NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 85, 7 October 1938, Page 8

NEWS OF THE DAY

"Take and Put."

"Speaking of deposits reminds me of a sort of game of 'put and take/ or should it be 'take and put'?" said Mr. J. G. Young, Deputy-Director General of the Post and Telegraph Department at the annual reunion of the P. and T. Association last night. "One or two customers came along for their money, but when they found they could get it they put it back again. The money is there all right." H.M.S. Achilles Due Today. Nearing the end of her spring cruise, H.M.S. Achilles is due at Wellington from Dunedin today, and will berth at Aotea Quay at about 4 p.m. She will be here for ten days, leaving on October 17 for Auckland, where she is due two days later. Her complement will be given the opportunity to vote in the General Election at Wellington. The Leander, the Wellington, and the Leith are at present at Auckland. * Valued Ensign. Although the New Zealand flag was flown in German Samoa after the occupation in 1914, only one New Zealand ensign was flown over the headquarters of the New Zealand Division while in enemy territory, and this ensign is now the valued possession of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association. The ensign was brought back from the division's headquarters on, the Rhine by Major-Gen-eral Sir Andrew Russell, divisional commander, and has remained in his possession until recently, when he handed it to the Dominion president of the R.S.A. (the Hon. W. Perry). Employers and Union Dues. "Could we not have a clause in the award that where an employer collects union dues and forwards them on, he should be entitled to a collection fee of 10 per cent?" asked Mr. S. I. McKenzie, employers' advocate in the country districts' clerical workers' dispute, which was before a covincil of conciliation yesterday. Mr. McKenzie said that he knew of a number of cases where employers were collecting the union dues of their employees and forwarding them to the union. "There are good employers as well as bad ones," observed an employers' assessor^ "Oh, I know that," rejoined Mr. W. N. Pharazyn, advocate for the employees in the dispute. Missionary Work. "At the present time it seems to me that the most important thing in the world is missionary work," said Archbishop Averill at a missionary gathering on Wednesday evening, reports the "New Zealand Herald." "I cannot think of anything that is more important. When we look at the world today and try and take a bird's-eye view of the nations and their ideals, we know perfectly well that the source of three-quarters of the troubles of the world is want of religion and want of the knowledge of God. Therefore missionary work is the most statesmanlike thing'that anybody can do." Conscience Money. No fewer than eight persons have been troubled by uneasy consciences in New Zealand recently, a notice in the Gazette issued last night bearing the following statement by the Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. G. C. Rodda): — "I hereby acknowledge receipt oil the following amounts forwarded by persons unknown as conscience-money to the New Zealand Government," and a list of the amounts received follows. The sums range from 2s 6d to the Post and Telegraph Department to £5 to the Land and Income Tax Department, six Departments benefiting in all, the Railway Department receiving three sums. ■ Measles Sick Leave. In view of the number of teachers affected by the measles epidemic, the Education Department has issued instructions that the period during which teachers are absent owing to measles is to be treated as special sick leave and not taken into account when computing the sick leave due under the regulations. Teachers affected by measles are to be paid for the period they are absent and in any cases where loss of pay has been suffered, it is to be adjusted. Sincte July, 32 of the 822 teachers in the employ of the Wellington Education Board have been granted sick leave owing to measles. It is understood that some other Government Departments have made similar provision in regard to measles sick leave. Aero Club Status. After prolonged negotiations the Government has decided to give recognition to a group of aero clubs, at present formed or to be formed, to be known as the South Auckland Aero Club, and to give it the same financial I assistance and privileges as were I accorded to ether recognised clubs in New Zealand, says the "New Zealand Herald." In a letter to the Waikato lAero Club, the Minister of Defence ! (the Hon. F. Jones) said the Waikato Club was to be recognised as the parent body in the meantime and that it would be held responsible for seeing that other clubs in the group or federation were adequately provided for. The club was to undertake the training of pilots for the civil reserve, and was to ensure that the services of a full-time. j licensed instructor were retained.

Pay for Territorials,

New Zealand's Territorials were the best paid in the world, said the Minister of Defence (the Hon. F. Jones), when addressing a public meeting in the Dunedin Town Hall on Wednesday evening on the subject of the defence of New Zealand, reports the "Otago Daily Times." Their pay had been brought up from 4s a day to 7s a day, and when in camp or schools of instruction they received 5s a day camp allowance, which brought the total up to 12s a day with everything provided free. That scale operated from August 1 of this year. "I understand some men have not yet been paid," he said. "That is due to the fact that the regulations were gazetted only recently. All are to be paid from August 1." Fares were also paid to and from parades, and Mr. Jones said that practically every obstacle that could prevent young men of the right type from joining had been removed.