NEWS OF THE DAY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26622, 19 November 1947, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

“ The ” Mr Orr “ Who is this Mr Orr? ” asked a member of the King Edward Technical College Board of Managers at a meeting yesterday. “Apparently it is ‘ the ’ Mr Orr,” answered the secretary. Mr W. G. Aldridge, who added in explanation that Mr R. W. Orr was the Otago Rugby .representative full-back this year and was a third-year physical training specialist at the Dunedin Training College. At the time, the board was considering the appointment of Mr Orr as physical education master and that of Miss Patricia Doggart, M.A.. as an assistant mistress. It was decided to confirm the appointments.

Commercial Examinations Commercial examinations conducted by the Chamber of Commerce began on Monday, and will conclude on Friday. The speed typing championships will be held on Saturday morning. The supervision of the Dunedin entrants is being arranged by the Junior Chamber of Commerce.

Associated Chambers’ Conference The number of delegates and others who will attend the annual conference of the Associated Chambers of Commerce in Dunedin on March 17. 18, and 19 totals approximately 120. Final arrangements for the accommodation of these visitors are now being made by the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce.

Pen for Royal Marriage A gold pen, fashioned as a quill, will be used by Princess Elizabeth to sign the register at her marriage to Lieutenant Mountbatten. The pen was presented to her Royal Highness by the head office of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries on behalf of its branches throughout the Commonwealth and sent to Buckingham Palace on November 5. It was stated that the King and Queeh used a pen presented by the institute when they signed the register at their marriage. High Cost of Building Something approaching “ consumer resistance ” has been reached in the building trade in Timaru at the present time, and several contractors are idle because clients have cancelled plans for building new homes. Costs are still rising, and many who had hoped to build feel that the price of a four-roomed house would be beyond their pockets by the time it was completed. Builders are sympathetic towards those who have cancelled their contracts, and say frankly that they cannot guarantee that they will be able to keep within their estimates under present conditions. “ Civil Service Language ” Humorous reference to,the literary style of Government officials was made by Mr C. W. Hamann. who was assistant director of the Ministry of Aircraft Production in England during the war, in a paper which he read to the Canterbury branch of the New Zealand Institution of Engineers. “To understand how this policy was carried out,” said Mr Hamann, “or in good civil service language, to facilitate an appreciation of the manner in which, having regard to all the other factors involved, this policy was to be implemented in the light of the exigencies of local conditions, etc., etc., it is necessary to know something of the administrative set-up.” Manufacturers’ Exhibitions

Plans for special exhibitions by manufacturers in Dunedin during centennial year have now been completed, and were the subject of a report by the Publicity Committee to the monthly meeting of the Otago-South-, land Manufacturers’ Association this week. The committee stated that the displays which were being arranged in the Otago Museum would have a widespread appeal, and it was hoped that specialised displays would be arranged in conjunction with the Public Library. These exhibits, it was added, would culminate in the somewhat ambitious Centennial Industries Fair later in the year. Mr H. McDowell Smitji has been appointed architect to the association for designing the layout of the fair. Wide Range of Employment

The vocational guidance officer, Mr T. Conly, forwarded to the monthly meeting of the council of the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce yesterday a list of the jobs that he was circulating to secondary schools throughout Otago and to the secondary schools fn Gore and Invercargill. He asked that the list should be placed before any members of the chamber who might feel that vocational guidance officers were trying to divert juvenile labour 1 into narrow fields of employment, adding that it might also serve as an indication of the wide range of employment offering at the present time. He would say that starting wages in some occupations were high, but that was not the only factor considered by parents when choosing a career for their children. The list indicated that a large number of professional and skilled positions were available,

For rings, watches and jewellery, try Peter Dick, jewellers. 30 Princes street Dunedin—Advt