LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 June 1938, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

College Grounds. Last night the specially imported electric lights to illuminate the approaches to Wairarapa College, were turned on for the first time, The lights are greatly appreciated by the students attending the night classes. Lamps Disappearing. '■The only trouble about these digging operations is that we lose our red lamps, - .’ stated the Mayor, Mr D. L. Taverner, at last night’s meeting of the Carterton Borough Council. "We have lost five already,” he added, “one from in front of the Police Station.” Assisting Spanish Orphans. At its meeting last night the Carterton Borough Council decided to open a subscription list to raise funds for the assistance of children orphaned as the result of the war in Spain. A contribution of £3 3s is to be made by the Council. It was stated that it was hoped to raise £lO,OOO in New Zealand. Hot Meals for School Children. A good deal of attention was being paid to nutrition problems by school boards in Honolulu, said Mr C. C. Wise, principal of the Wahiawa Elementary School. Honolulu, when speaking at Wellington yesterday. Well-balanced hot lunches were provided at most of the schools for a nickel (2Jd), and it was common for as many as 600 children to be served at a sitting. Ratana Inquiry Ends. The inquiry into the Ratana railway disaster by the board of inquiry presided over by Sir Francis Frazer, concluded in Wellington yesterday. The chairman expressed the board’s gratitude for the help given by counsel. Both chairman and counsel acknowledged gratefully the capable work done by the board's secretary and stenographers during an inquiry which extended over 18 sitting days. Auckland Estates. Auckland estates valued for probate include that of the late Frederick Walter Wilson, a director of Wilson and Horton, td. The value is under £280,000. Legacies include £2OOO for distribution among employees of the firm. Other estates include those of George Sedgwick Kent, solicitor, £24,000; Daniel Holland, retired master mariner, £15,000; and Robert Dawson, fanner, East Tamaki, £14,000. Negro Debaters. The two negro debaters from Le Moyne University, Memphis, Tennessee, Mr J. S. Byas and Mr C. W. Gilton, who have begun their tour of New Zealand and Australia, met two representatives of Auckland University College, Mr E. K. Braybrooke and Mr H. George, before a large audience last night. Mr A. P. Blair, president of the New Zealand University Students’ Association, presided. The proposition debated was: “That continued world peace is impossible as well as undesirable.” The visitors took the affirmative and no decision was given. They will leave for Rotorua and Hawke’s Bay on Thursday. As Germany Does. “I saw what Germany was doing for her youth, and I came away convinced that if we are to keep our place in the sun we will have to do something similar,” said Mr F. G. Dunn, Christchurch representative of the National Council of Physical Welfare and Recreation, speaking at a ceremony at Akaroa. He said he had recently seen a film of the work done in Germany for the development of the physical calibre of the German youth. He was greatly impressed, and felt that in this matter New Zealand was perhaps not mindful of its duty.

Artificial Lighting. It will be a long time before human needs in artificial lighting are fully met, according to Mr E. Hitchcock, general manager of the Municipal Electricity Department, who addressed the Society for Imperial Culture at Christchurch. “The human eye is designed for daylight, which has an intensity of about 10,000 foot candles,” he said. “Most domestic artificial lighting has a strength or intensity ranging from two to five foot candles. Is it any wonder that we have become a bespectacled people? It is claimed that visually we are a race of cripples, and that 80 per cent of all people suffer from impaired vision. This fact is beginning to be known and heeded.”