NEAR AND FAR

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 9, 2 September 1931, Page 2

NEAR AND FAR

A World*. Record. "We are; in the happy position of being again able to report a substantial increase in production," said Mr. C. 3. Parlane, general mapager, at thq New Zealand Dairy Co's annual meeting last week. The company's total output of dairy produce for the season hadpeached 46,754 tons, which he had no hesitation in saying was a world' s record for a farmer-owned and "controlled organisation. Bible in Schools. V An understaking that the House of Representatives would be given every opportunity to consider the Religious Instruction in Public Schools Enabling Bill was given by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. G. W- Forbes, when replying to a deputation from the Bible in Schools League, the Protestant churches, and several semireligious organisations, which waited upon him. The education system, said Mr. Forbes, had always been the care of Parliament, and the question as to whether there should be any alteratioq. had to be deeided by the House. A Difficult "^qw. The uncommon sight of a motorcycle and side-car towing . a large motor-car was seen in New Plymouth oiie evening, when a five-seater car was being taken to the police station with the aid of a mptor-cycle and side-car. The difficulty with the weight of the car, was to keep the rear wheel of the" cycle down on the road, but the cyclist solved the problem by placing two small boys on the back of his machine, and thus tbe journey was accomplished successfully. Tbe car was found in'Fulford Street, and is believed to be a 6ar reported to have been stolen from Wellington. Radio's Part in Tracing GarsThe value of radio in tracing stolen cars was shown in New Plymouth, During the afternoon a New Plymouth listen'er heard a" description of a missing car broadcast from 2YA, Wellington. On going outside, to his amazement, he found the car standing at his front gate. He notified Mr. Yal Duff, secretary of the Taranaki Automobile Assoeiation, and the police, and the car was taken charge of and 2YA notified. Mine Machinery Removed. s In pursuance of a declaration that all plant will be romoved unless the men resume immediately, Wilson's Portland Cement Company has removed the last pump from the mine at Hikurangi, and the engine has stopped working for the first time in many years. The workings are flooding very rapidly, and even if settlement of the dispute be reached, the work of dewatering the mine and replacing gear will prove costly, and much delay will ensue before the extraction of coal can be recommenced. Shot in Face. Shot in the face with a revolver with which he was playing, James Prendagast, a school boy residing at 12 Hector Street, Petone, aged 15, suffered severe lacerations- The bpy, who was playing wtih companions, had an old revolver. Pretending to commit suicide, he put the weapon a i short distance from his face and pulled the trigger. The weapon was loaded with a blank cartridge, the result being that the boy suffered severe lacerated wounds in the region of the right eye. He was sent to hospital. Better HalfBacks. A reason why Maoris make good Rugby half-backs was offered by the Hon. Sir Apirana Ngata at the dinner to the IVEaori teams in Christchurch on a recent night. " He said that he doubted whether New Zealand had produeed better men than tne Maoris behind the scrum, and he had wondered what gave the Maori his aptitude for play in that position. For thousands of years the Maoris used to sit cross-legged, and still do so, in spite of ehairs being provided. The extra quickpess in getting down gave the Maori a fraction of a second advantage over the pakehaNew Zealand Ignored. Theatre-goer" writes: "The ataitude of certain American films in deliberately ignpring New Zealand calls for a spirited protest from this country. A well known newsreel, for instance, has as its trade mark a revolving globe of the world, but there is not the least sign of the Dominion on the sphere, although Tasmania and Japan are clearly marked. A recently screened drama of aerial exploration, again, used the globe of the earth to illustrate the flight of an airship through the Pacific, but New Zealand was again conspicuous by its absence from the map. We all know that, it is the habit of Americans to regard the' Dominion as a suburb of Sydney, but surely, if this country is important enough to be regarded as a purchaser of Hollywood's exports, it is at least worth a place in the sun when the globe is illustrated on the screen. What have the Goyernment and our 'own film exhibitors to say about it?" Our Primary Industries. "Does it occur t.o you," asked Mr. Will Appleton in an address on the economic situabion, fti Wellington, "that for every £5,Q00,QQQ borrowed in the Old Country, £6000 worth of produce must be shipped to England every week to pajr interest and sinking fund for the loan? This fact, more than anything else, establishes the paramount importance of our* primary industries to the Dominion-"