LOCAL AND GENERAL

Timaru Herald, Volume CLIII, Issue 22620, 28 June 1943, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Political Meding Members and supporters of Iho Now Zealand Democratic Soldier-Labour Party were addressed in Timaru yesterday afternoon by Mr J. K. Moloney of Christchurch and at the conclusion of the meeting a commit lee for Timaru was set up. Professional Women’s Club In place of the usual meeting members of the Timaru Business and Professional Women's Club were the guests of the pupils of Craighead Diocesan School, on the invitation of the headmistress, Miss N. Oakelcy. A social evening included the presentation of a one-act play by the girls. Brigade Called Out At 25 minutes past mid-day on Saturday the Timaru Fire Brigade responded to a call to the residence of Mrs M. E. Bowler, 48 Wai-iti Road. The boards of the ceiling next to the stovepipe of an incinerator in the kitchen had caught alight, but the fire was smartly extinguished by the brigade before any damage was caused. Fewer Excursionists Winter conditions which prevailed yesterday had their effect on the number of excursionists who travelled between Christchurch and Timaru. The first train from the north carried 198 excursionists while 324 travelled by the second. When the excursion for Christchurch left Timaru yesterday morning it carried 225 passengers. St. John Ambulance The following candidates were successful in passing the St. John Ambulance Association senior A grade examination: —Anne Baker, Joan Brophy, Lettie Burt, Dorothy Dunne, Ruth Dunne, Isabel Forrest, Joan Fitzsimmons, Dorothy Gardner, Elizabeth Greathead, Hester S. Johnson, Elsie Langrish, Ruby Marshall, Ada Edith. Simmons, Kathleen Sullivan. Audrey Sollis, Rhondda Watson. Anzac Fighting Spirit A story illustrative of the Anzac spirit was quoted by Lieutenant-General Freyberg during his talk to members of the Wellington R.S.A. last week. Not far from his tent during one of the critical periods of Rommel’s advance into Egypt he overheard a soldier, not a New Zealander, remark to a member of his headquarters staff, a corporal:

“I hear we are surrounded.” The corporal replied: ‘‘Yes, but we always get out.” Patriotic Collection The envelopes recently distributed I by the Timaru Patriotic Committee have not been collected in a few streets in one or two of the areas and those effected who wish to co-operate in the art union should leave their envelope either with the Mayor or at the Borough Council Office. The art union will close on Wednesday at 5 p.m. Any envelope received after that date will not participate in the drawing. The £oy and His School “I think there are many people too ready to judge the present-day boy by the standards which they imagine they attained at the same age,” remarked Mr E. N. Hogben (headmaster of Wellington College), at the annual meeting of the Wellington College Old Boys’ Association. It was very easy to blame the young generation, but it had to be realised that the boys of the present day had a very difficult time to face. Despite what might appear at times to be signs to the contrary, the present-day boy was very proud of his school. Mosquitoes in Springs The larvae of New Zealand’s most common mosquito have recently been found freeding in two types of thermal springs at Rotorua. This most unusual breeding ground was discovered by Lieutenant D. H. Graham, formerly research officer to the Auckland Masquito Control Committee. The species is in the larval stage only, and apparently in a “carry-over,” or hibernating state, until warmer weather, before developing to the pupal stage and emerging as adults. The temperature of the springs is 79 degrees F. “Ministers as Publicans” Among powers possessed and in use by the manpower authorities which arc not generally appreciated is a regulation that any person may be directed to perform services which would, in ordinary circumstances, be performed only by those who are licensed or otherwise authorised to undertake such services. By way of example Mr L. N. Harris, Secretary of the Armed Forces Appeal Board, said in the course of an address to the Auckland Rotary Club that a minister of religion could be legally compelled to become a publican. It made no difference if less remuneration was received in the altered position. This was apparently one of the exigencies of war. Church Parade Members of the Nursing, Ambulance and Cadet Divisions of the St. John Ambulance Brigade and officers and members of the Red Cross Society, attended by the Timaru Municipal Band, took part in a church parade yesterday morning. Assembling at the Ambulance Hall in Latter Street, the parade marched past District Superintendent H. A. Toneycliffe who took the salute in front of the Municipal Buildings in King George’s Place. With the District Superintendent at the saluting base were Messrs A. E. S. Hanan (Mayor of Timaru), and Alex Bell (president of the South Canterbury Returned Services’ Association). Service was attended at the Banks Street Methodist Church, where an appropriate sermon was preached by the Rev. James Richards, and at the Church of the Sacred Heart. Some Dubious Wines Although the alcoholic strength of beer has been appreciably reduced “serious difficulties continue to be experienced in meeting all demands,” said Mr David W. Madden, chairman of New Zealand Breweries, Ltd., when addressing the shareholders at their annual meeting last week. He took the opportunity of stating that the company had conformed strictly to the Government’s policy of reducing the alcoholic strength of beer. The company’s brewery staff was to be congratulated on the manner in which they had met the manufacturing problems involved. “It is significant,” added Mr Madden, “that there has been a noticeable increase in the demand for beverages, made from a variety of materials, and sold under the name of wine. These beverages are manufactured often under unwholesome and unhygienic conditions and are of unrestricted potency.”