NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20099, 20 November 1939, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

Motorist Before Court Charged with having been intoxicated while in charge of a motor car in Gladstone road on Saturday, George Wallace, aged 41, a concrete worker, Hansen road, appeared this morning before Mr. A. Coleman, S.M., in the Police Court and was remanded until to-morrow morning. Application for the remand was made by Mr. D. E. C.hrisp, bail being renewed at £25,. with one surety of £SO. Art Union Winner Speculation, is still rife in Gisborne regarding the winner of the £2OOO in the art union which was drawn on Friday night, but with the elimination of all the previous prospects, rumour has had difficulty in finding the same wealth of material as it had in the first few hours of the news being broadcast. In the meantime, the identity of the winner remains unknown, although a story is being told of how a certain barber shaved the man and induced him to buy the ticket. Girl Run Over By Car Painful injuries were received by Olivia Richmond, the eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Richmond, King’s road, Hexton, at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday, when she was run over by the wheel of a car. The girl was standing on the running-board of the car driven by her father, and slipped, falling under the wheel. She suffered from injuries to the abdomen and was taken immediately to the Cook Hospital. It was learned this morning that her condition was improving, and that she was comfortable.

Teachers on War Service Advice from the Superannuation Board stating that superannuation deductions would not be made fbr any period during which a teacher was on leave with the New Zealand forces was received at a meeting of the Auckland Education Board. It was also stated that the contributions of employees, other than teachers, of education boards, secondary, technical and combined school boards, who joined the armed forces for home or foreign service, should be paid by the respective ’boards. Contributions of employees of the New Zealand University, Massey and Lincoln Colleges would be paid by the college councils. Leave would be granted without salary.

“Buying; Votes” "This is a question of politicsparty politics. All sections of labour control the mind of the Government. If the workers want increases the Government gladly grants them; it is only buying votes to keep it in power,” said Mr. A. Stevens at a meeting of dairy factory directors held in Invercargill to consider the impending Dbminion award for dairy factory assistants. If the workers wanted anything, they struck, Mr. Stevens said. It was time the farmers struck to get what they wanted. The station owners and the Farmers’ Union should be called in to assist. As it was, the workers were getting more than the dairy farmer, who had to work very long hours from morning till night. “The farmers should pour their milk down the drain and utterly refuse to pay higher wages,” he declared. Persecution of Church If evidence were required of the cruel and sinister nature of the present Government in Germany it would surely be found in the treatment meted out to the churches in its power. This is brought out clearly in the life and work committee’s report presented to the Presbyterian general assembly, held in Christchurch. The measures taken against the Confessional Church in Germany are so oppressive as to make it almost impossible for it to continue its organised witness for God and its truth. But, despite the most oppressive measures taken, the pastors of the church continue to refuse to bow to the decrees of the State. Not only are the Germans of the Confessional Church persecuted, but the church people of Czechoslovakia have been brought within the range of the same ruthless forces, while the nameless sufferings of the Jews are well known. The report presented to the assembly stated that there had been a remarkable increase in the various Jewish mission funds.