NEWS OF THE DAY

Taranaki Daily News, 16 September 1940, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

Reftigee Comforts. Eleven cases of clothing were dispatched on Fri'day by the Mayor of New Plymouth. Mr. E. R. C. Gilmour, to the Lady Galway guild, Wellington. ! Fire In Bnmboo Grove. j Baines Terrace was a scene of activity ' by the New Plymouth fire brigade at 8.24 p.m. on Friday when they spent a I busy quarter of an hour extinguishing I a fire in bamboos and undergrowth on a property in that vicinity. Weather Mars Paradc. Dazzling rain marred the New Plymouth National Service Corps' first week-end parade. but a certain amount of drill was possible and a marked improvement was shown by the men. Proceedings were shortened, however, when it was seen there was no chance of , the weather lifting. Bible Class Membershlp. Thirteen or 14 girls were formally admitted to membership of the Anglican Girls' Bible Class Union when, standing at the entrance to the choir, they renewed their pledges and received their membership cards from the Ven. Archdeacon G. H. Gavin in St. Mary's Church, New Plymouth. during the evening service last night. A Mean Theft. The acquisitive urge of some people takes strange forms. From the west end of New Plymouth parties of Boy Scouts collected a considerable assortment of useful non-ferrous metal among which was a quantity of lead. A man was later seen to approach the dump and remove a large portion of this rhetal. "If I hadn t taken it somehody else would" was his retort when objection was made to his action. Intruder Escapes. A New Plymouth man who returned to his house on Saturday after some days' absence almost caught an intruder redhanded. As he was about to open the door he noticed that a window was wida open and then he caught a glimpse of a man moving furtively inside. He sent his wife for aid while, fortified by his advantage in size, he waited by the window for the intruder to come out. However, the latter must have heard footsteps for he got out another window and escaped into Baines Terrace before the householder could catch up with him. Nothing was missing from the home. Taranaki Publicity. He would certainly take up the matter with the Tourist and Publicity Department on his next visit to Wellington and would use his best endeavours to obtain more just and generous treatment of Taranaki's scenic baauty in future publications, said the Hon. James McLeod, M.L.C., when his attention was drawn to the omission of Taranaki's claims in a recent booklet issued by the department. "It is a very great pity that in so many publications designed for tourists so little use is made of Egmont New Zealand's unique geographical feature," said Mr. McLeod. Disappointment at the position revealed was also expressed by the Mayor of New Plymouth, Mr. E. R. C. Gilmour, who said the beauty of Mt. Egmont and the province as a whole was worth publishing far and wide.