LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 July 1938, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Water for Teachers. On the motion of the chairman, Mr W. V. Dyer, notice of which had previously been given, the Wellington Education Board yesterday rescinded a motion passed in October. 1933, requiring teachers to pay any charges levied for water supplied to their residences. W.E.A. Address. “Italy and the Mediterranean” was the subject dealt with last night by Mr A. S. Hely, tutor organiser of the W.E.A., in his fortnightly address in Masterton. Mr C. J. Williams presided. At the conclusion of the address the meeting was opened for discussion, in which much interest was taken. The subject of Mr Hely’s lecture on Thursday week will be “America Today.” Trees on Farms.

A suggestion that farmers should be given trees to plant on their land with the object of improving the appearance of the countryside was made by Councillor R. L. Button at a meeting of the Hutt County Council yesterday. He said that trees were a great feature of the English countrys’ide, and made the land one great park.

Father and Son Today. “Most men and women of 45 years of age and over claim to know what the young people are thinking, but between a youth of 18 years and his father there is today a greater gap intellectually, spiritually and morally than ever before,” said the Rev G. M. McKenzie (Kelburn), at the Wellington Diocesan Synod yesterday, during the debate on the questionnaire sent out to youth. Labour Candidates.

The National Executive of the Labour Party has endorsed Mr E. Piggott as a candidate for the Franklin seat. Mr Piggott is a farmer at Buckland, who twice opposed the late Rt Hon W. F. Massey when the latter was Prime Minister. Mr J. W. Neate, a farmer and president of the Ngatea branch of the Labour Party, has been endorsed for the Waikato seat. —(P.A.) Territorial Forces.

A motion by Mr J. J. Clark at yesterday’s meeting .of the Wellington Education Board, that the board should ask all its employees under 21 years of age to join the territorial forces, caused a long discussion, and . was finally withdrawn in favour of one by Mr 11. Duckworth, who moved: “That this board offers its wholehearted support to the volunteer movement.” Mr Duckworth’s motion was carried unanimously.

Unwieldy Majorities. A remark on Government majorities by Professor Boris G. Alexander, manager of the touring American Negro debating team, caused laughter at the Christchurch Businessmen’s Club luncheon. Referring to the Democrat Party in the United States, he said that “an unwieldy majority tends to go to sleep on the job.” Seeing that this was taken to apply to the New Zealand Government, he said: “What I am saying is exclusively about the United States.” But there was more laughter.

Game Farm Curator Resigns. The resignation after 14 years’ service of the curator of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society’s game farm at Paraparaumu, Mr E. G. Trask, was received with regret by the.council of the! society last night. The chairman, Dr G. F. V. Anson, said that Mr Trask had been “a jolly good officer of the society, and had made a name for breeding a very good type of bird. Those he had produced at the game farm were acknowledged to be second to none in New Zealand. The society would be sorry to lose Mr Trask’s services. Preservation of Beaches.

The need for keeping the sea beaches as recreation areas for the public was stressed by Councillor F. W. Vickerman at a meeting of the Hutt County Council yesterday. He said that in some Cases where land had been subdivided, persons had been given a title right down to the high-water mark. At his suggestion it was agreed to ask the executive of the New Zealand Counties’ Association to take steps to have an area at least two chains wide from high-water mark reserved for the public.

Octogenarians’ Gift. A cheque for £lOO received by the Bishop of Wellington, the Rt Rev H. St. Barbe Holland, as a contribution to the centenary appeal fund was accompanied by a touching letter from the donors, an elderly man and his wife, who desire to remain anonymous. The letter stated that the estate of the man and wife concerned, exceeding £20,000 in value, would be available for the fund upon their death. “As we are both over 80 years of age, the money will be available in plenty of time for the new cathedral,” the letter added. Making Aeroplanes.

“The question of the manufacture of aeroplanes in the Dominion has received careful consideration from time to time, and certain aspects of the problem are still being investigated,” said the Minister of Industries and Commerce, the Hon D. G. Sullivan, when replying to a question asked by Dr D. G. McMillan (Government, Dundin West), in the House of Representatives yesterday. The Minister said it was realised that a fully developed aircraft factory in New Zealand would be of inestimable value to both the Dominion and the Empire.

Rain Delays Shipping. After threatening conditions for some days, steady rain began to fall in Auckland yesterday and work on the waterfront came to a standstill with the onset of the rain. As a result, the departure of the Huddart-Parker liner Wanganella for Sydney and Melbourne was postponed from 10 o’clock tonight until four o’clock tomorrow afternoon. The Wanganella will now arrive at Sydney on Tuesday, a day late. Only three other large vessels were in port and other schedules will not be seriously affected. Arrivals From Overseas.

Passengers who arrived in Wellington by the Awatea from Sydney today include Messrs E. D. Epinosan and Paul Schramm. Mr Epinosan is a well known ballet master who is looking at dancing talent' with a view to a scholarship for Australia and New Zealand, under which the winner will receive personal tuition under him in London and a guaranteed professional engagement. Mr Schramm, a noted Viennese pianist, who describes himself as an old Austrian, arrived with his wife and son. It is some years since he was in Vienna, he said, but he had no intention of going back there. His intentions were to settle in New Zealand. He has just completed concerts in Australia and intends a similar series in New Zealand, after which he hopes to settle in Wellington.