ESPERANTO

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 June 1942, Page 2

ESPERANTO

MASTER TON CLUB MEETING. The weekly meeting of the Masterton Esperanto Club was held last evening. Mr N. Lamont presiding over a good attendance of members. In a brief address on the subieci Esperap’ Abroad,” the secretary, Sergeant W. H. King, said recent reports irom overseas indicated that the advent of the war had hindered the spread and use of Esperanto. Some countries formerly very active in the international language movement were now silent, having been overrun. In unoccupied France, however, Esperantists have been given governmental permission to hold meetings; in Hungary the national organisation was continuing _to function and issue its official magazine regularly and a national congress of Esperantists was held toward the end of last year. In Sweden numerous clubs are functioning and a large number of lectures have been arranged. In Norway and Finland groups of Esperantists continue to hold meetings, and unhappily from Poland there have been reports of Esperantists having been shot as hostages. In Brazil, the movement is furthered by a very strong and active national body, supported by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, under whose auspices Esperanto classes have been arranged. After a period of reading and translation, a sketch entitled “Lerta Detektiva Laboro” (Smart Detective Work) was presented by Messrs N. Lamont, A. G. Wiltshire and E. J. Esler. The final session was devoted to general discussion and questions in Esperanto.

Burna on Arm. Brian Davies, 19 months of age, of 37 Michael Street, was admitted to Masterton Hospital yesterday, suffering from burns on one of his arms, caused, it is stated, by upsetting some boiling fat. His. condition this morning was reported to be quite satisfactory. Theft From Art Gallery. Breaking into the Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, during the weekend, a thief cut from its frame the painting “Psyche,” the work of a famous artist, Solomon J. Solomon, R.A. It consisted of a nude, lying on the ground and holding a cup. The stolen painting, which is practically life size, was bought by the Canterbury Society of Arts from the 1906-1907 exhibition and was presented to the McDougall Art Gallery by the society.