NEWS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 12, 9 October 1943, Page 4

NEWS IN BRIEF

Manpower Appeals

The Wellington Industrial Manpower Appeal Committee, Messrs. J. J. Scott (chairman), J. Arthurs and B. L. Hammond, will conduct sittings in the Weilingtou provincial district during ne.it week.

No Canning in Napier. Both the appeal by the Napier Borough Council and that lodged by Messrs. Thompson, Hills, Ltd., Auckland, for a canning licence to enable the latter, to establish a canning factory in Napier, have been dismissed by Sir Francis Frazer, who heard the appeals at a sitting of the Industrial Efficiency Appeal Authority.—“ Dominion” Special Service. Mother of 18. . “I think the National Service Department should issue you with a medal for meritorious service,” said. Mr. J. J. ■Scott, chairman of the Wellington Industrial Manpower Appeal Committee, when the mother of *lB children appeared on behalf of one of her daughters. It was stated that she had’ four sons with the figting forces, four girls in essential work, five children going to school and five daughters married, some of these ibeing in essential work.

Honey Seal Used as Stamp. Pleading guilty to six charges ot failing to affix proper stamps to receipts. Mover Khusal Fatal, fruiterer, was fined £5 on the first and ordered to pay costs oil the remainder by Mr. Stilwell, b.il., iu the Magistrates’ Court, Wellington, yesterday. 'Senior-Sergeant G. J. lame said defendant owned town property let at £2 a week.- The rent book showed 61 breaches of the Stamp Act. In some cases defendant affixed Id. stamps instead of 2d. stamps. In. one case a honey seal was used.

Tribute to Scouting. “You can rely on the Government doing all it can to assist the Scout movement, which it regards as one of the most important in the country,”, said the Minister of Rehabilitation, Major. Skinner, speaking at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Boy Scouts’ Association in Wellington yesterday. He stated that he did not think there was any more responsible and important job in the world than moulding youthful minds. H.e spoke of his recent contacts with the Scout movement in the United Kingdom, and said that the value of youthful training as Scouts was apparent among the men now serving in the Middle East. Late Mr. H. E. Holland.

Yesterday was the tenth anniversary ot the death of Mr. H. E. Holland, a former Leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party. Representatives of the Labour Party and the trades union movement Visited his tomb in Bolton Street Cemetery during the afternoon. The oration was given by the Deputy-Prime Minister, Mr. Sullivan. Wreaths were placed on the tomb from the Prime Minister and his colleagues, the Parliamentary Labour Party, the national executive of the Labour Party, the Federation of Labour, the Buller Labour Representation Committee, Mrs. H. E. Holland and family, and the Minister of Labour, Mr. Webb. Income Tax Offences. Prosecutions were brought by the Commissioner of Taxes, represented by Mr. C. H. Rogers, of the Crown Law Office, in the Magistrates’ Court, Wellington, yesterday before Mr. Harley, S.M. Sydney Ernest Brown, public accountant, Gordon Coombe Brown, Customs agent, William Laurence Hunter Lewis, civil servant, were each fined a total of £5 and costs for failing to furnish returns of income derived during the years ended March 31, 1942 and 1943. Donald McDonald Wilson, medical practitioner, was fined £lO and costs for the same offences, and Harry Bryan Weir, golf club maker, £2 and costs in respect of the year ended March 31, 1942. Servicemen’s Club. In reply to a request for a donation toward the erection of a Returned Services Club in Wellington, the Makara County Council yesterday decided to ask the Wellington R.S.A. if the erection of such a club did not come within the rehabilitation scheme. The chairman, Mr. R. W. Bothamley, said the council could expect to be asked to contribute toward the erection of returned servicemen’s clubs at Porirua and Titahi Bay. Charity began at home, and they would have to look after their own soldiers first. Cr. E. Windley said the provision of a returned servicemen’s club for Wellington, rightly belonged to the rehabilitation scheme. The word rehabilitation was being stretched too far, and the council contributed in more ways than one to this scheme.

Wig Disappears .and Reappears. There was consternation among the Kiwi Concert Party, which has been performing at the Grand Opera House, Wellington, when the dark red wig worn in several sketches by Phil Jay, one of the party’s female impersonators, was found yesterday to be missing. It was concluded that the wig had been stolen, possibly after the previous night’s performance when a number of people not connected with the company were allowed on the stage, but shortly before the performance last night the missing wig. was found wrapped up in a parcel outside a dressing-room door. Possibly the wig had been taken as a joke and returned when it was realized how its loss had embarrassed the concert party. Such wigs are not stocked in cities like Wellington, and are not easily replaced; and though they may cost £lO or more, the Kiwis wig would be little use to anybody else. There was another full house for the second and last Wellington performance last night.