Waihi Telegraph With which is incorporated THE WAIHI MINER FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1941. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXXXI, Issue 9640, 27 June 1941, Page 2

Waihi Telegraph With which is incorporated THE WAIHI MINER FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1941. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Decision to challenge Wailii for the Peace Cup was made at a meeting of the Paeroa Rugby Union last Monday evening. The secretary was instructed to enter the challenge before the end of the month.

Schoolboys are encouraged to take part in sport. The Auckland Rugby Union has sent seven footballs to Thames. Five will go to local schools and one each to Coromandel and Mercury Bay.—“ Thames Star.’’

Invercargill tobacconists report that supplies of pipes are growing smaller, and that further rationing can be expected within the next few months. Although some retailers have some supplies of the dearer quality pipes, there are practically no supplies of the cheaper brands available. Supplies of wood used in their manufacture are no longer available from France.

“I did not know an appeal had been put in and I don’t want to be appealed for,” wrote a coal-miner to the Christchurch Man-power Committee. “I want to do my training the same as everybody else and I want to go into camp as soon as possible.” However, the committee considered the company’s appeal and decided that the enthusiast could not enter camp until October 1.

Potato-peeling will soon vanish from tile army in Australia following an order just issued by the army authorities that in future all potatoes shall lie cooked in their jackets because of the valuable properties which lie just under the skins. An investigation showed that there was considerable wastage owing to thick peeling by amateurs in the fatigue squads.

The discovery of a new comet, the fourth to be found this year, is announced in a cablegram from Melbourne Observatory to the Carter Observatory, Wellington. Found las( Monday, when it was close to the star Nil Seorpii, the comet at midnight is in the constellation Libra, its exact position being right ascension 15 hours 47 minutes, declination 11 degrees 40 minutes south. It is described as diffuse, with a central nucleus, and is probably visible only telescopically at present.

Sunday next will be a day of prayer for students in all the churches of New Zealand. It has been arranged by the Students’ Christian Movement, which is part of the World Student Christian Federation. Dr. Visser’t Mooft, the chairman of the federation, and others are working from Geneva to keep the bridges open that connect Christian groups in conquering and conquered countries. Robert Mackie, its Geneva secretary, is in America, where his task is to keep alive among American students an informed concern for the future of Europe. Dr.- T. Z. Koo and others arc travelling throughout the world to strengthen tlie Christian bonds between students of all nations.

“Ballotees and employers alike run a grave risk of prosecution if they fail to notify the Man-power Committee of their movements,” said the chairman or the No. 7 Area Manpower Committee, Mr G. A. Maddison, at a sifting in Napier, lie said that appeals were often adjourned sine die because ballotees were engaged in work essential to (lie Dominion’s war effort. If a ballotee ceased to follow the occupation he was engaged in at the time of his appeal lie was liable for service and might bo guilty of evasion. ‘‘We cant' win this war by front-lipe fighting only; we must also fight from the rear and keep a ! constant flow of supplies going to the I forces,” said Mr Maddison, stressing | the need for maintaining industrial ' production.

Speaking to supporters of the National Party at Ngatea on Tuesday, the Leader of the Opposition, Mr S. G. Holland, said that in his opinion the only way this country could gat over its financial troubles was for everybody to work harder than they ever did before. “We want to restore the honour of hard work,” concluded the speaker.

“The time of married men is approaching fast,” said the chairman of the No, 3 Armed Forces Appeal Board, Mr J. W. Coleman, S.M., at a sitting of the board in Wanganui. “Within the next few months we shall be sending married men overseas, and consequently only in the most extreme circumstances can single men be kept at liime.” On Saturday evening last the Waihi National Dancing Society conducted a most successful dance in aid ; of Red Cross funds. The Monte Carlo was won by Mr M. Lyon and partner. During the evening Mr T. 1 A. C. MacDonald’s troupe of national : danceve (the Misses P. Mannix, R. i Burke, B. Bowman, D. and T. Bircli--1 all, R. Tilly and P. Wrigley) gave several very fine exhibitions of national dancing. The girls looked exceptionally well in their national costumes as they marched up the hall and took up their respective positions for dancing. They danced the Highland Fling, Sean Truibhais, the Argyle Sword, the reel and the Irish Jig.