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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 178, 29 June 1937, Page 6

With 740 placements effected during the week ended last Saturday, the State Placement Service has now placed 9950 men in employment since April 1. Tn Palmerston North 34 positions were filled last week, bringing the total to 425. To illustrate the inconvenience oi having two awards in one industry, counsel in the Court of Appeal at Wellington, yesterday, said tnat an electrician wishing lo carry a wire through a wall and equipped with the auger lor boring the hole had been prevented trom doing 60. A carpenter had to be sent for to bore the hole. This; he said, was not a hypothetical occurrence, but something that had actually happened. Ten Highland pipe bands and the Battalion Boys’ Band will head the invasion of Dunedin by Southland Rugby supporters for the Ranfurly Shield match on July 31, reports a Press Association telegram from Invercargill. Last year, as a result of the enthusiastic rally bv Southlanders, 28,000 spectators were at Carisbrook to see the Shield match between Otago and Southland. This year it is predicted that the 30,000 mark will be passed. To obviate the rule providing for two years’ secondary education prior to entering the nursing profession, the Dominion executive of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union suggested that the Director-General of Health be asked to create a general entrance examination test. A reply has been received from the Director-General of Health, in which he points out that it is felt that it would be unwise to lower the educational standard.—Press Association.

There was a pleasing ceremony at the special parade of the Palmerston North Artillery Batteries last evening, when the presentation of that portion of the profits of the recent Coronation Ball allocated to local defence units was made. Captain Bongard, N.Z.S.C., officiated in the absence of Colonel J. H. Whyte, for whom he apologised, and the recipients were the 7tli Battery R.N.Z.A., Bth Battery R.N.Z.A., Manawatu Mounted Rifles, High’ School Cadets and Technical School Cadets. The Waiapu Hospital Board is faced with the difficulty of securing sufficient trained nurses, a.nd when Hie 40-liour week is applied to the Te Puia Hospital the position will become more acute. In order to overcome the problem the proposal was made at a meeting of the board that nurses should be secured from England on a threeyear contract. Even after paying the rares from England, it was stated, the board would save money. Jt was decided to write to the Health Department for -information on the proposal to sscure nurses from England. Allowing for a sum of £620 to Auckland’s credit in Wellington, and £320 still to come from the Y.M.C.A. pageant, Auckland’s contribution to the King George V Memorial Fund will he £20,830. With this intimation the Mayor of Auckland (Sir Ernest Davis) at the Town Hall yesterday, handed to the acting-Prime Minister a cheque for £19,833. Mr Fraser expressed thanks for the cheque and spoke of the enthusiasm of the Auckland people in forwarding contributions which had given a fillip to the Campaign throughout New Zealand.—Press Association. Good progress has been made towards acnieving the wii-.hes of the Minister of Transport (Hon. R. Semple) in the simplification of motor taxation. The Commissioner of Transport (Mr G. Laurenson) said in an interview at Christchurch that investigations into the existing system had been completed and recommendations for certain changes had been made to the Minister. The proposed alterations, designed to secure unification, would necessitate alterations to the Motor Vehicles Act. It is likely that the necessary legislation will l>e brought before Parliament during the coming session.

The remarkable sight of a young pohutukawa in bloom in the dead ol winter, and of others just coming into flower, is to be seen on the sheltered northern slopes of Mount Eden, Auckland.

From 24 to 26 degrees of frost have been recorded at Oturehua, Central Otago, during the last three days. Early last evening the secretary ol the Oturehua Sports Club stated in a telephone message that at that time the thermometer showed 20 degrees of frost.

With a view to discussing proposals by which it is hoped to provide employment for able-bodied men at present on sustenance, the Acting-Minister of Labour, Hon. P. C. Webb, intends to visit Masterton on Friday to meet the Wairarapa local bodies in conference.

It was announced yesterday that the Wellington Harbour Hoard had decided to place an order with Ferguson Bros., Glasgow, for a Priestman grab dredge with a 200-ton hopper capacity, says a Press Association telegram. It will be 104 it long 27ft Gin wide, and will be self-propelled, steam driven, with a single screw.

'the undercarriage of a perambulator was the novel method used for the removal of a 1 j cwt safe from the premises of Mr Daniel Fitzgerald, saddler, Tikitiki, Poverty Lay, in the early hours of Friday, June 11. This was disclosed when a Maori, Urikore Toi, alias Juri Toi, aged 18, appeared in the Tikitiki Magistrate’s Court, charged with breaking, entering and theft. Accused pleaded guilty and was committed to the Supremo Court at Wellington for sentence. The giant kauri tree named by the Maoris “Tematua Ngahere” (The bather of I 1 orests) was not long ago “rediscovered’’ by a party of Europeans who were exploring the Waipoua .state Forest. This tree has the largest girth of any known tree in New Zealand to-day, and is 53ft. around at the base with a centre girth only 2ft 6in loss. The capacity ol the tree is 6500 cubic feet or 78,000 superficial feet. The other well-known giant of the forest, “Tanemahuta” (Lord of Forests) is smaller than “Tematua Ngaliere.” “Tanemahuta,” which is thought to date back to the eighth century, has a girth at the base cf 431 t, and is calculated to contain 72.000 superficial feet of timber.