NEWS OF THE DAY

Taranaki Daily News, 24 September 1940, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

Measles Spread Prcvcnted. Within a day or two of the New Plymouth Boys' High School resuming after the holidays two boys developed measles. They were isolated and there have been no further cases. Patriotic Fund. Money in hand, in the bank and on deposit, under the jurisdiction of the Taranaki Provincial Patriotic Council now amounts to £10,470. Taranaki Prisoner of War. , A letter from Pilot Officer Ian Potts. R.A.F., who is a prisoner of war in Germany, has been received at New Plymouth. He states that he is quite well and says that the Red Cross is doing magnificent work for the prisoners. He is an old boy of the New Plymouth High School. Boys for Training College. Reference to a recent statement that no candidates for training college would be forthcoming this year from the New Plymouth Boys' High School was made by the headmaster, Mr. W. H. Moyes. last night. There was obviously some misunderstanding and the statement was quite incorrect, he said. Exotic Tree in Blooni. The coral tree at the corner of Ridge Lane and John Street, New Plymouth, is now carrying a cluster of brilliant red blossoms. ' This tree, which rarely flowers in temperate climates, was planted by the late Robert Snell over 70 years ago and is included in the list of famous New Zealand trees compiled by the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture.

The Words of a Dean. Words uttered by the Dean of St Paul's form the inspiration of a postei displayed in Britain. A copy has beer received in New Zealand. It is headed "It all depends on me." Under this ar the words: "If we each and all of us think this, and each and all of us dc our utmost, our very utmost, on whatever work we are on, and do it with determination and cheerfulness, then we shall win this war." All in Uniform. A recent Punch picture entitled "The Warrior's Return," showing an officei entering his home to find his entire household in uniform, had a parallel when a family was seen parading Queen Street, Auckland. Father was in khaki, mother was wearing the uniform of the Women's Service Corps, and with them were a young son in Scout dress, and a small daughter in the garb of a Brownie, or junior Girl Guide. Farming an Art. "When we get down to really fine points, farming is an art as well as a science," observed Mr. N. Lamont, of the fields division of the Department of Agriculture, in addressing members of the Masterton Rotary Club. "Science could be perhaps defined as a collection of accurately measured facts, but in a good farmer there is something not very different from what we find in a great artist— something which is above mere technique and is too personal to be measured or described and handed on to others." In Hands of Youth. "The future of the world is very largely in the hands of the present generation of Christian youth," said the Rev. E. D. Patchett, in the course of his address at Whiteley Memorial Church, New Plymouth, on Sunday night in connection with the reception into church membership of 12 young people from the Bible classes. The service was also the occasion of the annual dedication of workers in the Y.W.-Y.M.C.A., a large number of whom, with officers and staff of the association at New Plymouth, attended the service, to which they were welcomed by the minister. Ration Card for Great Dane. "We were pressed to buy cats, dogs, monkeys, fowls, ducks, rabbits, gramophone records, ties, bats, suits, cabbages, crockery, watches, fruit, and thousands of other articles. One very enthusiastic vendor tried to sell me a Great Dane; it was a beautiful dog. When I told him I got just enough food for myself he said quite earnestly that I would be able to get a ration card for it. Needless to say, I did not buy it." That was an experience related by Corporal Howard Frost, formerly of Eltham, and now with the second echelon in England, of^ a visit to the famous Petticoat Lane at London while on leave recently. He describes the incident in a letter just received by his parents at Eltham. Minister in Collision. When the Hon. H. T. Armstrong, Minister of Housing, was passing through Huntly on his way to Hamilton the car in which he was travelling was involved in a collision at the intersection of Raynor's Road and the Great South Road with another car travelling north. The sudden impact threw Mr. Armstrong to the floor of the car, and he suffered a slight cut on the forehead. The left back mudguard of the car was slightly damaged, and the tyre was cut. The other car received slight damage. The driver was not injured. After a delay of about a quarter of an hour the Minister was able to proceed to Hamilton. Britain's Food.

The British public is now eating less meat and sugar than before the war, according to Dr. E. B. Gunson, who has returned to Auckland from England. Rationing, he said, provided everyone with enough food to sustain health. The restrictions were not due to any difficulty in obtaining supplies, even although foodstuffs could no longer be imported from Europe. The purpose was to conserve shipping tonnage and to bring no more ships than necessary into the danger zone. A movement was being made toward "standard bread," which would probably be brought into use gradually. It would have none of the defects of the bread sold under the same name in the last war. Tribute to Great Aviators, To complete the link between Sydney and New Plymouth, and to pay tribute to two aviation pioneers who first connected the cities by air, a composite photograph in memory of the late Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Mr. C. T. P. Ulm is to be sent to the New Zealand Club at Sydney, N.S.W. It is a collection of photographs with "Smithy" and his co-pilot, Charles Ulm, photographed at Bell Block Airport, in the centre. Another picture shows their famous plane, the Southern Cross, passing Mount Egmont on her historic arrival from Australia. The other pictures are a series of views showing the great demonstration at the Bell Block airport on the landing of the Southern Cross. The inscription on the picture is "New Plymouth Never Forgets." At present there is in the lounge of the New Zealand Club a clock presented by citizens of New Plymouth who are interested in aviation. with the inscription. "Greetings from New Plymouth," across the oalc framing. The gift of the clock was made through Mr. S. E. Neilson, secretary of the Sydney club, and formerly secretary of the New Plymouth Aero Club. Haberdashery is in fairly full supply at Scanlan's Melbourne Corner in the following lines: Embroidery wools. machine and embrodiery cottons, "Sylko," elastics, petershams, hair nets. belts, buttons, tapes. pins. needles, "heelsavers," and "ladderprufe" powder. The firrh also does hosiery "ladder"mending and hemstitching.*