General News

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 14 October 1942, Page 4

General News

Generosity of the Public ; At the beginning of the financial year ! the Nelson City Patriotic Committee j aimed to raise £15.000 as the city’s con- , tnbution. to patriotic funds. At last ; night’s meeting of the committee, the I chairman (Mr A. It. Crawley) paid a j tribute to the great generosity of the public which had resulted in an oversubscription of £2500. making a grand total of £17,500 for the year’s work. Servicemen in Hospital A ruling whether the visiting of sick and wounded New Zealand servicemen in hospitals was the sole concern of the Red Cross Society, or was the responsibility of the joint committees of the Order of St. John and the Red Cross Society, was sought at a meeting of the Auckland provincial joint committee. The inquiry came from Hamilton, where, it was stated, visiting had been wholly carried out by the Red Cross Society for the past two years, but where the question of whether it should bo a joint responsibility had recently been raised. The ruling of the provincial committee was that the whole care of sick and wounded men was a joint duty of the two organisa- : lions, “One-sicled" Prosecution "Is the woman who had the bet being prosecuted, too? Why not? These people bet with bookmakers and if not paid to their satisfaction complain to the police and the bookmaker is prosecuted. Why is it so one-sided?” asked Mr J. H. Luxford, S.M., at Auckland, when Thomas George Coningham, a fruiterer, aged 53. admitted a charge of bookmaking. Sub-Inspector Macnarnara said that a woman had a bet with Coningham and placed 5s on a horse at Hav.era. The horse won and the totalisator paiil over £l3. She received only £ 1 5s from Coningham and complained to the police. The sub-inspector had no instructions about prosecuting the v oman. Mr Schramm, who appeared for Coningham, said that he was only in a small way. his whole betting on the clay being only 17s 6d. He paid the woman the correct amount a.s there was a £5 limit on that race. Defendant was married and had five children. Accused was fined £2O. ! Disrespect Alleged 1 "1 am jealous of the reaped due to j the office of Mayor of Christchurch.” I said the Mayor (Mr E. H, Andrews', I at an Emergency Precautions Services meeting recently. "I have not always ; had it from some Government officials.” j Mr Andrews said one man had declared that he would not confer with any \ "tin-pi !” Mayor. The Governor-Gen- | oral or a Minister of the Crown would i not visit the city without informing the ! Mayor, but some Government officials | bad even arranged Emergency Precaui lions Services meetings without telling ! him about it, added Mr Andrews. They ; did not know the proprieties , Re-Possession of College . A definite stand in regard to the repossession of Marlborough College has been decided upon by’ the Board of [Governors (says "The Express”). After i a full discussion, during which further j stress was laid on the serious educational handicap being suffered by pupils i under the existing conditions of makej shift and scattered classrooms, the foi- ; lowing motion, which was moved by : Mr S. Hyndman and seconded by Mr H. . Duckworth, was adopted: "That the • Marlborough Hospital Board and 1 Health Department be notified that it is the intention of this board to enter j into occupation of the college at the 1 beginning of the new school year in February, 1943.” At its previous meet- ! ing the board decided to draw the at- ; tenlion of the Director of Education to an unanswered letter which had been 'forwarded to the Education Department | asking for the provision of adequate : temporary accommodation for next year. Yesterday a reply was received to tl ? effect that the matter was under consideration with the Health Departmen*. and that the board would be further advised. There was a bit of a “scene'’ in an Auckland restaurant the other day. Several lunebers were smoking cigarettes. and somebody complained to the boss, who said • "Sorry, 1 can’t inter fere. I have to study the wishes of my regular customers. and most of : them smoke. There’s no law prohibit- ! ing smoking in restaurants.’’ "Then there ought to be!” snapped the objector, “you won’t see me here again!" The boss shrugged his shoulders; everybody laughed, and the stranger got , away without paying! lie won’t find j many restaurants in Auckland where ! smoking is forbidden. The common obi jection raised by non-smokers that smoking is injurious is mere poppycock. It’s not injurious, unless loaded with nicotine. Then it may do a lot of harm. But there’s no harm in "toast ed.” The toasting sees to that, and Cut Plug No 10 (Bullshead). Navy Cut No. 3 ( Bulldogi, Pocket Edition. Riverhead i Gold and Desert Gold may be smoked till further orders with impunity, and ! for flavour, bouquet and that pleasant i feeling of “well-being” that they give. | their equal cannot be found—because they are not manufactured.*

/ Statf, Minns’ Funerals , ! Thu fnllowrni; resolutiun wur. I [ .il a Kunural mcetiiis nf tin? Slat., Min- | (.t:-.’ Union at Runanga: ‘‘That we conj rider tlir action of the authorities rcj sponsible in forbidding the service of buses for funerals in this and other hardship that is unnecessary and unfair as it prevents a large number <>| to depa ted f 1 rol and tyres being put to service that cannot possibly rank in the same stnnd- ; ard of importance as service at a i funeral.” Uniformed I’a ilia men tana ns | During a public meeting at Te Awamutu Town Hall, the speaker. . I Mrs A. N. Grigg, described in detail j the Women's Land Service uniforms, i one ol which she herself was wear- ; ing tier explanation was almost j completed wlu'n a dapper figure, clad lin untarnished brown, slipped out ! from the wings of the stage and ! gracefully posed for a moment on the (stage. It was the irrepressible Mr W. J Broadfoot, M.P. exhibiting the j service overcoat! Non-Appearance ol Appellants When an appellant failed to appeal before the Armed Forces Appeal Boart this morning to support his appeal the chairman. Mr G. L. Page, commentec i that it was necessary for appellants tc ' be present at the hearing so that they could be examined on their statements , Otherwise appeals were likely to be i dismissed for want of prosecution. Price of Early Potatoes "l have been digging potatoes tor twi ; months,” said a Hope grower of early l potatoes, at a sitting of the Armec j Forces Appeal Board this morning. Ir i reply to a query about prices he in ! formed the Board that at one time the price rose to over £l4O a ton. "I had i ton or so of those,” he added. Cow Milked for Afternoon Tea At the monthly meeting of the Mapua Women’s Institute some amusement was caused during afternoon tea, which, owing to an oversight, had to be served without milk. In two or three minutes a member who had unobtrusively’ left the building with a jug, reappeared. having slipped through the fence into a neighbouring paddock where a somewhat astonished cow found itself milked at an unusual horn by a trimly hatted and coated dairymaid. Looking to 1 uture Harvests "A man is either necessary on a farm | or he is not,” said Mr S. L. Wright, l | member of the No. 2 Armed Forces j Appeal Board, when during the hear- • ing of a large number of farmers’ ap- ; peals it was stated that an employe* was asking only for postponement ol . his employee’s service until after the ■ harvest. Mr Wright said there were 1 other harvests in future years to consider. He considered that farmer: should look further than one seasor ' ahead in estimating their manpowei requirements. Although the farmei in this case asked only for postpone ment of service, the district primary production committee recommended l sine die adjournment, and this course was followed by the board. No Zoning Here "How many cows do you milk?" ' witness from the French Pass was asked by the Armed Forces Appeal Boa re this morning. "Only enough for the house, six or seven,” was the reply When the members smiled witnes; hastened to assure them that there were five families supplied with the milk. "Then you can claim to be the Local milkman,” remarked a member ’Yes, witness. "I don't want to be." Registration Questions Among those within the 51-59 age group who have to register for national service there are many whe lave taken exception to the fact tha' .he registration form requires a declaration of one’s annual income Several correspondents have writtei to the "Auckland Star” in criticism oi this obligation. They’ maintain tha' ’he income of a man within the age group is unlikely to bear any’ relatior to his ability to perform tasks of ; useful nature in the present emergency Salvaged Marlborough Hay A news item from a Boston newspaper stating that 11 large bales of "Fine Marlborough Hay” had been found ii the Cape Cod district of Massachusetts was referred by "The Express” to the firm whose name was branded on the bales. When interviewed Mr N. G Parker said that his firm was constant ly sending hay as food for stud stoct shipped from the Dominion for Britain South America and before the war, foi Japan. The hay referred to in the Buston paper, Mr Parker said, was probably part of the food supply of stuc sheep shipped some time ago to Britain.