NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20042, 14 September 1939, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Centennial Council Meeting In consequence of flic inability of the Mayor, Mr. D. W. Coleman, M.P.. to reach Gisborne by to-morrow •evening, the meeting of Ihe East Coast Centennial Council set dowr for to-merrow has been postponed until Monday. Bowling Season for 1939-40. Though the official opening of the bowling season will not take plac until October 7, the recent mild weather and the consequent improvement in the greens has raised thf hopes of bowling enthusiasts for an earlier start with friendly games. The Poverty Bay dub has advised its members that the greens will be opened for play on Saturday of this week.

Refugee Pastor

It was reported at a meeting of the Auckland presbytery- that Pastor Rehbein, a refugee from Germany, had arrived in New Zealand with his wife, and was taking up studies at the Theological Hall in Dunedin. Over £3O had been raised in the Auckland presbytery as its share toward the present support of Pastor and Mrs. Rehbein, until they find a permanent place in the work of the church.

Beards in Fashion For some unknown reason the employees of a New Plymouth firm have all commenced to grow a face adornment of some form or another. Some have favoured just a few unshaven whiskers, 'but others have “gone the whole hog" and remained entirely unshaven. The daily growth is watched with extreme interest. Besides attempting to outgrow each other, the men have maintained interest by running a competition, the winners to be decided at Christmas. Those who are then still unshaven will share the prize.

Awaterc Stream Widening Advice that approval had beer: given to the issue of an authority of 100 per cent of the labour cost ■of the scheme for the clearing, widening and deepening of the Awatere Stream was received from the assistant-secretary of the Department of Labour at the monthly meeting of the Wairoa County Council yesterday. The county engineer, Mr. R. W. Hawthorne, stated that the work could not be gone On with until more men were available. He pointed out that it was useless making a start on the work until at ’east six men were engaged.— Special.

War An Abomination “Although it is sometimes justified, war is an abomination in the eyes of God and of man, but in times such as these we have a duty inspired by our love of country,’’ said Bishop Liston, Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland, when preaching in the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary. His Lordship appealed for the co-operation of Catholics with all civil authorities during the present time of national anxiety and announced that special prayers in the form of a holy hour every Wednesday and Sunday night would be observed in Catholic churches throughout the diocese.

Sale of German Gogds In contradistinction to the attitude of the public during the Great War. no objection seems to be made by the public to the purchase of Germanmade goods in the various stores; nor do retailers raise any objection, it is stated, to purchases of such goods from wholesale suppliers. “The public is much more internationally-minded than it used to be,” said an Auckland retailer in referring to the position. “It has lost most of the old illogical orejudices. After all, German goods in this country were acquired prior to the war, and paid for in return for purchases of New Zealand butter.”

Emergency Regulations Advice that virtually all matter? relating to the production and distribution of electricity were now under the control of a central authority has been received 'by the Auckland Electric-Power Board. Discussing the powers given to the controller, the general manager of the board, Mr. R. li. Bartley, expressed the hope that the emergency regulations were for the emergency only, and that the boards would bo able to resume full control when the crisis passed. Some of the provisions in the new regulations, he considered, would be detrimental to the boards in normal circumstances.

Tallest Building In Wellington Now that the exterior of the ninth story of .the Mutual Life and Citizens’ Assurance Company's building in Wellington is almost completely tiled, a comparison can be made with its predecessor on the site, the squat twostoried wooden. Central Hotel. This is the second nine-storey building in Wellington, the other being the Levy Building in Courtenay Place. The new insurance building, however, is crowned at the corner with' an ornamental tower, which will boast a flagpole. The height of the building is 101 ft.; the apex of the tower is 138 ft. above the level of the footpath, and the flagpole will extend upward for another 20ft. This means that the apex of the tower of this building will be the highest structural point on the flat in Wellington.