8.A.) at the University of Cambridge, and took his Mus. Bac. in the following year. Mr Carey also studied with Jean de Reszke in France and acted as his accompanist and assistant for three years. Mr Carey is on the Board of Professors and the teaching staff at the Royal College of Music, and since his appointment as an examiner to the Associated Board he has undertaken examination tours in Canada, Australia and South Africa. Between 1932 and early in 1939 when he went to Australia, Mr Carey was producer of opera at Sadlers Wells. Mr Carey has appeared in London at the Albert Hall and the Queen’s Hall with the Royal Choral Society, the Bach Society, and the Philharmonic and other well-known choirs, and throughout England with various musical societies. With the English Singers he has sung in London, Berlin, and Vienna, and in Holland and Czechoslovakia. In recital he has appeared in Germany, Holland, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Canada. Mr Carey will conduct examinations in Timaru early in November. Water in Egypt The humour of training to use as little water as possible is discussed by an Auckland soldier serving in Egypt with the Expeditionary Force. He writes in a letter that the men were being accustomed to doing with the minimum amount, and the chief topic of conversation was how to make'the water go the longest way. “There are several systems in operation,’’ he states. “For example, if you feel you would like to remain deliciously dirty for a day and can do without the customary shave and avoid the eagle eyes of all lance-jacks, sergeants and officers, you fill your water bottle and then drink the rest of the liquid. Personally, I don’t agree with this method, and so I fill my water bottle, take a small tobacco tin full for cleaning teeth, and afterwards shave. I fill up the radiator of my truck. Soapy water, of course, is no good, as when the engine gets hot, bubbles issue forth from the radiator cap, and, besides, the major doesn't like it. What is left of the water, approximately a quart, is used for washing. Then, if there is time, I proceed to wash some clothes.” The soldier also says he has met many English troops. Their definition of a New Zealander is one who wears a Boy Scout hat, a wristlet watch, and calls everyone an uncomplimentary name. However, he says, the Boy Scout hat has now given way to a topee.