Waihi Telegraph With which is incorporated THE WAIHI MINER WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1942 LOCAL & GENERAL

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXXI, Issue 8837, 28 October 1942, Page 2

Waihi Telegraph With which is incorporated THE WAIHI MINER WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1942 LOCAL & GENERAL

Now Prisoner of War Previously reported, missing, Private Karl Bjerring, brother of Mrs A. Madsen, of Waihi, is among a long list of members of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force now reported to be prisoners of war. Passed by Censor Stating that the 8.8. C., since its recent slips, is showing great respect for the censorship, the Evening Standard’s diarist says: “The other day the 8.8. C. submitted to the censor a story of the Battle of Agincourt (fought in 1415). The censor raised no objection on the ground of security. . SI. John Collection ' The amount donated to the annual collection for thi _Waihi Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade last Friday and Saturday exceeded even the highest expectations. At the mine £2O 5s 2d was given and in the town, in spite of bad weather, £lO Os 7d. The excellent total was therefore £3O 5s 9d. A notice of thanhs from the brigade appears in our advertising columns.

Street Lighting Proposed changes in wartime street lighting were the subject of a letter from the Thames Valley Electric’'Power Board to the Waihi Borough Council at its monthly meeting last Wednesday. In view of expense involved in making changes which might prove only temporary, it was decided to make no alteration in the meantime. •> High School Baseball Application to use portion of the Recreation' Ground for the playing of baseball by High School pupils was made by the principal, Mr Vryn Evans, in a letter to the Waihi Borough Council at its monthly meeting last Wednesday evening. He said there was not enough room for alt on the school grounds. The request was granted.

Poorer Students Handicapped

Support of claims for full status for the Auckland School, of Engineering was sought by Mr W. Arthur Gray and others, of Auckland, jn a letter to the Waihi Borough Council at its monthly meeting on Wednesday evening. It was stated that many deserving and able young men could not afford £2OO a year to continue their studies in another centre. On the motion of the Mayor, Mr W. M. Wallnutt, who was seconded by Cr. S. Bonnici, it was unanimously agreed to support the claims. The DeputyMayor, Mr S. M. Hovell, said many people who did.not live in centres where full status was enjoyed experienced great difficulty in putting their children through university. That applied particularly to the. medical faculty.