NEW ZEALAND NEWS ITEMS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 167, 18 July 1939, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS ITEMS

Drinking of B»*er. *‘l am certainly no: going to .’’and for a proposition that there is anything wrong with a man who beer as an integral part of his daily life,” remarked Mr. Justice Callan in l ie Arbitration Court in Fima-.i. “Our; ancestors drank beer for breakfast before tea was discovert, .nd many people think they had m-oi sen?e ’iia.i we have." Sackcloth and .V-hrs. **l don’t like the look of things financially in New Zealand at ail I i.on't think anyone does exce: t the Government.” writes a New Zealand girl, resident in London, who largely on remittances from ’ k..country for her upkeep. "The T. gh Commissioner is io give a r >n for New Zealanders next we?:." s’ c adds, “and we are considering a" lending in sackcloth and ashes as a proRxiluav Duplication. New signalling arrangements and] yard alterations at Huntly to suit the! duplication of the main railway line ; vere brought into operation on Sunday. This completes the changes) necessan. at Huntly for the operation of the double line. The HuntlyOhinewai portion of the duplication works in progress between Auckland, and Frankton is now almost compete’ and it expected that it will be brought into operation at an early Colour Bar in .South Africa. It would be a fair criticism of the Dutch in South Africa to say that they had an .almost fanatical hatred of the coloured races, probably an inheritance from the time when they ere a small minority among a vast coloured population, said Professor L. G. Pocoek in an address to the Interrat. onal A.-.-ociatlon in Christchurch. "It is a great pity, and an ugly thing to consider,” he said. “I think that in that respect the British have behaved better, though v. e, too. have grossly neglected certain territories. Generally speaking, the natives should he looked after much more sympathetically. but that has not been the pokey of the Governments of the Fhilaleli- Exhibition. N»nth Australian Philatelic Exhibition will be held in Wellington next April rn the patronage of the National Centennial Council. Although spec.al ominence will be g ven to the various issues of New Zealand stamps, the exhibition mj 1 elj representative of the stamp issues of the whole world from 1840 to the present da . It was in May. 1840. that the first postage stamp was ever issued. New Zealand’s first postage stamp a; - pea ring in 1855. The exhibition will be the most comprehensive of its kind ever held in New Zealand, and will, it is expected, a tract exhibits from a \ ery wide field. Industrial Disputes. Various industrial dispj. _*s m inc northern industrial district will be dealt with by Mr. J. A. Gilmov ■. S.M., delegates of the Court of Arbitration, who began a sitting at the Auck.ano Supreme Court yesterday. Tne list includes the following dis ik Eorough council and town hoard la? ourers. ladies’ hairdresser assistants. borough council and town bo>rd officers, fire brigades, sugar workers, lav i dry workers, hospital boards’ officers, wool, grain and hide workers, t aop«»rs. ferry company employee.’, wharf foremen, footwear trades, metal werk••rs’ assistants. male denial as.,'slants and technicians, trawlers. Portland cement workers and Mangapehi coal miners. In addition Mr. Gilmour will hear a number of applica ions to strike out parties from ndustiial disputes and several apprenticeship applications.

I Letter to Advertiser. , A quaintly-worded communication ■ has been received by one of the big ■ dra ery emporiums in Dunedin from ■ a resident of Aitutaki. in the Cook i Islands. Apparently Dunedin newsI papers find their way to Ihe islands. I and some of the islanders have beI come intrigued with the advertise- . ments therein. The firm concerned has received several letters asking for catalogues, but the quaintest one was i as follows: “I beg you send me one of • your catalogues. Please send me aso some order forms and envelopes, i'll Ibe yoin friend for ever. Yours fatth- • fully. . . The information sought I in the writer was duly forwarded. ’Digger-. Will be There.’* t “If the need comes again the old | diggers will be there." said Mr. A. E. j Haynes, president of the Christchurch i branch of the Returned Soldiers’ A. soI nation, speaking at. the Cantcroury J Commercial Travellers' and Ware- ' housemen’s Association's ‘president’s j night." “It was a grand sight at the i barracks the other night to see ip- | proximately 400 returned men wna I were again willing to answer the | call." he said. The returned soldi' r i hated war “like the very devil." but | he had no doubt that if rhe call came | ■ again they would answer it. More Girls Marry. ■ A paradoxical position has dei veioped in connection with the ; ployment oi girls and young women | n New Zeal; :id. according to the experience of .. :ge employers. While I the expansion of industry has pro- ; vidcd jobs for many additional girls and hid created attractive positions i for those with experience, higher ; earning.-, received over the past two i or three vears have enabled an exI ceplional number of girls to leave ’ their positions to become married. In I consequence. the ratio of juniors to ■ ly has doubled, as compared with a |>eara2... A .Monster Eel. ength as speared by : »o Maori residents. Awahou H. , Hako. a and Tai Ehu, in the Awahou Stream about half a mile above Tanii .■ ha Springs on Thursday, reports the Auckland Star. The presence of eels in any of the lakes and (reeks of the i district, with the exception of Tara.vera Lake and Kaituna Stream, is almost unknown, and the catch, apart altogether from its size, attracted a great deal of interest. As a result -1 is thought that the eel may have been resident in the stream for some considerable time, and in some quarters I it is associated with the legend pivj ing the name to Taniwha (naoasler) I Springs. ■ English Coinage. I Since the overseas exchange resi.:?- | tions have been tightened, many tn- ■ tending overseas passengers have been I able to acquire supplies of English ’ coinage from unexpected quarters, states the Auckland Star. It has apparently been the practice amor: many persons to put aside English coins which, in the past, have come into circulation and some of blip amounts thus acquired are surprisingly large. Relatives and friends often offer English money in exchange r oc New Zealand coinage to per c ons about to travel, and sums acquired in this fashion are often very convenient on I shipboard.