News of the Day

Taranaki Daily News, 22 August 1942, Page 2

News of the Day

Called For R.N.Z.A.F. Army headquarters, New Plymouth, yesterday announced the names of the following reservists who are called for service with the R.N.Z.A.F..: — R. Blair, L. Kovaleski, A. E. Davies, W. F. Moller (all of Stratford), C. T. Cave (New Plymouth), W. E. A. Garrett (Eltham), L. Cameron (Manutahi) . Returned Men to Beneflt. Under the will of the late Mrs. Emily Sarah Smith, Auckland, the estate, after provision for certain legacies, has been left for the benefit of members of the New Zealand armed forces wounded or disabled in the present war. The Public Trustee stated that the value of the trust i would approximate £1500. "Just Like Christchurch." "Just like air-raid shelters in Christchurch," interposed Mr. Justice Tyndall in the Arbitration Court at Greymouth when a witness, explaining the necessity for gumboots on a gold dredge, said that when men dug a hole at Arahura it filled with water in no time. His Honour . hastily explained that he referred to private, not public, shelters. Tree-planting on Public Property. The Wellington Beautifying Society recently decided to grant requests for the supply of trees for planting by private persons on public property in front of their houses. The only stipulation is that the place selected is suitable for growing trees. Considerable difficulty has been experienced by the society in obtaining labour to plant trees and care for them.

Mathematical Instruments. Slide rules and other mathematical instruments. which are scarce at present, are likely to become more difficult to obtain, according to a letter from the secretary of the Ministry of Supply read at a meeting of the Auckland University College Council. It was suggested in the letter that, in order to conserve present stocks in New Zealand and those arriving in the next 12 months, the council should take steps to purchase the necessary equipment and lend or hire it to students. This scheme was favoured by the heads of the departments concerned, and the council agreed that the instruments should be secured as soon as possible. Dolls Return to Duty. The morale of an important section of the community is being assisted in an important respect by a number of small factories at Auckland which are all fully occupied in the remedial treatment of dolls. Those made of wax or composition have long since disappeared from the shops, and, whereas in former times the loss of a limb or an eye often spelled the permanent pensioning of the toy nowadays they are being made fit for further service. However, the dolls" hospitals are so busy that no guarantee can he given of the time of the patient's return. Delayed Government M'ail. "Members have received mail which has taken as long as 10 days in transit, and if we did not know otherwise we would almost conclude that some of these mails are placed on coastal steamers," states a letter from the Dunedin Manufacturers' Association to the New Zealand Manufacturers' Federation supporting the request of the Canterbury Manufacturers' Association that all first* class Government mail should 'be dispatched by air. A copy qf the letter has been received by the Canterbury organisation. It contends that quotations fpr Government contracts or similar important matters should reach the addressees as expeditiously as possible.