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Evening Star, Issue 24292, 5 September 1942, Page 4

lighting restrictions for the week commencing to-morrow apply from 6.32 p.m. to 6.40 a.m.

In a statement last night the Acting Prime Minister, Mr Sullivan, reiterated that the Government had no present intention of sending overseas members of the Territorial Force under the agje of 21 years. Mr Sullivan added that it would be realised that under the National Service' Emergency Regulations every male member of any armed force was "liable for service wherever he was required, whether in New Zealand or elsewhere. Circumstances in the future might require a change of policy regarding the despatch of men both under the age of 21 and over 41 for service overseas, but for the present only those fit men who had reached the ago of 21 and not attained 41 would be sent overseas. ' ' ,

On behalf of the Eire nationals in New Zealand, Mr M. S. Ayhvard has sent to the Prime Minister, Mr Fraser, a protest against the execution of Thomas Williams, aged 18, at Belfast, for the murder of a policeman. In a letter to the Prime Minister, he asks that Mr Fraser should bring to the notice of Parliament the ill-will, harm, and hatred that have arisen in consequence of the execution. A request is made that the protest should be forwarded to the Imperial Government.

A decision to down tools wms reached at a stop-work meeting at the Pukemiro mine, in the Waikato, on Thursday morning, as a protest against the company’s refusal to make up some of the miner’s wages to the minimum. The mine was idle all day. The management stated that a clause in the miners’ agreement provides that a miner working on tonnage rates who is unable, through, no fault of his own, to earn a certain wage for any fortnightly period, shall be paid an amount sufficient to bring his earnings up to an average of that amount for the number of shifts worked by him during such periods. It is contended by the management that tho men are in tho wrong, in that they had adopted a goslow policy for the last fortnight. It states there are constitutional means for the discussion of such disputes.

Probate has been granted by Mr Justice Kennedy in the following estates: Edwin Wright, Dunedin, soldier; James Thomson Simpson, Dunedin, retired biscuit maker; Samuel Hills, St. Leonards, retired railway employee; James Sanderson Hastings, Dunedin, warehouseman ; Robert Murray Williams, Five Forks, fanner: George Renney, Dunedin, labourer; Laurence Douglas Livingstone Houghton, Dunedin, soldier; John Cunningham, Herbert, retired farmer; Alfred Scott, Cromwell, baker; Isabel Hutchison, Dunedin, spinster; Fred William Bayley, Dunedin, accountant. Letters of administration were also granted in the estate of Albert Alfred Keast, Dunedin, asphaltcr.

A conference of regional commissioners and district controllers recently appointed under the Emergency Reserve Corps Regulations as part of the new civil defence administration was held at Wellington this week. There was a full attendance, with the exception of Mr J. A. C. Allum, district controller for the Auckland and North Auckland area. The Minister of Civil Defence, Mr Bodkin, was himself unable to bo present on account of family illness, and at his request the Director of National Service, Mr J. S. Hunter, presided. There was a full discussion and exchange of views on matters of policy and administration generally, as affecting the civil defence services.—Press Association.

Letters from Now Zealand soldiers serving in the Middle East contain frequent references to a class of Egyptian natives commonly known as the 11 Wogs.” In the minds of many people the word “ Wog ” immediately conjures up a mental image of a certain species of insect immortalised by Walt Disney, and in view of this fact it is not surprising that many have been puzzled as to the meaning of the curious term. The three letters, it is affirmed, are really a convenient abbreviation of the impressive title adopted by a native trade union of “ Working-class Oriental Gentlemen.”-

Joseph Ellis Jenkins, labourer, a statutory first offender, was convicted and fined 10s. in default 24 hours’ imprisonment, on a charge of drunkenness, bv Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M., in the Police Court this morning. The street appeal conducted by the Young Men’s Christian Association yesterday was an outstanding success. So generous was the response by the public that a sum of £620 was collected, and to this several further donations which have ibeen promised have to be added, Considering the numerous appeals which have been made in recent months, this result is most gratifying. It is of interest to note that on a similar street day held last year the amount collected was only £2OO, though it must be added that the organisation in respect to special donations was more thoroughly carried out this year. The view that when the economic history of the war is written the part played by the manufacturers of the. United Kingdom will take an important place is expressed in the annual report of the United Kingdom Manufacturers and New Zealand Representatives Association. “ When it is realised what quantities of goods are made and are available for export, in addition to the largest armament 'programme the world has seen, arms for our Allies as well as ourselves, wo feel it will truly bo said that in attaining the victory ahead the industries of the United Kingdom did their part nobly.” The report also pays a tribute to the work people, the personnel of the Merchant Navy and the Royal Navy for their part in maintaining trade. A tornado is a definite type of atmospheric disturbance in which the air circulates round a core of low pressure in a clockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere. The diameter of such a disturbance seldom exceeds more than a few hundred feet, destruction thus being confined to a comparatively narrow path. The wind velocity round the central core may be as high as 200 miles an hour; hence the destructive effect of a tornado when it strikes buildings, haystacks, etc. A whirlwind is a smaller edition of a tornado. Such disturbances, ranging from small whirlwinds up to the more destructive tornado, are not infrequent in parts of New Zealand, Taranaki in particular and Westland to a lesser degree being areas where they most often occur.

An advertisement of interest to Manchester Unity members relative to lodge activities for the coming week will be found in this publication.

Tlie attention of parents or guardians intending to enrol pupils at (lie Arthur Street School is drawn to the advertisement appearing in this issue. The Railway Department advertises in this issue particulars of the special trains which will be run between Dunedin and Port Chalmers for the ceremony connected with the launching of H.M.N.ZiS. Aroba by Her Excellency, iady Newall, on Tuesday, September 8.