NEWS OF THE DAY

Taranaki Daily News, 27 September 1940, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

Damage Done to New Road. Though the new road being constructed at Paritutu Centennial Park is not yet open for traffic it was used recently by a motorist, As a result of the damage caused by the car a temporary fence has been erected to prevent a repetition. Baby Injured. As a result of a pram being jammed against a wall by a lorry in James Lane, New Plymouth, on Wednesday a three months old baby was admitted to the New Plymouth hospital that afternpon. The child is progressing satisfactorily. The child's mother, Mrs. Prentice, lives in Pendarves Street. "We Carry on." "Warmest thanks; we carry on," was the message recpived this week from the telegraph, cable and wireless operators of London in a message to the telegraph staff of the Rotorua post office. The Rotorua telegraphists had cabled their admiration of the work of the London operators carrying on with the vital service under the strain imposed by war conditions. Hymn of Ilate Wanted. "We heard in the last war about the hymn of hate they used to sing in Germany," said the Mayor of Auckland, Sir Ernest Davis, when addressing a meeting of repreesntatives of the Lady Galway Guild. "I have never had any hate in my heart against anyone up to the present, but I hate with all my h'eart and soul this Hitler gang and I think it is time we had more hate in our cornmunity. I would sing a hymn of hate now and I would like someone to compose one." Experts at a Loss. A headmaster and two h.eadmistresses of city grammar schools found themselves at a disadvantage when at a meeting of the Auckland Grammar School Board of Governors the chairman, Dr. E. Robertson, stated that by altering the school prospectus a saving of an eighth of a ream of paper could be made. He inquired how much a ream was, and the teachers, after a whispercd conference, suggested doubtfully 480 sheets. Actually a ream varies according to the class of paper from 472 to 516 sheets, 4S0 being the usual number, Centennial Memorial. A recommendation that a monument be erected in a commanding position overlooking the Tasman .Sea as a centennial memorial has been adopted at a meeting of the Auckland Provincial Centennial Council. The monument is to take a form appiopriate to the early history of New Zealand, and bearing, inter alia, the description, "Auckland Centennial Memorial Park." It was decided that a sub-committee should visit the locality with a view to recommending the site for the monument and the form it should take. Peace Settlement Problems. The important part which economics and commerce would have lo play in any settlement after the war, and also in any proposed peace pact in the Pacific, was emphasised by Mr. W. J. Truscott, president of the Auckland Manufacturers' Association, in an address to the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The varied standards of living in such countries as Russia and Japan. and Australia and New Zealand. he said, would create great difficulties which could be solved only by close study of the economic and commercial aspects. apart from those which were purely political and diplomatic.