NEWS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 37, 7 November 1942, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF

Sunday Dances ''l’he following resolution was agreed to by the Wellington at a meeting held this week. Xhe Presbytery of Wellington views with grave concern the organizing of Sunday evening dances for the entertainment of servicemen, and calls upon Presbyterians everywhere in this time of crisis,, to make clear their allegiance to Christian principles, and Withstand every attempt to encroach upon the sacredness of the Lord s Day. Fatal Haemorrhage. .. An elderly man, Mr. AX. Inkpen, ot o •Pipitea Street, Wellington, had an attack of haemorrhage when sitting on a seat outside Parliament Grounds about 5.45 o'clock last evening, and died al most immediately. Band Performances. .. . , The Band of the Ist Battalion, Wei-lin-ton Regiment, will play at the Botanical Gardens, the Ist Battalion Pipe Band at Oriental Bay, and the baiiation Army Citadel Band at Ewart Hospital, tomorrow, commencing, at I>.ni. Utility Pottery. , New utility pottery will soon be the vogue in New Zealand, according to a Dunedin merchant. It has been viell received in Great Britain, he says. It ie made on stock moulds, without any decoration, and there are three grades or quality, A, B, and C, the grading letter being stamped in. ’ Teacher Called Up, School Closed Concern at the closing .of the Kopu tauaki School, "ear Coromandel through the failure of the Paeroa Appeal Boaril to release the teacher from Army sen ice, wag 6 expressed by the Auckland. Education Board at this we ® k 8 was decided to advertise the position egftin before making another appeal for rehearing of the case. . "MS 3 iXVaesembfy of* the Church of New Zealand, which is to own its sessions in Auckland next week, ite Ver-v Rev. G. Budd reported to a formal meetin- of assembly that the roll, consisted of 128 ministerial representatives .am 98 elders, making a total of 226, to which were to be added 36 ministerial and 11 elder associates. > 800 Tons of Top Tamper wa]l . toP From the parapet and front wall top of King’s Chambers, at the junctionof Willis and Willeston Streets, Wedin.toi, the Love Construction Company esti mates that it has already removed some GOO tons of concrete and brickwork, 'that there between 200 and 300 tons weight of masonry to come down, mostly brickwork from e tedor walls, where cracks developed at the time of the earthquake on August — AU S teS«” wa'ges 1, have been increased from 39/3 to 40/3 a 100. sheep, and other shearing employees will receive an increase of 4/-. weekly, according to m formation received by officials of the Australian Workers’ Union in Melbourne It was stated that a variation of the award was made by Judge 0 Mara, an would apply to all States except Queensland. Polish Day of Independence. . Wednesday next, November 11, is the Polish Day of Independence, count AWodzicki, the Polish Consul-Genera stated yesterday that there would be no public demonstration of any kind in Wellington on that day, as everyone concerned was much too busy in connexion with the war effort. There would, hovever be a private gathering of Polish citizens resident in Wellington and the surrounding district. ■> Young Witnesses. . ■ Two children aged five and seven vears gave evidence in the Magistrates Coart, ■Wellington, yesterday, when a Johnsonville farmer was charged with keeping a dangerous sheepdog. One of the- youngwitnesses was stood on a chair so thu, he could be seen more easily from Lie Bench. After evidence was taken ot attacks on the children the case was ay iourned for a fortnight by Mr. fet • S M , so that the offending animal could be sent into the country. Soft Goods Warehousemen. At a recent meeting of Avellin rt .oi wholesale soft goods warehousemen *t was decided unanimously to form an ass > ciation with the object, generally to promote and- protect the interests of me.n- • bers and deal with all matters concernin- the wholesale soft goods trade. -U-. G. Y. Berry was appointed secretary. An executive committee of seven was alsol «t un Similar associations are hem,, formed in the other centres with a view ’ to embracing all wholesale soft goo s warehousemen in New Zealand.

Armistice Service. . A special Armistice service will be held in the first floor lol)by v o I £ r th ® ion Farmers’ I nstlt ’V£.J Vell g vra’ L es Wednesday next, at 10.40 a.m. Mi. L, He Lefeaux will preside, and a short ml dress will be delivered by the Rev. 11. y . Newell, who served as a padre in the last war V cordial invitation is extended to tlie public to attend this service of commemoration for those who made supreme sacrifice. The two nuuutes silence will be observed.

Taxi-Drivers and Drink. “You are a taxi-driver and I warn you that when driving, taxi-drivers shou.d keep away from drink. . remarked lln Stout, S.M., in the Magistrates Uuu. Wellington, yesterday, xvhen dismmsim, a charge against Gerald A ictor binith <>t driving while under the influence of liquor He added that the police L-lJ acted rightly in bringing the prosecution, but the evidence of the doctor who ex amined Smith after his arrest and ot another who had been treating him tor a nervous complaint, cast some doubts on the police ease.

China’s Fighting Spirit. Au example of the fighting spirit China was quoted by Dr. Lai-Aung Li in an address to the Chinese-New Zealand Society in Auckland. He told how. when the industrial centres were be i, transferred from the east of China to tn - west, there was much steel to be moved. There was not enough transport available, but when an appeal was made te them, Chinese workmen, most ot whom were illiterate, carried the material to it.’ new centre, often for a great distance, it was this spirit, he said, that would tale China in the future.

Stabbed by Seaman. For stabbing one ot his shipmate., in the back with a pocket knife Joe Je-se Galentine, seaman, aged 22, was sentenced to 14 days’ hard labour when he appeared before Mr. Stout. S.M., in w Magistrates’ Court. AA ellington, Wsterd:iv Galentine pleaded guilty and aumi'tted Hint lie was drunk at the timm The police gave evidence that lie had attended a dance where lie had consumed liquor. Ou returning to his ship be nad been involved in an affray. lhe wwiiiu inflicted was not dangerous. Mr bt“nt directed that if accused s ship should terne before the expiry of the sentence, Gu.em tine should be put on board.

Young Girl's Earnings. Contending that her net earnings o 30/- weekly as a clerk in the dis trie storekeepr's office of the New Zealnm Railways Department at AVoburn weic •insufficient for her needs, a young S' r appealed to the AA’ellington Manpowei Industrial Committee yesterday against the refusal of the manpower officer at Lower Hutt to allow her to terminate her employment. Evidence was gnen that she was due for a small iiicremiii tills month and would receive trnnal 10/- weekly when she a aim* l the age of 18. The appeal was aliened, appellant to report, within seven Uajs of leaving her present employmen , to thmanpower officer, for direction into ottici essential work.

Books for Forces i, ..... In conjunction with tlm Arm; I ’■ .•.)..•• ment and the Boy AssoetM on. t. e National Patriotic bund Board AA.n I. >• rary Service, unden Mr G. J Alley Director of the Country I.ibrary Se.M'.i. is organizing a I?«m in ' on -'X’ de^s‘?r / ‘2\ books anti periodicals for the Neu Zea land armed forces within and beyond the Dominion. The drive is to take ndace on November 21. The Army Department will provide transport and the cqllec.mn will be made by Boy Scouts ass sted. ,t is hoped, bv representatives of otbu nraanizations. Past-appeals ot Hus nature have met with a generous response and H is hoped that all who have euitnble bo- l-s and magazines available will assts- ttmj national effort.to provide reading matercil for Hie forces