NEWS IN BRIEF … An Auckland Maori girl, Miss Anna Paul, has been engaged to do a world tour with a professional dancing troupe. Miss Paul is the daughter of the late Lt. Lou Paul, the well-known Auckland broadcasting announcer. ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ An adult education course in Maori arts and crafts is being held at Oruawhara marae, near Wellsford. Convened by the local women's institute, the class is taught piupiu-making, and weaving of mats and kits, under the tutorship of Mrs H. C. Paikea. ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ Maureen Erihi, a 14-year-old blind Maori girl together with a 13-year-old pakeha girl won the recent talent quest at the Auckland Maori Community Centre. Maureen (guitar) and Lynette Brown (ukelele) shared the £100 prize. ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ The Maori language has been added to the Dargaville High School curriculum following discussion with the Oturei tribal committee which organizes classes in co-operation with the Auckland Regional Council of Adult Education. ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ Maoris are breaking into Australian television. Iineteen-year-old Rama White, from Tokomaru Bay, has made television appearances in Sydney and then joined the Everley Brothers, a trio including Johnny Devlin. The Howard Morrison quartet (Howard and Laurie Morrison, Tai Eru and Jerry Merito) have also left for engagement in Melbourne. ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ The wedding of Pari Te Ua, daughter of the chief Te Kani Te Ua, to Napi Walker, son of Mr D. Walker of Rotorua, held at Pohoorawiri marae, Gisborne, recently was attended by 900 guests. ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ Miss Jon Berghan and Miss Betty Thompson have been awarded American Field Service scholarships for study in United States schools. Both are in the sixth form at Kaitaia College, and of Aupouri descent.

ISSUED BY THE N.Z. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Don't let Flowing garments become Flaming garments! Whoosh— The free flowing edge of a child's nightdress touches an unguarded fire and another statistic is added to New Zealand's mounting score of death and injury from burns. Records show that 70% of all burns to young children are due to their touching unguarded fires or to their clothing catching alight. The greatest risk is to children under 10 years. Accidents in this group made up 66% of the total. Where there are open fires night-dresses constitute a greater hazard than pyjamas—in the under 5 age group girls outnumber boy victims by four to one. In enlightened homes night time is pyjama time—and make doubly sure of safety this winter by attaching guards firmly to all your fires.

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