NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 145, 23 June 1930, Page 8

NEWS OF THE DAY

Birthday of Prince of Wales.

To-day is the thirty-sixth birthday of the Princo of Wales. .The legal fratcrnitv observes the day as a holiday, but the banks do_ not, and tho wheels of industry continue to revolve i as usual. The customary royal salute was fired at noon, and one or two extra flags were flown in celebration of the anniversary. • •. "Neurasthenia." ."While the plaintiff's heart might not be absolutely normal, it is probable that there are thousands of men walking about the streets of Christchureh to-day with hearts very much worse than tho plaintiff's," said his Honour Mr Justice, Frazer in the Arbitration Court at Christchureh on Friday, dealing with a case of neurasthenia and a worker's compensation, (reports "Tho Press." "If he sat in this Court for six months he would see a groat many cases of, neurasthenia ending in a return to normal work in a very short time," added his Honour. . The case was the result of an accident, that bofell the employee of a Clrristchurch firm. ' f ■ ■ , Frosts in. the North. Recent frosts havo worked .havoc with green feed throughout the To Puke district, and the majority of settlers are now feeding out ensilage and hay (says' an Auckland paper). The cold snap has also'had tho effect of accelerating the drying off of cows, which wore being milked, this season much later than usual. Advices from. Morea, Botorua, state that frosts and .chill winds have given tobacco-growers cause for anxiety, the leavos having already received a setback. Some are spraying tho plants with water to prevent the sun from complotoly destroying tho crop. • Clearing a Slip. Saying" that there- would bo hun- < dreds of pounds worth of pick and shovel work for unemployed in removing the slip on the road giving tho only access to Pukerua beach, Councillor E.- L. Button urged . tho ' Hutt County Council, on' Friday to write again1 to the Public Works Department asking it to review its decision not to grant a subsidy, for clearing tho slip. Councillor Button said tho slip had caused considerable ■ hardship to the Bay people, and the cost of removal would be four times tho amount of tho rates from the district. They had been patiently waiting for a year to get some money for removing the blockage, but he could not recommend to the council that four times, the rates of Pukerua Bay should be taken to carry out the work. A motion on tho lines-of Councillor Button's re-1 quest was carried. , j Police in Schools. A decision to urge tho Education Board to make a ruling against tho, admission of police officers into, primary schools to interview children during school hours was made by the Canterbury • School Committees' Association at a recent meeting. Tho decision arose from a resolution forwarded by the Beckenham School Committee. Mr. S. B. Evison said that a move had already been made in Auckland by the Education Board there, as it was not considered advantageous to the atmosphere or the discipline of a school to have a policeman visit it. The suggestion was that, if an opinion against this practice was expressed by the Canterbury Education Board, the local authorities would rectify the position. There was no discussion of the matter, the meeting being practically unanimous in its opinion.