LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 June 1942, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Another Frost. A frost of 10j degrees was registered in Masterton this morning. . Patriotic Appeal. Pennies from children’s money boxes and cheques of up to £lOOO from various organisations have helped to swell the patriotic appeal for £106,000 in the Wellington metropolitan, area. Encouraging donations from individual contributors are reported by the organisers. Radiator Restrictions. A notice drawing attention to restrictions on the use of radiators in shops, offices, factories, warehouses, halls, theatres, etc., appears in our advertising columns. The use of radiators in such places is not allowed between 4 and 6.0 p.m. in the months of May, June, July and August, except on Sunday. Although the order does not apply to domestic premises, householders are specially requested to limit ' as much as possible the use of radiators and other appliances during the peak load hours, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Services Appreciated. Appreciation of the services of the Order of St, John and the Red Cross Society is expressed by Lieut.-General Sir Bernard Freyberg, Officer Commanding the 2nd N.Z.E.F., in a letter to Sir James Elliott, chairman of the Joint Council of the Order of St. John and Red Cross Society . “I have received a letter dated December 22 introducing Major Tweedy, M.8.E., our Red Cross Commissioner for the Middle East. I write now to say how grateful we are to you for sending a commissioner, and also to thank you for the help that has already been given to us by the Order of St. John and che Red Cross through Colonel Waite. You can rest assured that everybody here will do their utmost to co-operate with Major Tweedy in his important duties. I am certain that his appointment will be a success from all points of view.’ Behaviour of Girls. The opinion that the behaviour of women and girls in the streets of New Zealand towns had shown no serious deterioration as a result of the war was expressed yesterday oy Commissioner J. Evan Smith, of the Salvation Army. He was referring to a recent Melbourne cablegram which stated that the Lord Mayor of that city had suggested a curfew for women to cuib behaviour which was described by the police as “disgraceful.” “I do not think the position in New Zealand is very much more serious now than it has ever been,” said Commissioner Smith. “So far as I know, the behaviour of certain of our womcr and girls has constituted a grave problem for many years—a problem caused. I believe, by the relaxation of the discipline of home life. Young girls have been given rather too much freedom to come and go and do what they like, with ' the result that some gT them have become infatuated wim the wrong type of man.”