General News

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22514, 23 September 1938, Page 12

General News

Election Broadcasts The Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage) yesterday announced election broadcasts as follows; Last night, Mr Savage at the Town Hall, Wellington; to-night, the Hon. Adam Hamilton, at Christchurch; to-morrow, Mr A. C. A. Sexton, Independent, ?•£ Mauku; September 26, the Hon. R. Semple, at Christchurch; September 27, the Hon. F. Langstone, at Te Awamutu; September 28, Mr W, A,. • Bodkin (National), at Dunedin. —Press Association. H.M.S. Achilles Open to Visitors H.M.S. Achilles, at present at Lyttelton, will be open to visitors to-morrow and on Sunday front 2 p.m. till 5.30 p.m. Value of Schoolboy Tours

The educational value of visits of schoolboys to other countries widely recognised in Canada, said Mr P. w. Hargreaves, master in charge of the Waitaki Boys' High School party which has returned from a tour of Canada, in an interview with “The Press” at Oamaru. During the tour Mr Hargreaves had an interview with the Hon. Dr. G. M. Weir, Minister for Education and Public Health in British Columbia, who fully appreciated the value of such tours, he said.—“ The Press” Special Service,

New Park at Avonside

The park at Avonside now being made by the reserves department of the Christchurch City Council . will not be ready for use for about-another year, according to an estimate given yesterday by the Superintendent of City Parks and Reserves (Mr M. J. Barnett). Good progress has been made in the short time in which work has been in progress, and the levelling of the area has been completed. The formation of the terrace running the full length of the park from Kerrs road to the western bend of Avonside drive is now being undertaken, and later paths and drive will be formed. The area of the park will be slightly more than 12 acres. “Much Yet to be Done” “From a study of our claims files we are led to the conclusion that there is much yet to be done in educating- the users of the highway,” said Mr W. R. Carey, chairman of directors of the S.I.M.U. Mutual Insurance Association, speaking last night at the annual meeting of the association. “This association, being concerned with motor-car insurance only,” Mr Carey remarked, “is deeply interested in road safety, and its directors would like to take this opportunity of thanking the National Road Safety Council for the time and deliberation spent on this important work.” ■’ New Zealand Little Known “It is amazing to find the ignorance of many of the people about New Zealand—the average person seems to know practically nothing about the country,” said Mr, P. W. Hargreaves, a master at the Waitaki Boys’ High School, who has just returned from a tour of Canada with the party of boys from the school. “Some of them had heard of Auckland, but beyond that they knew nothing,” he said. “We spent a great deal of time telling people what they wanted to know about our country.”—“The Press" Special Service. Teachers’ Salaries New teachers’ salary regulations were issued by the Education Department last night. These are extremely comprehensive, and provide a new salaries’ scheme for teachers in public schools, intermediate schools, and intermediate departments of post-primary schools, as well as in native schools and schools in the Chatham Islands. The regulations also cover salary scales for the staffs of training colleges and teachers employed , in correspondence schools under the Education Department.- The main objective of the new scheme is to improve the staffing and salaries of teachers, particularly in the case of country schools, and secure greater stability in school staffs generally. A considerable proportion of the teaching profession will receive Increases in remuneration under the new regulations.—Press Association. Dentists’ Regulations The dentists’ advertising regulations were issued with the Gazette list night. These were provided for under the Dentists Act, 1936, and are designed to regulate advertising by dentists. It is understood that the desire for the regulations emanated from the dental profession itself.—Press Association. Crop Yield in Canada. A yield of 300,000,000 bushels—the best for 30 years—is expected this season in the cropping area of the Canadian prairies, according to Mr P. W. Hargreaves, of the staff of the Waitaki Boys’ High School, who was in charge of the party of boys from the school which has returned from a tour of Canada. In an .interview with “The Press” at Oamaru, Mr Hargreaves said that the party, in a visit to Calgary, on the fringe of the prairies, had been able to get some idea of the enormous, extent of the crop.—“ The Press” Special Service. Fertiliser Works’ Dispute The dispute at the Te Papapa and Westfield chemical fertiliser works over the rates of pay for unloading trucks of guano was extended yesterday to include the Otahuhu works of the Challenge Phosphate Company, Ltd., with the result that there was a complete stoppage of work throughout the day, involving about 300 men. At a meeting held at Te Papapa in the afternoon the men decided to return to work this morning while the issue is discussed by their representatives and the works management. Petrol Prices in Gisborne Regulations were gazetted yesterday fixing the price of motor spirit in Gisborne and immediate districts. “In bringing down the regulations,. I am pleased to be able to indicate that the price that will operate as from to-day will be Id a gallon less than that previously ruling,” said the Minister for Industries and Commerce (the Hon. D. G. Sullivan), “It has been possible to do this by effecting a Jd a gallon reduction in resellers’ margin of profit, and id a gallon reduction in differential charges at present being made by oil companies in marketing their products in the Gisborne area. It will no doubt be appreciated that already this year there has been a reduction of Id a gallon in the price of motor spirit, and with these regulations the public in Gisborne have benefited to the extent of 2d a gallon since May this year.”—Press Association. Increase in Auckland Electoral Rolls When 'the supplementary rolls closed in Auckland at 6 p.m. yesterday it was estimated that the number of electors entitled r to vote for the candidates in the nine Auckland constituencies at the General Election on October 15 would be more than 135,000. In 1935, when extensive purging of the rolls was carried out before the election, the total was 125,986. This year tjie main Parliamentary rolls for the Auckland electorates . closed with a total of 119,607 names, against 91,976 in 1935.—“ The Press” Special Service. .Aerodrome Construction . “This kind of thing will not happen any more,” said the Hon. R. Semple, Minister for 1 Public* Works, at Hawera in reference to an aero club deputation’s statement that depressions had occurred in the Hawera aerodrome when fillings on former hedge-lines were rolled. Aerodrome construction by machinery had eliminated such troubles, as 10-ton machines drawing 17-ton loads of earth consolidated the ground properly. Such consolidation was found necessary in new aerodrome construction in Britain to. avoid the possibility of crashes on either the landing or departure of the huge aircraft now being built. New Zealand’s Tallest Tree A gum tree at Brookby, Omaka, standing 262 feet in height, which was guaranteed by Professor H. H. Corbin to be the tallest tree in New Zealand, was inspected by him wheri he -was in Blenheim recently. Advice to this effect was given at last week’s meeting of the Wairau River Board by the chairman (Mr E. S. Parker), who accompanied Professor Corbin on his visit of inspection. “Actually there were eight feet of dead wood at the top of the tree, and this was not taken into account,” remarked Mi- Parker. The, professor, commenting on the many big trees in Marlborough, suggested that the heavy, dew at night helped materially to bring about this growth.