Money Stolen From Ship.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 March 1939, Page 4

Money Stolen From Ship.

When a tally clerk, Mr C. Kirk, employed aboard the Port Caroline at Opua, was absent a few minutes from his cabin, £29 which he had placed under his pillow disappeared. Police inquiries so far have been without result. Window Displays.

An additional award in the recent “Ideal Homes” window dressing competition is made to the grocery firm of McGavin’s Ltd., with their entry of a large provision window. The display scored 94 points and received a “highly commended” award.

Railway Deviation. Approximately 60 men are at present working on the Palmerston North railway deviation, the majority of them on the preparation of the site for the goods yards near Rangitikei Lane. Because of delay in the delivery of the heavy rails it will probably be several weeks before the laying of the track can proceed on the eastern side of Rangitikei Line.

Growing Sugar Beet. The major experimental crop cultivated in the school gardens in the Wellington Education Board’s district during the 1937-38 season was three varieties of sugar-beet, selected as being strains suitable for New Zealand conditions. The seed was obtained from England, and on arrival in New Zealand it germinated with uniform excellence. In Jiihe, 1938, the crop was harvested. In his annual report to the board, Mr H. W. Hesse, supervisor of agriculture and science instruction, said that though the crop had been grown mainly with the object of providing an interesting school experiment dealing with crop production and the various factors affecting it, the experiment had demonstrated that sugar-beet could be grown very successfully throughout the Wellington education district. Reports had been received from 86 schools.

Church’s Attitude to War. “There are madmen in the world today, who, sooner or later, will have to be chained up, by peaceful methods if possible, but by forceful methods if necessary,” said the Ven Archdeacon W. Bullock, referring to the attitude of the Church toward pacifism and warin his sermon in St Peter’s Church, Wellington, on Sunday night. “Already there are signs of that acute disagreement which always arises about Christian men bearing arms,” he said. “However right they may think themselves to be in telling the world they will not fight, such people should at least answer this question: Are they willing to go on living in .circumstances of freedom and safety at the expense of others who will fight? Whatever- our Lord said about warfare, and He said very little, we can guess what He would say of the attitude of one who, in the name of religion, shields behind the bodies of others.” Defence of Modern Motor Cycle. The opinion that the modern motorcycle is less dangerops to other road users than is the modern motor-car-was expressed by the Palmerston North City Council’s traffic, manager, Mr R. J. Smith, in a report on the proposed restrictions on the use of motorcyclies submitted to the council last night. “In times of national emergency the motor-cycle could be an efficient means of transport, able to reach localities that could not be served by other motor vehicles,” said Mr Smith. “The Defence Department has recognised this by establishing motor-cycle camps, and in times of emergency this arm of the service could only be supplemented from members of motor-cycle clubs or individuals capable of handling the machines. If the use of motor-cycles were prohibited altogether accomplished riders would not be readily available when urgently needed. For these reasons I think' the use of motor-cycles should be encouraged more than it is at present.”

Scheme 13 Men. A serious view of the financial stress which-its members 60 years of age or over engaged on scheme No. 13 would suffer through having to depend on their final week’s wages to sustain them and their families till April 23, when the first benefits under the Social Security Act will be paid, is taken by the executive of the Christchurch branch of the Returned Soldiers’ Association. The executive decided last night to make direct and immediate representations to the Minister of Social Security, Mr Nash. Mr A. E. Haynes, president, said that men who may have been earning a decent wage would cease employment at the end of March, being 60 years of age. They had been receiving £4 15s weekly, and would now receive £3 weekly for benefit. “The point is that between themselves and their wives as an age the end of March and the first payment of the age benefit there is a lapse of three weeks,” said Mr Haynes. “Our general assistance committee is concerned about the number of our men who we know are in somewhat difficult circumstances. Their last wage is not sufficient to tide them over for nearly four weeks.

London has fewer public houses now than formerly. The number today is 4891, a drop of 2162 during the past. 34 years.