General News

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 2 September 1942, Page 4

General News

i licensed Radios I At the- end of March there wer 1 nearly 5000 more licensed radios in Ne\ ; Zealand than at the end of last veai 'Figures: December 31st. 19-11. 367.011 March 31st, 1942. 372,219. Licensed Motor Vehicles At the end of June there were nearl I00.00J) fewer motor vehicles license' in New Zealand compared with the pro ; vious year. The comparative figure j are; 1941. 257.175: 1942. 159.445. Car ; dropped by over 80.000. light truck ‘IOOO. heavy trucks 5000, motor cvcle 5000. The only increase was shown i Government vehicles, which went u from 6063 to 11.355. Aviaries and Bird Slaughter A member of the Avicultural Societ; ( London*, in an article contributed t< “Forest and Bird." discusses the whol subject of aviaries, indoor and outdooi in relation to the breeding of nativ birds in captivity for release. He says “Every well informed aviculturist know that birds bred in aviaries, or evei wild birds which have been in raptivit; for any length of time, are denatured They have lost their natural awareness sense of direction, power to locate foot and water, and soon fall victims to cat' rats, stoats, weasels. etc.” Lip-reading First Lip-reading was'the primary neces sity for those who became deaf, state the annual report of the board of gov ernors presented to the New fcealam League for the Hard of Hearing Wit ; the attainment of lip-reading, the vatu iof an efficient hearing aid was i?n ; measurably increased. With both, tli deaf were able to understand 85 pe cent, of the spoken word under suitabl conditions. No Economy for Housewives j “The zoning scheme is supposed h • for economy in tyres and petrol, bu does anyone consider whether it is fo economy in the household bill?” askeMr F. Whiley at the annual general meeting of the Christchurch Consumers’ League, reports “The Press." Cries of “No” greeted his question. “I gather that you all agree with me that there is no enonomy in that direction.” Mr Whiley continued. “This scheme was first suggested in 1936, just after the Labour Government came into f power, and I object to its being called | a war measure or an economy measure. I Especially I object to the term econj omy measure when there is no ! economy at all for the housewife.” National Savings Quota Results Last week 77 towns, including five ; of the provincial centres, attained ‘ lhcir national savings quotas. With the 1 quickening of interest which the re-cently-announced “spring offensive on the home front” is likQly to arouse, increased successes will probably be in ; evidence shortly. There are many ! Places at which but very little addf- ! L'orial support is needed to ensure the j regular attainment of Vie allotted j quotas. Thermal Research ! Maintaining that New Zealand’s ! Ibermal regions were a neglected field of research, Mr S. 11. Wilson, of the Dominion Laboratory, when reading a ; paper to the New Zealand Institute of ! Chemistry, said that such research was j justified as a method of attack on the i problems of volcanic activity. Applied | research could give as aims the pre- : diction of disastrous eruptions that were still a possibility, the utilisation of volcanic steam tor power, chemical proi ducts, and the better development of i tbo various areas as health resorts and j tourist attractions. This field had been , neglected by (he university colleges. nl ost of tlie research carried out bc - i ln s academic work on minor points in world science, and was out of touch i with realities in New Zealand. This ; country was exceptionally favourable for such research, which would be valuj able to international science. Casual j investigations were not sufficient A I vulcanologjca! observatory was badly t needed, and this might be a part of ■ post-war scientific reconstruction. j Treatment of Varicose Veins A correspondent, “Interested.” recenti !y wrote to “The Press” asking t( ie total number of military reservists com- • pulsoi lly treated in New Zealand for ■ varicose veins and the number of these ; whose cases could genuinely be called V W Mini T r ° f ~ 'the Hon. J*. Jones 1. replying to the cor . respondent, sny f . “1 informed that

- there are two standard methods of - treatment of varicose veins, one bv inj lections and the other by an incision of _,thc win and a ligature. Both these *; method. have been applied in respect i , of balloted men. but the injection Treat ) meilt tvhicir can scarcely be described as an operation, has been used in the I large majority of cases. There are no ! . up-to-date hgure,; available as to ti e , total number of cases dealt with but' a return which was obtained some I t weeks ago showed that out of 1100 C a=e, ! -; a!1 bad been successfully treated "ex ccpting approximately 7.5 per cent." ' " , Duty Exceeded , Stating that the principal witness = constable, had been invited to attend ~; a Pathy an d had exceeded his dutv bv e pressing payment on defendant " for _ liquor supplied. Mr S. L. Paterson. S.M dismissed a charge in Hamilton of siv 6 h, <: " s£l : ln f preferred against James “i Sa?rUton yi ' boa, ' din S- hous o-keeper, of ri, *j " l had rall : el ' a experience s “ pon V l ’!/' PJ r Kobert Neeley in a London weekly. “1 W£u . d young new chum, then, one of a nartv e i OnTTs^T 0 ' S 'a N °i' lhern Queensland ; Une day I wandered away from camv .and got 'bushed. - rt was nearly three 't weeks before they found me, and 1 had is , some adventures in the meantime be lieve me! On the third day I rati ou* of tobacco!—Smokers will svmbathis„i n | r never forget the first smoke ! is had aftcr I was found!—delightful! Be* I nowadays I find the tobacco J used to smoke when on the wailabi has lost ji s 1.1 savour. Over much nicotine in it. Since s oSSJ.'MLJ? H a T? rila , n s • 1 l] ave “rooked New /.ealand Toasted, and ask nothing j better. I understand its peculiar frag ,s ranee, and comparative freedom from a 1 nicotine in this incomparable tobacco , are due to its being roasted. It j s cer _ tainly the finest I have ever smoked e and the least harmful.” Mr Seeley rey fers to the five famous toasted brands ; -Riverhead Gold. Desert Gold. Naw Cut No. 3, Pocket Edition, and Cut Phm e No. 10/

Mapua Rainfall Rainfall at Mapua during August was 2.20 inches, the heaviest fall for one day being 1.16 inches, on the 10th (report.* Mi Arnold Wells). The fall Tor the \car to date is 20.18 inches. Spirit of Helpfulness A Whangarei resident with personal ' knowledge of the devastation caused in ; the Wairarapa and Wellington districts j by the earthquakes, recently made the suggestion that the loss suffered should inspire Northlanders to make an additional contribution to the appeal lor patriotic funds in order to replace to some extent the help which earthquake victims would have given but for their misfortune. Such action, it was held, should be regarded as a thanks offering by the people living in an area live from earthquakes. The suggestion was supported bv the “Northern Advocate. ’ “The ruin which lias descended upon many fellow New Zealanders in the earthquake-torn area." it stated, “must necessarily affect Heir districts' quotas of the patriotic funds. Increased contributions by Northlanders would constitute a gesture of sympathy with those who have suffered loss and, at the same time, help a great national cause.' High Wages C riticised Very high wages paid to young peopio,were a cause of the moral delinquency' discussed so much at pre - sent. according to the Rev. Lawrence Rogers, who was the speaker at the Christchurch Businessmen’s Club. He said that girls of 16 years were far too young to leave home to live without supervision in flats and withstand i temptation when earning up to £6 a j week. He said he thought that the i Government was making a grave misI take in taking girls away from their , j homes to do highly-paid jobs in other . I towns. "And behind all this is the fact | that there is no religious background ! to the young people of to-day/’ he said. Only One Regret i "There’s one thing 1 do regret 'in ! resigning my position as secretary of ! the Christchurch Consumers’ League,” said Mrs M. E. Furey, at the annual meeting of the league. “In spite of the numbers of letters I’ve written to the Hon. D. G. Sullivan —and the last one was a gem of an epistle—l haven t had the satisfaction of having even one reply from him.” Wellington Landmarks Disappear ! This week has seen the disappearance of several familiar landmarks in I Wellington city. The first to go was j the solid squat square tower of the ' Hotel Windsor, a mass of masonry j perched high up above the corner ol | Chew’s Lane and Willis street. With its departure Chew’s Lane has been I thrown open once more to through | traffic. Another architectural feature I whose crown and symmetry have been | reduced is the brick-faced concrete ! tower on Nimmo’s premises, on the corner of Bond street and Willis street. Further down in the perspective the dome and clock face chamber of the General Post Office have been demolished by men in khaki. In view . of the damage done to various towers , iof masonry, some surprise lias been , expressed at. the immunity from | 1 damage of the lofty church spires of St. Peter’s and St. John's. The dual towers of the Basilica, in Hill street, which were badly shattered, are now well on the way to extinction. Had either of these towers fallen inward the consequences to the church itself might have been serious. .■