In the News

Southland Times, Issue 24230, 13 September 1940, Page 6

In the News

Friday The 13th Not very popular among superstitious persons is the coincidence of Friday and the 13th day of the month. For the first time this year, the two factors coincide today. The only other occasion on which the day and date will clash this year is in October. There were two instances of this last year.

Lime Supplies In North Otago Considerable interest has been aroused in North Otago by reports of a shortage of lime for farm lands in Southland. The position in North Otago is reported to be just the opposite, for there are ample supplies on hand to meet all local requirements, and a surplus is available for outside districts. In fact, the lime works are not at present working to full capacity, and at one of them six men had to be put off recently as there were not sufficient orders coming in to keep a full staff employed. The output of one of the works could be greatly increased to meet requirements from outside districts.

Centennial Museum Work on the erection of the Southland Centennial Museum will be started soon. The site in Queen’s Park has been pegged for foundations and some of the heavy timber already has been deposited on the site. The museum, a two-storied building, will be built in concrete with brick facings. It will cost £6302.

King’s Birthday On November 25 The King’s Birthday will this year be observed on November 25 according to the King’s Birthday Emergency Regulations 1940, Amendment No. 1 which was published with last night’s Gazette. The regulations also provide that it will be observed as a statutory holiday.— Press Association.

Boys’ And Girls’ Clubs The work of the Southland Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs Association was praised by members of the Invercargill Chamber of Cemmerce at its meeting yesterday, when a request for a donation was received. Mr J. H. Reed said that the beneficial influence of the clubs was extending and they were doing a good work in the community. It was decided to give £3/3/-.

Anzac War Relief Fund The New Zealand Society in New York, of which Mr Ray Johnson is president, has united with the Australian Society to establish an Anzac War Relief Fund to which donations have been invited. Advice of an initial contribution of 1000 dollars from the fund to the National Patriotic Fund in New Zealand has been received by the Governor-General (Lord Galway).— Press Association.

Prohibition Of Boat Fishing Advice that an amendment to the Southland fishing regulations prohibiting fishing from boats in part of Lake Te Anau had been made law was received by the Southland Acclimatization Society at its meeting last night from the Marine Department. The part of the lake referred to was described as follows: —“That portion of Lake Te Anau within half-a-mile of the water’s edge beginning at a point half-a-mile to the west of the mouth of the Clinton River, and extending along the eastern and then the southern side of the lake to a point half a mile to the west of the outlet (the Waiau river).” All Types Now Notifiable

All types of tuberculosis come under the list of notifiable diseases as from October 1 this year. The necessary provisions in this connection were made in the Notifiable Diseases Order 1940, Gazetted in Wellington last night. Hitherto only the pulmonary type of tuberculosis has been notifiable, but under the new order this is extended to include all types of the disease.—Press Association. Fly In German Ointment

“The fly in the German ointment has always been the British Navy,” says an article in the journal National Message. “This is revealed in the following choice extract from Cavalcade: ‘From a pile of old letters someone has retrieved a quotation from a German newspaper, the Koelnische Zeitung, of September 1914. It is about us, or our fathers. It says: There will be no such country as Great Britain in existence at the end of the war. In its place we shall have Little Britain, a narrow strip of island territory peopled by loutish football kickers, living on the crumbs that Germany will deign to throw to them. . . . Then the once mighty Empire, with her naval strength represented by the few old tubs which Germany will have left her, will become the laughing stock of the nations. . . .’” The extract concludes with a note to Goebbels that “football starts on Saturday week.”

A False Philosophy “There is a false philosophy which teaches that because we are British we must be victorious,” said Bishop Simkin in a sermon in Auckland. This teaching, he continued, was an interpretation of Scripture prophecy divorced from its true and historical setting and applied to quite different circumstances. Those who claimed that the British were the descendants of God’s chosen people, and on that account must win the present war, were resting their hopes on a false foundation. The results of such a belief might be disillusionment and possibly even disaster.

Girl As Drum-Major The Stratford Citizens’ Band is the first band in Taranaki to appoint a female drum-major, the appointment being for the duration of the war. It follows similar appointments in Wanganui and Auckland bands. Miss V. Reeves is the new drum-major. She has had similar experience, having been the leader of J. R. McKenzie’s girls’ marching team which competed in various girls’ marching contests during last summer. She will wear the girls’ marching team uniform. The previous drum-major, Lieutenant C. C. Lobb, is on leave of absence from the band while he is on military duty. Miss Reeves will lead the band in the near future. .“The Lib-whites”

The Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association executive will stand by its policy that any system of licensing sideshowmen would be unsatisfactory without police participation. The executive received a letter from the New Zealand Showmen’s Guild (of which the slogan is “We sell clean amusement”) saying that the guild learned with pleasure of the Royal Agricultural Society’s plan to license showmen, and that this would help remove the “chaotic conditions in showland.” The guild also considered it a “recognition of our efforts to uphold some semblance of order” and gave an assurance of its support in ridding the show grounds of “agitators and undesirables.” Mr M. E. Lyons, secretary, said that he had met officials of the guild and he had gathered that the guild represented “the nicest and best type of showman but by no means the majority.” There were two such unions, he explained, a big one and a little one, and the guild members were known as “the lilywhites.” The executive decided not to alter its policy, and no further action will be taken.