News in Brief.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 940, 9 December 1933, Page 8

News in Brief.

Restoration of Cut. Provided the financial position of the borough is satisfactory, the 10 per cent cut in wages of the staff of the Newmarket Borough Council will be restored from April 1, 1934. This decision was reached at a meeting of the council this week. Hid Under Dais. At the unofficial reception at New Plymouth airport to Mr Ulm and the passengers in the Faith in Australia, the speaker who was most popular was Mr “ Scotty ” Allen, the broad-brogued navigator. When the official reception was in progress in the afternoon and Mr A. F. Sandford looked around for “ Scotty ” to speak, he could not be found, although he reappeared as soon as the speeches were over. It was suspected by those “in the know ” that while the reception was in progress upon the dais Scotty was in hiding —beneath it. K «£ No Pride or Respect. A young married man who had separated from his wife within the first year of married life appeared at the Wanganui Court for defaulting in his maintenance. He stated that he was a relief worker, and that he had not tried to get work at his usual occupation since the separation. Counsel remarked to him that he was a nice, upstanding young man, and he should be able to get work of some description. The young man said that the separation was by mutual agreement, but the wife stated that he packed up. “It seems to me deplorable,” said counsel, “ the attitude of these young married men nowadays, who seem to have no pride. Their attitude seems to be ‘ she can go and live with her people.’ ” The End of a Song. Incidents on board the sailing ship Dunedin, on which he came out to New Zealand in 1882, were recalled by Mr D. M’Laren at the annual smoke concert of the Wellington branch of the New Zealand Institute of Marine and Power Engineers. He told the gathering of a concert given by the crew, among whom was a big Scotch sailor, very shy. After a good deal of pressure had been exerted this sailor was induced to step forward and give a song. “ Well, he got to the fifty-fourth verse,” said Mr M’Laren amidst laughter, “ and at this point an effort was made to stop him, but they couldn’t stop him. The boatswain, a big man called ‘Jumbo,’ finally proceeded to take action, and he had to step into the ring and fell the big sailor before the song ended.” (Laughter.)