Effect of Labour Dispute.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 November 1938, Page 4

Effect of Labour Dispute.

A number of semi-sleeping cars for the Auckland-New Plymouth and New Plymouth-Wellington routes are at present in the final stages of construction at the Otahuhu railway workshops. However, the recent labour dispute at Otahuhu has resulted in. a delay in putting the first of the cars into commission and the other night, when one of the cars had been ordered for the New Plymouth train, a cancellation had to be made, and one of the older cars used instead.

New Type of Aeroplane. A type of aeroplane new to the Dominion has been imported by the Te Kuiti Aero Club and will be flown there from' Auckland at the end of this week by the club’s president Mr H. T. Morton, mayor of Te Kuiti. The machine, which is known as a Rearwin Sportster, is of American manufacture and was stated by Mr Morton to be an excellent training craft. It was tested by Mr Morton at Auckland over the weekend and proved entirely satisfactory, he said, being very easy to handle, and particularly steady. Though he does not yet know the exact cost, he said, the machine was very cheap. Another machine of the same type has also been devilered in New Zealand, and is now awaiting tests. It is on order by the Western Federated Flying Club and will be flown to New Plymouth.

“New Zealanders Like Australians.” “I can find no difference between the average New Zealander and the average Australian,” said Mr R. J. Trickett, of Queensland, in an address to the Canterbury School Committees' Association. “I’ve worked with New Zealanders, played with them, and visited their homes, and I can say definitely New Zealanders and Australians are all the same to me, in spite of what you hear to the contrary.” An Example of Meekness. In defining meekness as one of the seven beatitudes, Dr A. G. Hall, in his address in Masterton last night, said meekness did not mean allowing oneself to be trodden under foot. Illustrating one aspect of meekness, Dr Hall said that as head of the AntiNarcotic campaign in the United States, he was invited to the home of Mrs Edith Rockefeller-McCormack and in reply to a question by his hostess he said the campaign needed five million dollars. Mrs McCormack undertook to subscribe one million dollars to the fund but stipulated that her name was not to appear. Her donation was therefore divided amongst her staff and the money was paid to the fund through their banking accounts. It was not until after Mrs McCormack’s death that the facts regarding her contribution of the first million dollars for the fund were made known.