NEWS OF THE DAY

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 203, 28 August 1942, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY

rOnly Petty Cash"

"In th® last war America spent 600,000,000 dollars on aircraft, but In this war that is Just petty cash," stated Lieut.-Colonel C. Beard, in an address on America and the war effort to the Palmerston North Rotary Club. He added that already a sum of between 30 and 40 billion dollars was contemplated In aircraft appropriations.

Canada?* Summer Complaint "On the bus it was the same as all Canada is—dust everywhere," writes a New Zealand airman to his mother In Chrlstchurch. "No matter where you are, dust follows In Canada. It seeps through doors and through closed windows, and I think that even a hermetically-sealed box would not be immune from it," adds the letter.

luxmry Green Peas ..New season's green peas, from Waimea Valley, Nelson, brought 1/7 a lb wholesale at the Wellington public markets. Nelson farmers state that this season, so far, has been nost propitious for the production or early vegetables, very few frosts ina moderate rains only having been experienced during the winter months. Missionaries Safe " The Resident Commissioner of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate ha* advised that all the missionaries Of the South Sea Evangelical Mission ware well and safe on August 12. Included in the missionaries is Mr. Robert C. Vance, who has been in various parts of the Solomon group, particularly Malalta, for the past 14 years. Mr. Vance was a former resident of Wellington. SaUier Artist collection of water-colours of tubjects in the Middle East, painted by Sergeant Robin Kay, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Kay, of Palmerston North, is on exhibition in that town at the Municipal Library. Sergeant on active service in the Middle East for about two years and is associated with the New Zealand official war artist, Captain P. 2£w4Ki3 rr i" i T i? e will be JJhlhited in other centres later by the Publicity Department. Leu Wear on Tyres

No motorist who has reasonably food tyres on his car and who is "lowed to purchase only the ration Sf.P^rp l n e «l worry about not being J*°. b , uy new tyrea - It was Ks?i * A. » a rece nt issue of the E^L at «°J:' xt Journal of the motor trade in New Zealand, that on the •mount of mileage allowed by the current petrol ration a new set of tores would last 36 years. The ration « half a coupon a month allows a «»r tp be run 40 miles a month or about 500 miles a year. Makers of tores claim that they will last 18,000 miles. While the statement that the tores would last 36 years is merely theoretical, and it does not take account of deterioration through accidental damage, age and exposure 4»-alr, oil and dirt, the calculation J™* extension of tyre JJj® follows from reduced runBlng. Even If a tyre is three-quarters would last nine years on the Vtesaut petrol ration.

Consumption of Potatoes

For the last six years the average annual consumption of potatoes in New Zealand has been one hundredweight a head, or 21b 240z a week. Taking those of tender years as nonusers, the average would be nearer 241b, and the army ration of lib a day, which ruled till this week, was greatly in excess of civilian consumption. "Left School Too Soon" A negro sailor in Wellington recently gave the Director of Education Dr. C. E. Beeby, something to think about, according to a story told by Dr. Beeby at the New Zealand Vocational Guidance Association's conference. "I was going home about 10 or 11 o'clock one night and there was a large negro sailor in the tram with me. He asked me if this was the way to his ship, but as we were about 200 ft above sea level and rising rapidly I told him it was not and took him home with me. I asked him what he did before he became a sailor. 'I was in a drug store, but I was silly, I left school too soon. I asked him how old he was when he left school and he said 17. After that blow, I decided to change the subject."

Uniform in Court For counsel to appear in the Supreme Court in uniform needed no apology and no explanation, and no permission was needed, said the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, when Mr. P. B. Cooke, K.C., who appeared in the Supreme Court, Wellington, in uniform, said there appeared to be some doubt about the correct attire for a soldier at the bar. The subject was remarked on in a northern Court recently. Mr. Cooke said all counsel wished to be respectful to the Court and would like direction from it. His Honor said the rule of the Bar Council in England was that, excepting barristers who were serving in the armed forces and who were required to wear a uniform, barristers should wear not their uniform but robes Conversely, if a barrister was required to 'wear a uniform while serving in the forces and appeared in Court he was bound to wear the uniform and not the robes. The council of the New Zealand Law Society followed the English practice.

In the "Good Old Days" Among the reminiscences related by the Rev. W. Berry (Wanganui) in the course of an address at the Kihikihi Presbyterian Ladies' Guild jubilee reunion recently was one concerning a church service at Pukeatua many years ago. With a companion, Mr. Berry journeyed all the way by buggy from Kihikihi to Pukeatua, and although on arrival he found his congregation to consist of one woman and a child he set about conducting the service. The organ, which the minister himself played, was for some reason perhaps best known to its maker, fitted with a mirror, and soon after a hymn had been started Mr. Berry was alarmed to see leaping flames in the glass. Investigation revealed that a lamp (part of the buggy fittings) which , ei } le 2 a r ear compartment for safety had exploded, spreading kerosene about the rcom, which was beginning to blaze merrily. The fire was extinguished, and Mr. Berry resumed his seat at the organ while where^lt 68 ?. 1^ 11 l? olc U P th ® hymn where it had been interrupted: Have we trials and temptations, is there trouble anywhere?'^