NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 74, 29 March 1933, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

Teaching Profession. :\ / "Tea&hers on the whole havo a,fairly easy time,' ' remarked the chairman of the Auckland • Grammar Schools Board, Professor A,'P.'"W. Thomas, at.a meeting of the board,, when> a proposal to reduce from three to two the number of .teachers acting as housemasters at the Mount Albert I Grammar School hostel was being discussed. On the recommendation of the headmaster, Mr. F. W. Gamble, no reduction was made. It was explained that the only compensation housemasters for their extra, duties was freo board. Bugbear of Reporters. The bugbear of reporters, the person who speaks for some time and then announces vthat his remarks have been in. committee, was criticised by Mr. C. F. Champion at a meeting of the North Canterbury, Acclimatisation Society (states a press Association telegram from Christchurch). "Some members of this society have the bad habit of, talking for four or five minutes while the reporters'are noting and then turning round and saying it is all in committee," said Mr. Champion. "It is not at- all fair for the reporters' for one thing, and for another it is out of order.." Mr. Champion added that if members did not desire reporters to take notice of their remarks the meeting should go into committee. The chairnian agreed that the procedure mentioned was ridiculous. Fifty Years of "Warfare." Speaking at a Salvation Army jubilee function in Christchurch on Saturday, Commissioner Cunningham congratulated the Army on attaining its jubilee after fifty years of warfare. The struggle, said, had brought members health and happiness. Fifty years ago, on April 1, a small band of Salvationists landed on New Zealand shores, and the growth of the-Army/ since then had been marvellous. The" Army was now established throughout the world. Its main purpose was not to establish hospitals, maternity homes, and orphanages, but to turn, men from their sins. The other activities of the Army were secondary considerations. Much remained to be done in the Dominion,, and nothing but the teaching and practice, of the Gospels could" take men from, their sins and, solve.the many ,present-day problems. " TJ.8.32 Form.; : In his reply to a Canterbury protest against the submission of a questionnaire (U.B. 32 form) to the unemployed, Mr. G. C. Godfrey, Commissioner to the Unemployment Board, states:—"lt should be realised that if the information specified in Form U:8.32' were not. obtained, there would be nothing to' prevent men possessing con. siderable means from participating in the benefit's of relief schemes, v ~and thereby penalising those bona fide relief -workers whose scale ,of relief would have'to be reduced beeapse of the inability of the Unemployment Fund to bear the extra burden. In-pre-venting such imposition, the--''- form actually, protects the interests of the bona fide relief workers. .The board regrets; the necessity^ calling for such information as prescribed in the form but actual experience has shown the need therefor. ■ All officers are aware that the.information supplied is to-be regarded as strictly confidential,, and I think you may safely rest assured that this definite rule of the board is always closoly observed." Fumes and Telephone Lines. Corrosiou of wires has often been noted iuithe Opotiki district because of the fumes blown from "White Island, and the latest evidence is seen in the announcement by Mr. W. J. Connan, telegraph engineer stationed at Gisborne, that the telephone line along the coast from Hicks Bay to Potaka will be replaced as soon as possible. The new line win follow the new.road in. order to minimise maintenance costs, which at present are very heavy, owing to the corrosion. Settlers right along the coast in the Opotiki County have always been troubled by the rapidcorrosion of fencing wire (states the "Auckland Star"). The fumes, combined with the salt in the air close to the coast, attack practically all wire, particularly copper wire. Nearly all the telephone lines along the Opotiki coast are built very close to the sea line, and tho maintenance on the lines will always be much heavier than in other parts of the country. .■ .. :■ --. :

Whakarewarewa Improvements.

Maori -working parties have completed the erection of .i rock wall round the diving pool at tho bridge at Whakarcwarewa, and have also .carried out a considerable amount of painting and tidying up. Already tho general appoaranco of the pa has been very considorably improved by parties of Natives w.orking under the direction of Mr. Alfred Warbrick. Imperial Ex-Servicemen. "Great trouble is experienced in getting money for Imperial .ex-service-men," said Mr. L. O. H. Tripp, chairman, at today's meeting of the Dominion executivo of the Eed Cross Society. "The Home authorities are having many claims from every country, and I understand they are receiving heavy, claims from Canada." The first grant, of £274 Is 3d, received in New Zealand from the Joint War Finance Committee, Great Britain, has been distributed to the four main centres, and tho executive desires a further advance. To date the following are the disbursements of tho money received by the centres: —Auckland, nil; Wellington, overspent by £10; Canterbury, £6 14s sd;- Otago, nil. Protection of a Blazer. The Christchurch High School Old Boys' Association views with alarm, the use of the association's blazer and badge by other organisations, reports a Press Association message from Christehurcli. Speaking -at the annual meeting of the association, the president (Dr. Bevan Brown) said the association had no power to stop the practice, but that a movement was now on foot, organised by the association, to see if preventive steps could be taken., A circular had been sent to all schools and universities in New Zealand asking them to send delegates to a meeting at Christehureh next month, when the subject would be discussed. H.M.S. Biomede's Islands Cruise. 1 H.M.S. Diomode will arrive at Wellington on Friday evening from the South Island, and will embark■: her Royal Marine detachment which is undergoing training at Trentham, She will sail on Monday, for Auckland. With Their Excellencies Lord and Lady Bledisloe on board, H.M.S. i>iomedo will leave Auckland on April 11 for tho Islands. Sho will visit Nukualofa, Vavau, Apia, Pago . Pago, and Rarotouga, and she- is diio back at Auckland on May 5, Film Services. An agreement has been arrived at with the Department of Health by the Bed Cross Society in regard to the showing of films at sanatoria. A sum of £225, which is a part cost of the obtaining and showing of pictures at Hanmer and Pukeorn, is to be reimbursed. Of the amount duo £150 has been received.. By further arrangement with the Health Department, the Patients' Recreation Fund, .Pukeora, and the Wellington Centre, steps have been taken to install talkie apparatus at Pukeora, the Wellington Centre paying over one-thirdi of the cost, amounting to £76 13s id. Horses Once Again. "It is only a small thing, but it shows we have the interests of our farming friends at heart when we are buying horses and chaff instead of tractors and benzine," remarked Councillor T. B. Salmon at the last Blenheim Borough Council meeting when it was decided to purchase six horses for needed work. "It should hearten the farmers to know that someone is buying horses that will eat the crops they, grow." It was reported by Councillor W. Hodgson" that four horses had been purchased by a special committee for £137. Councillor W. Carr remarked that the horses could bo used in connection with the sewerage scheme and then sold, returning most of what was paid for them. Naval Reserve Training. Two detachments of the Wellington division of the Eoyal Naval Volunteer Reserve are to receive special instruction in signalling and wireless telegraphy on board H.M.S. Dunedin, which is due hero on. Saturday from the South. H.M.S. Dunedin will remain at the wh.arf at Wellington. Each detachment will comprise about fifteen men and will receive seven days' training. H.M.S Wakakura will arrive at Wellington between. April 15 and 22, and members of the local division will go on board her for their annual instruction. N.Z.E.P. Grants.; ' The sum of £500 which has been allocated to the Red Cross Society from the £30,000 fund, now controlled by a joint committee.of tho Red Cross and St. John Ambulance, has been disbursed as follows:—Auckland, £57; Wellington, £110 12s lid; Canterbury, nil; Hawke's Bay, £7 0s 3d; South Taranaki, £2 13s lid; Otago, £.6; Invercargill, paid to general fund. It was announced at today's'meeting of the Red Cross executive that the .Canterbury Centre had written asking for an allocation and that the Otago Centre had had its funds depleted. The chairman, Mr. L. O. H. Tripp, said that the executive had to follow the joint committee's advice and that its recommendations must be adhered to. It was the committee that actually decided what allocations should bo made. Lady Wigram, a Canterbury delegate", who is ,a member of the committee, said that^tie society would soon have nothing left. Expenses hadl had to be ctot down very much. It -was thought that it something could Ijo got out of the fund it would help tho society through. ■-..■: '